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Atlantic Philanthropies' Mediratta Publishes New Book on Inequality in School Discipline

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09/09/2016

Kavitha Mediratta, Chief Strategy Advisor for Equality Initiatives and Human Capital Development at The Atlantic Philanthropies, co-edits a new book that addresses the profound and life-altering consequences students face—especially young people of...

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Education

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Episcopal Health Foundation Tells Angel’s Story on Healthy Homes to Treat Asthma

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01/31/2017

Episcopal Health Foundation Tells Angel’ s Story on Healthy Homes to Treat Asthma Angel' s Story looks at the early success of a home-visit program at ... another way EHF is committed to supporting solutions...

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Supported by Rockefeller, $10 Million Water Window Challenge Announces Winners

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03/17/2017

... Water Window Challenge , an international competition to address recurring flood problems in some of the world’ s most vulnerable communities. The challenge, a partnership ...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Ford Foundation Supports 'Stay Midtown Program' to Respond to Recent Rental Cost Increases in Detroit

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03/22/2017

... respond to recent rental cost increases in Midtown and to address a near-term housing supply gap as nearly 2,600 ... years. The ultimate goal is to preserve the neighborhood' s character, preserve long-...

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Housing and Homelessness

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Nonprofit Trailblazers Unite for Third Annual American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit

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04/03/2017

... to discuss best practices for advancing the sector’ s impact on society. Nearly all of the Summit attendees cite ... one factor in both their own success and the sector’ s progression. The Summit continues...

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Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program

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04/27/2017

... healthcare professionals sharing best practices that will address workforce burnout and ways to further strengthen ...

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Four Scientists Named 2017 Simons Early Career Investigators in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution

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05/12/2017

... Levine of the University of Southern California, who will address the role of marine microbial phenotypic plasticity in ...

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With Support from Pershing Square and Alfred P. Sloan Foundations, New Research Finds that Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool

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06/08/2017

... have increasingly turned to behavioral science to help address various policy problems – new research shows that ...

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Pershing Square Foundation

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Casey Family Programs Report Finds NYC ACS Leader in Child Safety Practices

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07/10/2017

... official David Hansell took the helm of New York City’ s Administration for Children’ s Services (ACS), an agency that had found itself again in ... the subject of an anonymous child abuse report, but whose...

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Simons Foundation's SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of Action" Campaign

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07/11/2017

Simons Foundation' s SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of ... they often face as parents... Simons Foundation' s SPARK Initiative is Calling on Dads With a New "Men of .....

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Century Foundation Fellow Argues for an "Economic Fair Housing Act" to Combat Racial Zoning

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08/04/2017

... explicit racial zoning. Because the laws did nothing to address economically exclusionary zoning, notwithstanding the ...

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A Secret Weapon In The Fight Against Islamophobia

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09/06/2017

... In The Fight Against Islamophobia In Illinois, a mother’ s heartache over her daughter’ s autism led to a nonprofit that helps Muslims with ... an activist network pushes Muslims across the nation to ...

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Amid Opioid Crisis, Insurers Restrict Pricey, Less Addictive Painkillers

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09/18/2017

... changing, however. The New York State attorney general’ s office sent letters last week to the three largest pharmacy ...

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J.J. Watt's Hurricane Relief Fundraising Closes at More Than $37 Million

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09/18/2017

J.J. Watt' s Hurricane Relief Fundraising Closes at More Than $37 ... in the end, it can be stated with authority — J.J. Watt' s charity website to raise money for victims of Hurricane ... of the year in...

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Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?

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09/22/2017

... awareness. An innovatorcreates an actionable solution3 to address these grievances. And an orchestrator coordinates ...

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New York Landlord Fined $500,000 in Tenant Harassment Probe

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09/28/2017

... A New York City landlord will have to pay $500,000 and address a number of building violations as part of a ... cooking gas shut off, according to the attorney general’ s office. . . New York Landlord Fined $...

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Advancing The Mental Health And Well-Being Movement Through Grant Making: Engaged Philanthropy

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10/02/2017

... to further the movement currently under way to address mental health and wellness. However, without proper ...

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After Stabbing, Teachers Will Get Training on Defusing Behavior Issues

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10/03/2017

... Fariña, said Monday that, in response to last week’ s fatal stabbing at a school in the Bronx, the Education ... at him during class. Parents have said that the school’ s administration failed to ...

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A Spectrum of Change: Why Is An Art Foundation Tackling Mass Incarceration?

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10/06/2017

... are working this same terrain, sharing Rauschenberg' s vision that the arts can be a powerful vehicle for social ... as Activist program would focus solely on projects that " address the...

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