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Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.

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09/27/2017

... by The Wall Street Journal, is the lowest any White House has sought since 1980, the year legislation was enacted ... a role in determining a cap on refugees; the ceiling has never slipped lower than 67,000,...

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Atlantic Theater Company Names Amy Staats Tow Playwright-in-Residence

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09/28/2017

... Tow Playwright-in-Residence Atlantic Theater Company has announced that Amy Staats will be the 2017–2018 ... production of a play at the Off-Broadway theatre. Atlantic has also commissioned two new works via...

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Presidential Advisers on Black, Latino, and Asian Students Say Trump Admin. Ignoring Them

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10/03/2017

... and members say months of silence from the White House has them worried they’re about to be dissolved. The ... members of the groups have reached out, the White House has not responded. . . Presidential...

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Buffett Says Government Should Do More to Combat Poverty

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10/04/2017

... doesn't remain a barrier success. "The American dream has succeeded in aggregate. We have failed, in my view, to ... areas. Government should do more to ensure everyone has an equal opportunity to...

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SUNY Revises Controversial Proposal to Let Some New York Charter Schools Certify Their Own Teachers

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10/10/2017

... A state group that oversees some New York charter schools has revised a hotly contested proposal to let its schools ... the amount of time they must spend practice teaching has been reduced), and they now must...

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Rockefeller Focuses on Skills Gap in India

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12/08/2017

... Nilekani, Tata Trusts and other industry heavyweights, has received a grant worth $250,000 (Rs 1.6 crore) from The ... of unemployability among India’s youth and the team has an impressive track record in...

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Soros Says Attacks Won’t Alter His Charitable and Political Giving

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06/11/2018

... Zurich this week, lamenting the turn much of the world has taken in recent years: “Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.” His favored presidential candidate, ... and a rise of anti-immigrant sentiment...

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The Howard Gilman Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and Others Fund LCT3 Season Programming Featuring Pass Over

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07/06/2018

... Foundation, Time Warner Foundation, and others. LCT3 has announced that it has extended the run of its critically acclaimed production ...

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Jonas Philanthropies Names Wanda Montalvo New Executive Director

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08/23/2018

... Jonas Nursing & Veterans Healthcare at Columbia University has appointed Wanda Montalvo ‘15, PhD , RN, as the new ... Montalvo will succeed Darlene J. Curley, MS, RN, FAAN, who has served as Executive...

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Supported in Part by Ford Foundation, Smithsonian Launches American Women’s History Initiative

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11/14/2018

... American Women’s History Initiative The Smithsonian has announced specific plans for the Smithsonian American ... Funding from the federal government and private sources has allowed the Smithsonian to hire six...

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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Senior Program Officer Donald J. Waters to Retire

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05/12/2019

... at the Foundation. “Over the past two decades, Don has developed a magnificent vision for scholarly ... executive vice president for programs and research. “He has been ahead of many in his understanding of...

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New York Community Trust President Lorie A. Slutsky Announces Plans to Retire

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04/05/2021

... the longtime president of The New York Community Trust, has announced plans to retire in 2022 after a distinguished ... its 97-year history. Under her leadership, the foundation has awarded more than $5...

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18 Jun 2014

Social Impact Exchange: 2014 Annual Conference on Scaling Impact

Wednesday, June 18, 2014 (All day) to Thursday, June 19, 2014 (All day)

... JPMorgan Partners ; Vice Chairman, UN Envoy's Office for Health Finance and Malaria Kenneth H. Zimmerman, Director, ... in education, youth development, poverty alleviation, health and impact investing...

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Legislator To Propose Federal Tax On Sugary Drinks

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06/06/2014

... together leading researchers and scientists, public health officials, foundation executives, and community ... Heart Association, the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, the California Endowment and...

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NYSHealth Launches 2017 Special Projects Fund Request for Proposals

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09/02/2016

... Projects Fund Request for Proposals The New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) 2017 Special Projects Fund ... consistent with the Foundation's mission to improve the health of all New Yorkers but...

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New York Health Foundation

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EAC Network Teams Up with Bank of America, Long Island Community Foundation for “Fresh from the Garden” Senior Initiative

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03/15/2017

... is promoting the power of good nutrition to kick start the health of older New Cassel residents,” said Carol ... to suffer from preventable chronic diseases and poor health conditions... EAC Network Teams Up...

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Opinion: Disaster Preparedness Requires a 211 System; New York City Still Doesn’t Have One

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10/04/2017

... fruit, is to build a canonical directory of all the health , human, and social services available in New York City ... assistance representative that can refer you to the health and social services that meet...

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JPB Foundation Funded Study Shows More Than Half Of US Children Will Be Obese By 35

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11/30/2017

... to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health . The study also found that excess weight in childhood ... programmer/analyst at Harvard Chan School’s Center for Health Decision Science and lead...

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The Rockefeller Foundation and Mastercard Announce Grants to Streamline Access to Benefits for 5 Million People Living in Poverty

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10/21/2019

... Benefits Data Trust (BDT) totaling $7.5 million to improve health and economic mobility for at least 5 million ... and important ways to improve their economic security, health , and mobility out of challenging...

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