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25 Jun 2015

Nailing It: Building A National Movement of Nail Salon Workers

Thursday, June 25, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... tale, updated at the crossroads of immigration, worker rights , reproductive and environmental justice. This ... Explore: An intersectional frame that connects immigrant rights , women’s economic security,...

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Environment and Climate Change

Immigration

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Workforce Development

18 May 2016

Can Failure Be a Success?: Dissecting the Rikers Social Impact Bond Experiment

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... of metrics apply for investors interested in this vehicle? How does this experiment relate the outcomes and learning of ... programs that have been proven to work and save system resources . Does this...

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Justice Reform

11 Jun 2012

Summer in the City: NYC Summer Quest...and More!

Monday, June 11, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... of it; it is using the time strategically to ensure that students ’ whole needs are met – providing learning ... summer learning is crucial to ending the achievement gap. How summer learning can be best...

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09 Apr 2014

School Diversity in New York City

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... efforts to pursue more integrated schools in New York City How philanthropy can balance the demands of targeting help for disadvantaged students while encouraging more integrated schools ...

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Beeta Jahedi Joins The Tow Foundation As Director Of Strategy And Communications

Release Date:

03/28/2017

... has served as a screening committee member for the Human Rights Watch Film Festival since 2011. She was previously ... York University and her B.A. in Gender Studies from Bard College at Simons Rock, an early...

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The Tow Foundation

Nathan Cummings Foundation Welcomes Equity-and-Justice Advocate Kavita N. Ramdas As President and CEO

Release Date:

09/01/2021

... currently leads the Open Society Foundations’ Women’s Rights Program, will join NCF on October 4. She will succeed ... a strategy advisor for MADRE, an international women’s rights organization. From 2012 to...

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Alli Jernow Joins Arcus Foundation as Social Justice Program Vice President

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08/24/2022

... brings to Arcus comprehensive global experience in human rights and legal advocacy. She has worked as a civil rights prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice, ... a bachelor’s degree in English literature...

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JPMorgan Chase Joins Second Chance Efforts to Reduce Obstacles to Employment

Release Date:

10/21/2019

... Chicago. Specifically, the firm will apply its business resources and expertise — including data, research, talent ... PolicyCenter is powered by the firm’s global business resources and expertise, including...

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PNY's Policy Corner: What's on the Ballot in 2024?

Release Date:

10/30/2024

... /*--> */ PNY's Policy Corner: Ballot question 1, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) October 30, 2024 View email in browser ... impact on nonprofit advocacy and marginalized communities. How You Can...

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Us Too: Building Cultures of Consent and Safety in Social Justice Organizations

Release Date:

11/20/2019

... of sexual harassment in his past. We considered how to address it in the upcoming site visit. We were clear ... justice organizations that may not have adequate human resources capacity, how...

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North Star Fund

Ms. Foundation Releases New Report on Forging a More Robust and Equitable Childcare System in America

Release Date:

09/15/2016

... child care costs in our country outpacing the costs of college , it forces women who barely earn enough to pay rent ... safety, and their communities. Raising Our Nation looks at how barriers to child care...

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Simons Supports Penn Physicists Who Discover Why Drying Liquid Crystal Drops Leave Unusual ‘Coffee Rings’

Release Date:

06/13/2017

... drops of coffee evaporate. In one paper, they learned how to undo this effect by altering particle shape. Now, in a ... with scientists at Lehigh University and Swarthmore College , reveals novel behavior...

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Science

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Jeffersonian Dinners: Using Food and Conversation to Draw In Donors

Release Date:

09/21/2017

... slide decks to raise money for Breakthrough New York, the college -success program she leads. Instead she has turned to ... participants into the mission by eliciting their ideas on how the nonprofit can solve...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

“Reducing Food Loss and Food Waste” Video From The Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit

Release Date:

11/21/2017

... The Rockefeller Foundation Funded 2017 Food Tank Summit How Do We Create a Food Waste and Loss Free World? ... Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Programs, College of Agricultural, Consumer and...

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Food Systems

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funded Research Finds Gut Bacteria Play Critical Role in Anti-Seizure Effects of Ketogenic Diet

Release Date:

05/25/2018

... of integrative biology and physiology in the UCLA College , and senior author of the study. However, there has been no clear explanation for exactly how the diet aids children with epilepsy…. Alfred P. ...

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Health

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10 Feb 2016

Put Your Foundation on the Impact Investing Map

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... impact investing? What's the range of efforts out there? How might your foundation take action and where does that fit in the "bell curve"? How do foundation efforts overall map to the larger...

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Two Emblematic Markers of Policy Progress

Release Date:

10/24/2018

... community leaders, and come to a better understanding of how our organizational voice is heard in the policy ... collaboration. Patience, judiciously deployed resources and multi-sector relationship-building...

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PNY News

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Public Policy

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Philanthropy New York

07 Mar 2011

Foundation Administrators Network Meeting: Workplace Flexibility

Monday, March 7, 2011 -

9:30am to 12:30pm

... for foundation administration, including human resources , finance, and operations. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ... In addition, FAN member Gail Pesyna, VP for Human Resources and Program Management at the Alfred P...

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Network Building

Family Values: Behind Arcus Foundation's Gift for Racial Justice

Release Date:

01/24/2017

... you hang around philanthropy, the more you'll realize how deeply family background influences people's giving. Read ... philanthropic families we've also often been struck by how closely the...

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Gender Justice

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Arcus Foundation

When It Comes to Youth Justice, a Look Abroad Could Teach Us Lessons

Release Date:

05/05/2015

... with whom we most often compare ourselves have figured out how to do just that. In early March, I had the good ... and juvenile justice officials invited to London to learn how the justice system in the United...

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