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Learning in Place

Release Date:

07/14/2011

... get anxious about leaving things that are familiar—it’ s disorienting. But once I arrive someplace new, I feel ... a realistic approach once you know the landscape. Public policy thinkers write extensively...

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24 Jun 2015

Learning the Way: DACA, Educational Attainment and Philanthropy - Webinar

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... for a work permit, and in some states, a driver’ s license, among other benefits. Nearly 800,000 immigrants ... Immigrants and Refugees Kevin Douglas , Co-Director of Policy & Advocacy, United Neighborhood...

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Children, Youth and Families

Council on Foundations Names Vikki N. Spruill President and CEO

Release Date:

04/02/2012

... efforts, Spruill also modernized Ocean Conservancy’ s public engagement strategies. She is an eminent thought leader and policy advocate and is well known for her work in building ... coalitions...

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Council on Foundations Announces Key Appointments to Senior Leadership Team

Release Date:

08/22/2013

... of Communications, where he will lead the Council’ s communications, marketing and digital strategy efforts. ... of Member Experience, where he will oversee the Council’ s conferences and meetings portfolio...

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23 Jan 2012

Building Resilient Communities Through Systemic Change

Monday, January 23, 2012 -

7:45am to 11:45am

... development financial institution, intermediary and policy center that addresses development needs confronting ...

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24 Apr 2012

Post Penn State: Strategies for Ending Child Sexual Abuse

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... Promising strategies in the field—including federal policy advocacy, statewide campaigns, faith organizing, and ...

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26 Jun 2012

-- POSTPONED -- Public Service Excellence and Diversity: A Leadership Opportunity

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... on the principles of equality and inclusion. But today’ s social conditions in our nation reflect persistent racial ... ability and appeal to people of color in solving social policy dilemmas. The...

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13 Sep 2012

--POSTPONED-- Innovative Action: Promising New Initiatives to Stop HIV Transmission

Thursday, September 13, 2012 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... effort underway to decrease HIV transmission amongst NYC’ s most vulnerable populations. In addition, mobile HIV ... will provide an in-depth picture of the status of NYC’ s efforts to prevent, treat and...

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26 Oct 2011

Everything You Need to Know You Learned Before Kindergarten: Ready for Kindergarten/Ready for Life

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

Philanthropy New York, 79 Fifth Ave., 4th floor, NYC

... Quality early childhood education can boost children’ s cognitive, social-emotional, and physical readiness for ... shows that high quality programs develop children’ s early literacy and math skills and their...

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22 Jun 2010

Investing in Our Next Generation: English Language Learners and Their Families

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 9:00am to Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 5:00pm

... students are the most rapidly growing population in U. S . elementary schools. While states like New York, ... ELL a priority for local and national funders and for policy makers, as well as showcasing...

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20 Jun 2011

School Transformations: Taking a Sad School and Making It Better

Monday, June 20, 2011 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... A program of Philanthropy Connects , Philanthropy New York' s policy committee, presented with the Donors' Education .....

04 Feb 2010

Summer Learning Loss: How Can It Be Reduced?

Thursday, February 4, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... in New York City. PRESENTER Mary Terzian, Ph.D., M. S .W., Interdisciplinary Research Scientist, Child Trends . ...

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25 May 2011

The Assault on Fair Courts: Why the Politicization of the Judiciary Is Harming Our Justice System and Democracy as a Whole

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... Briefing, sponsored by Open Society Foundations - U. S . Programs, Transparency & Integrity Fund , Carnegie ... government accountability, law and Justice, and public policy . The session will also be of...

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11 Mar 2014

An Examination of the Nonprofit Revitalization Act from the Foundation Perspective

Tuesday, March 11, 2014 -

8:45am to 10:30am

... Act of 2013, the most comprehensive reform of New York’ s nonprofit laws in decades. The new requirements, most of ... author of the act as the Chief of the Attorney General’ s Charities Bureau, Julie Floch,...

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Executive Leadership

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

09 Apr 2014

Shaping the Nature of Work in the New Economy

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 2:45pm

... Life George Goehl, Executive Director, National People' s Action Gerald Hudson, International Executive Vice .....

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Perpetuity, continued

Release Date:

04/24/2014

... Philanthropy and Civil Society at Duke University’ s Sanford School of Public Policy At a recent panel discussion organized by ... careful notes was Bruce Trachtenberg (you can see Bruce’ s...

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Governance

15 Jul 2014

Art, Technology and Intellectual Property: How Funders Can Help Artists and Arts Institutions Navigate this Changing Landscape

Tuesday, July 15, 2014 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

Part of Philanthropy New York' s " Spotlight On the Arts " Series. The digital age has ... to and distribution of art? What is the current state of policy play on copyright issues and international...

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Who Are the One Million New Yorkers Still Without Healthcare?

Release Date:

06/25/2014

by Michael Hamill Remaley, Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Communications, Philanthropy New York When the deadline for insurance coverage through our state' s healthcare exchange came on March 31,...

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PNY News

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Health

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New York Health Foundation

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Community Service Society of New York

Mediacracy — A Dialogue With Experts on the Troubled Intersection of Media and Democracy

Release Date:

11/26/2013

... interventions by media makers, designed to make complex policy topics more accessible to a broad range of audiences. ...

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The William C. Bullitt Foundation

How Philanthropists Can Play Politics

Release Date:

09/24/2012

By Eric Kessler , Founder, Principal and Managing Director, Arabella Advisors In an earlier post, I urged the philanthropic community to put aside its misgivings and get involved in political giving. On September...

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