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Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?

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11/12/2014

Whatever Happened to Obama’ s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC? When Mayor de Blasio ... by linking services such as mental health counseling and food programs to more traditional approaches like extended .....

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Surdna Foundation Invites LOIs for Environmental Infrastructure Programs

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09/10/2015

... built environment, urban water management, and regional food supply. Requested grant amounts should relate directly to the size of the organization' s budget and the amount that is needed to successfully...

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Rockefeller Foundation Recognizes Pioneers for Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture in Rwanda

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10/05/2015

... subsistence agriculture in rural Rwanda. Pohlman’ s collaborative work with farmers has made it possible for ... in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, as part of the 2015 World Food Prize international symposium......

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Tiffany & Co.’s Costa on Huffington Post: Oceans Face Dire Threats

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10/16/2015

Tiffany & Co.’ s Costa on Huffington Post: Oceans Face Dire Threats In ... the ocean provides us with the air we breathe, much of the food we eat, and the inspiration for many of the pleasures we ... our blue...

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In NYTimes, Ford’s Walker on Internships and Inequality

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07/06/2016

In NYTimes, Ford’ s Walker on Internships and Inequality TALENT is equally ... and faithfully in expanding opportunity, America’ s internship-industrial complex does just the opposite. As ... trajectory. While...

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28 Sep 2016

Growing the Farm to Institution Movement: From Farm to Plate

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... farm products and thus increase the amount of local food consumed in a region. New York is one of the nation’ s top food -producing states with 36,000 farms and over 7 million ...

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UJA-Federation of New York's Supplies for Success Program Fills Backpacks in Time for Back-to-School

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09/07/2016

UJA-Federation of New York' s Supplies for Success Program Fills Backpacks in Time for ... together last week through the UJA-Federation of New York' s Supplies for Success program to fill backpacks with...

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The Latest Nutrition Grantmaking From Newman's Own

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11/28/2016

The Latest Nutrition Grantmaking From Newman' s Own Paul Newman was a man ahead of his time. While everyone ... grasps the idea of social enterprise businesses, Newman' s Own was a novelty when it...

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The MasterCard Foundation Supports $828 Million in Private Scholarships for African Youth

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12/09/2016

... and her mother is a teacher. “We did have the basics -- food , shelter, clothing -- we got what we needed,” ...

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Rockefeller Study Finds Media Coverage Misses Gig Worker Concerns

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01/04/2017

... of people driving passengers, doing odd jobs, delivering food from restaurants, walking dogs, or providing many other ...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Head of Aetna Foundation Approaches Health Care as a Social Problem

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02/16/2017

... a significant impact on health, such as access to healthy food , threats to personal safety, discrimination, and ...

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Open Society Foundations Announces 2017 Soros Equality Fellows

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03/21/2017

... trans people of color; tackling structural racism in the food supply; chronicling how slavery helped build a major ... creating an ad campaign to take on distortions in America' s contemporary racial...

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Newman's Own Foundation Names Dr. Lynn Pasquerella to Advisory Board

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04/11/2017

Newman' s Own Foundation Names Dr. Lynn Pasquerella to Advisory Board Newman' s Own announced that Dr. Lynn Pasquerella has been ... matters to both the Newman' s Own Foundation...

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Aetna Foundation Leverages Philanthropic Investment to Build Healthier Communities

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04/20/2017

... access to healthy nutrition and replacing those food deserts with well-stocked stores starts at the local ...

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Rockefeller, Gates and Norway to Bolster ‘Doomsday’ Seed Vault Following Climate Change Flooding Fears

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05/22/2017

... flooding at the facility prompted panic that the world’ s future food supply could be destroyed. The Guardian reported Friday ... that the arctic stronghold, built to preserve the world’ s...

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F.D.A. Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000

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08/31/2017

... Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475,000 The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the ... first-ever treatment that genetically alters a patient’ s own cells to fight cancer, a...

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Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa

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09/05/2017

... will impact agriculture in Africa, threatening regional food systems, explains Grainger-Jones. . . Climate-Smart ...

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New York City Offers Free Lunch for All Public School Students

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09/07/2017

... said on Wednesday in the basement cafeteria of a Hell’ s Kitchen elementary school. The new school year begins on ... communities matter.” This move has been long sought by food -policy advocates and many...

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More Floods Are Coming And We're Making Them Worse

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09/07/2017

... defence, transportation, flood control, drinking water and food . After the Spaniards conquered the city in 1521, they ... culture, complex history and diverse architecture. It’ s also a mess: water shortages,...

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