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World Education Services Mariam Assefa Fund Supports Launch of Citywide Immigrant Workforce Initiative in Philadelphia

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01/15/2020

... workers, and committed employers. We hope the data and resources generated through this initiative can be leveraged ... The intended long-term impact of this initiative is an investment in a systems-wide...

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26 Apr 2016

Learning from LA - Is Our Sister City Supporting Nonprofits Better?

Tuesday, April 26, 2016 -

1:30pm to 3:30pm

... long-term financial stability are pushing essential community organizations to the brink – and sometimes over ... structural difficulties nonprofits are facing and taking action . One of most innovative...

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Far Rockaway Leaders Look Ahead

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02/12/2013

... and what she and others learned about the challenges that community faces. Far Rockaway Leaders Look Ahead ...

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Seven Reasons Why Your Foundation Should Pay Attention to Fracking

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05/16/2013

Health and Environmental Funders Network Program Manager Ramtin Arablouei shares the many risks associated with fracking that have caused concern among policymakers, communities and foundations.

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Great Power, Great Responsibility: Grantmakers’ Role as Conveners

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01/2013

Funders are finding ways to use the power of convening to benefit their grantees and their communities in countless ways. Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' digital publication contains a series of ideas to help grantmakers become better at bringing stakeholders together.

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Learn and Let Learn

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10/2012

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ publication explores how learning communities can be powerful tools in creating and shaping peer connections that help expand knowledge, deepen skills and enhance practice.

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Widespread Empathy: 5 Steps to Achieving Greater Impact in Philanthropy

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09/2010

... can develop a more thorough, gut-level understanding of community needs and the work of grantees. Widespread Empathy: ...

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Turning Brooklyn Cachet Into Cash

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03/10/2014

The Brooklyn Community Foundation and its President, Cecilia Clarke, were profiled by The Wall Street Journal. The Brooklyn Community Foundation is looking to press the reset button. ... size when it transitioned...

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Rockefeller Announces Joint Initiative with Obama Administration to Create New Resilience AmeriCorps Program

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07/13/2015

... Administration (NOAA), the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), and Cities of Service.... ...

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Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announce Finalists in $10M Economic Opportunity Challenge

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09/17/2018

... Thrive Challenge hopes to lift up and scale successful community -driven approaches to expanding economic opportunity ... Finalists range from organizations like the South Carolina Community Loan Fund in...

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Carlie Steen Joins New York Women's Foundation as Director of Programs

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02/20/2019

... of Programs Ms. Steen joins The Foundation from Stonewall Community Foundation. Carlie Steen Joins New York Women's .....

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13 Sep 2016

Intersections of Health and Justice: A Conversation on LEAD and New York’s Opioid Epidemic

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... Commission recommendations for transforming police‐ community relations. It is now being piloted in Albany, the ... implications of this model for policing practices and community relations. Panelists Roy L...

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20 Jan 2015

The Power of Microaggressions & Microaffirmations

Tuesday, January 20, 2015 -

8:00am to 11:15am

Micro-aggressions can diminish and stigmatize people and according to a recent Gallop poll, micro-aggressions contribute $450 billion to $550 billion per year loss in U.S. workforce productivity. What are they?

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New Tech, Renewed Trust and a Less Lunatic Political Process

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10/12/2012

By David Moore, Executive Director, Participatory Politics Foundation Chris Hayes, in his book Twilight of the Elites , writes: “The most important social project we must undertake…is reconstructing our institutions so that we once...

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The Smart Way to Get US Employees Back to Work

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04/29/2020

... the disruption to the workforce is profound and additional action is essential. The Wall Street Journal reported ... sectors that are needed for the public health response or community safety. In the next wave...

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John & Mary R. Markle Foundation

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Tides Names Judith Hill CFO

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04/01/2013

... C.P.A., earned her Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Oklahoma and her M.B.A. with an emphasis in Information Systems from Regis University . Hill has extensive experience with implementing...

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Jay Geneske Named New Media Director at Rockefeller Foundation

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03/01/2013

... Crain's. Geneske holds a Bachelor’s degree from Drake University and has studied digital design and production at New York University . Jay Geneske Named New Media Director at .....

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Camille Kramer Joins the Tow Foundation

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03/01/2013

... Kramer writes, volunteers and teaches as an adjunct at the University of Bridgeport. While she earned her graduate degree from Fairfield University , as a native New Yorker she received her ...

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Elliott S. Fisher Joins Fannie E. Rippel Foundation Board

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03/01/2012

... delivery and payment. Dr. Fisher is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Medical School and received his M.P.H. from the University of Washington. He is a member of the Institute of ...

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