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The People’s (Climate) March: A Tipping Point Towards the Clean Revolution

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09/26/2014

... in Focus blog . What a day it was! Sunday’ s historic People’ s Climate March was a testament to the growing power and visibility of a global people’ s movement for peace, justice and...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Health

05 Nov 2014

Should Nonprofits Be Mandated to Pay Living Wages, and What is Philanthropy’s Role?

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 -

2:30pm to 5:00pm

... by The New York Community Trust , The New York Women’ s Foundation and PNY’ s Funders of Women and Girl s working group, the Federation ...

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New York State

ASPCA & Lil BUB’s Philanthropy Isn’t Just Fluff

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10/29/2014

... Mike Bridavsky, carefully ensures that proceeds from BUB’ s ventures go back to helping special animals just like her. ... welfare organizations. Enter the ASPCA. The nation’ s oldest animal welfare...

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Animal Welfare

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Mayor de Blasio Can Make Lasting Change with Nonprofit Living Wages and Career Opportunities

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12/16/2014

... their pay will improve their communities. There’ s no doubt that City funding for social services and the ... problems in a strategic and targeted manner. But it’ s not likely to just increase social services...

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Workforce Development

03 Mar 2015

Summer Youth Employment Programs: Ensuring Greater Career Readiness

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 -

7:00am to 10:00am

... has significantly affected young people of color. 2013' s employment data reveals that only 19% of black teens were ... know summer jobs are an important part of a young person’ s (16 to 19 year-olds)...

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New York City

16 Mar 2015

Food Systems and Movements

Monday, March 16, 2015 -

2:45pm to 5:00pm

... Director for Sustainable Agriculture, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation Designed for All interested funders Registration ...

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29 Apr 2015

What Kind of Welcome? How are Unaccompanied Children from Central America Faring in New York?

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 -

2:15pm to 4:30pm

... Program Director, Local Immigration Program, The Hagedorn Foundation Alan Shapiro, Co-Founder, Terra Firma; Senior ... Medical Director, Community Pediatric Programs, Children' s Hospital at Montefiore...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

27 Sep 2016

Healthcare Crisis: Do We Have the Workforce Needed for Today and Tomorrow?

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 -

3:00pm to 5:00pm

... the role that philanthropy can play in ensuring America’ s healthcare workforce is prepared for the rising demand for ... Healthcare Terry Fulmer , President, John A. Hartford Foundation Prabhjot Singh ,...

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NYC's Action on School Discipline Moves Closer to Just Education

Release Date:

07/30/2015

... Even one suspension in the 9th grade doubles a student’ s chances of later dropping out of high school, research ... and climate. Among the recommendations in the team’ s report, Dignity in Schools , are...

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The Atlantic Philanthropies

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17 Sep 2015

How U.S. Funders Can Respond to the Current Global Refugee Crisis - Webinar

Thursday, September 17, 2015 -

4:00pm to 5:30pm

... children fled Central America for safety in the U. S . This summer, hundreds of thousands of refugees are seeking ... to trucks full of corpses—have focused the world’ s attention on this long-developing global...

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Advancing Racial Equity in Arts and Culture, Part 2

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09/21/2015

... post discussed the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund’ s racial justice leadership training for arts and cultural ... where racial inequities are most prevalent in the City’ s arts and culture sector. They...

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The New York Community Trust

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Arts

Community Development

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Playwright, Novelist and Songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks to Receive the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize: JP Morgan Private Bank

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10/15/2015

... City, where she has served since 2008 as the institution’ s first Master Writer Chair. The private ceremony, attended ... will also feature a performance of an excerpt from Parks’ s play Topdog/Underdog...

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Bloomberg Philanthropies Expands Support to Thirteen New Cities through the What Works Cities Initiative

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12/10/2015

... and improve open data practices in order to make the city' s data more accessible to city managers and the public, ... Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School, The Sunlight Foundation , and The Behavioral...

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Top 8 Ways Philanthropy Can Make Space at the Table for Immigrant Women Leaders

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05/19/2016

... Executive Director, Unbound Philanthropy While it’ s thankfully becoming common knowledge that investing in women leaders is smart, just and strategic, women’ s voices and gender-based challenges are still...

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United Way of New York City

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Gender Justice

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Program Associate of Education (United Way of New York City)

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08/16/2016

... Part of the United Way Worldwide system, one of the world' s most recognized charitable brands, we envision caring ... and execution of United Way of New York City’ s (UWNYC) Education initiatives...

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Associate, Budgets and Contract Compliance, EducateNYC (United Way of New York City)

Release Date:

08/16/2016

... Part of the United Way Worldwide system, one of the world' s most recognized charitable brands, we envision caring ... partnerships implementing United Way of New York City’ s (UWNYC) NYC DOE AIDP...

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Boutiques for the People

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09/27/2016

... for the People by Judith R. Shapiro, president, Teagle Foundation The term “boutique” has come to be used as a ... programs that cannot be scaled up in their full form. It' s certainly understandable that...

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Education

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16 Nov 2016

Gun Violence in America: Newtown and a Public Health Crisis

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 -

4:00pm to 6:30pm

... dead. Newtown is a gripping exploration into a community’ s profound grief and what happens after it becomes the center ... , Program Director, Gun Violence Prevention, The Joyce Foundation Vince Stehle (...

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It’s Time to Define Our New Normal

Release Date:

12/19/2016

It’ s Time to Define Our New Normal By Donita Volkwijn, ... a war zone. It wasn’t a fear borne out of one person’ s power over another. Rather, it was the fear of a mob ... foretold where we are today. How are you...

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