Frontier Thinking: Staten Island as Innovation Lab
Release Date:
05/12/2015
Betsy Dubovsky, Executive Director of The Staten Island Foundation, discusses Staten Island's unique challenges and opportunities.
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This Teen Pregnancy Program’s Tight Focus Is a Success
Release Date:
05/02/2016
... heartening to see that teen pregnancy rates in the United States are in decline. Yet, we’re far from declaring ... so that all teens may have easy access to life-changing resources . [1] Fund for Public Health...
As Funders of Equity and Education, Connect Research to Action for School Integration
Release Date:
11/21/2016
... to action. School and government leaders need the resources to learn about different strategies and put them ...
What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today
Release Date:
01/30/2017
... thinks Islam promotes violence, but it doesn’t. It states in the Quran that if you hit one person it’s like ... rights organizations that continue to act as vital resources on behalf of immigrant youth and...
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Not One More: The Fight to Stop Southeast Asian Deportation - A Webinar Hosted by GCIR
Thursday, October 31, 2019 -
2:00pm to 3:00pm
... Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos were resettled in the United States . This was the country’s largest refugee resettlement ...
JPMorgan Chase Shares New Approaches to Summer Youth Employment Programs in Response to COVID-19
Release Date:
07/08/2020
... intensive apprenticeship programming to provide additional resources for students should schools continue to operate ... Chase & Co. serves millions of customers in the United States and many of the world’...
How Can Philanthropy Elevate Entrepreneurialism Through Crisis?
Release Date:
07/22/2020
In order for foundations to harness our collective capacity to respond to the life-threatening coronavirus pandemic and the humanitarian issues that have become more acute because of it, we must elevate entrepreneurship, multi-sectoral collaboration...
The Long Island Community Foundation Awards $610,000 in Grants to 30 Nonprofits
Release Date:
10/14/2021
... to live, learn, work, and play, while building permanent resources for the future. The Foundation has made more than ...
Governor Cuomo Announces Members of Commission on Youth, Public Safety & Justice
Release Date:
04/09/2014
... Governor Cuomo said. “New York is one of only two states that charges 16- and 17 year olds as adults. It’s ...
Prescription For Making Healthcare Enrollment More Customer-Friendly
Release Date:
08/01/2014
Before open enrollment for Obamacare begins this fall, NY State should take steps to make the process for signing up more customer-friendly, writes James R. Knickman President & CEO, New York State Health Foundation, in the Huffington Post.
Commonwealth Fund Ranks US Health Care Last Among World's Wealthiest Nations
Release Date:
10/16/2014
... has shown that access to health care in the United States has not been easy. Even with the enactment of the ... People lacking health insurance in the United States still may receive health care at the expense...
Philanthropic Groups Sign on to Raise the Age Campaign
Release Date:
03/06/2015
The initiative has received report from eight PNY member organizations.
United Way of New York City Joins Cuomo and Other Leaders for Economic Justice
Release Date:
09/18/2015
Governor Cuomo today announced that 30 notable civil rights groups and prominent civil rights and community leaders have joined the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice, a statewide initiative aimed building support for a $15 minimum wage for...
Bloomberg Cited by NYTimes as Driver of Gun Control Progress Nationwide
Release Date:
01/04/2016
With tens of millions of dollars to spend thanks to backers like Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, gun control groups have secured a number of surprising recent successes in Connecticut, Delaware and elsewhere.
JP Morgan Chase Launches 'New Skills For Youth'; Invests $75M to Build Tomorrow’s Economy
Release Date:
01/19/2016
... we are launching a multi-million dollar competition for states to expand and improve career-focused education that ...
NYS Health Launches Challenge Calling for NY Residents to Submit Ideas to Create Healthier Communities
Release Date:
06/10/2016
In partnership with the New York State Health Foundation, the nonprofit In Our Backyards — also known as ioby — has launched a neighborhood challenge looking for project ideas aimed at creating healthier, safer and greener communities.
Century Foundation Fellow Proposes Post-Obama Syrian-U.S. Relations Strategy
Release Date:
08/22/2016
... and regional collapse — that will bedevil the United States and its allies in the Middle East for decades to ...
Ford Sponsors Memorial to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings
Release Date:
09/29/2016
... to Confront South's Troubled History of Lynchings Southern states have long welcomed tourists retracing the footsteps of .....
Trump to Discuss Hudson Tunnel Project With New York and New Jersey Leaders
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... the future of a multibillion-dollar tunnel between the two states , according to people familiar with the meeting. The ... region and a top priority for many officials from the two states . It would provide a...
The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime
Release Date:
09/19/2017
New York City officials have announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily lunch. This came a few months after state Senator Liz Krueger and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon introduced a bill to address...