Sentences with phrase «new nonprofit initiative»

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New Grounds Food sources fair - trade coffee from The Chain Collaborative, a nonprofit that facilitates social, environmental, economic and quality - focused initiatives in coffee - dependent communities.

In addition to Mass Audubon, the state's largest nature conservation nonprofit, partners in the NWF initiative include the Ipswich River Watershed Association, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, Boston University, University of New Hampshire, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation and Office of Coastal Zone Management.

Through the new initiative, called the Community Diaper Program, e-commerce company Jet has offered to use its warehouse and logistics network to sell nonprofit groups bulk diapers with free two - day shipping.

Say Yes is expected to announce a new initiative with America's Promise Alliance, another nonprofit seeking to boost graduation rates in the U.S. where 83 percent of students finished high school in four years in 2015, up from 79 percent in 2011.

He also gave $ 50,000 to de Blasio's controversial nonprofit Campaign for One New York, which was used to raise money for his initiatives, Kramer reported.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new state initiative Sunday that will grant $ 50 million to nonprofit groups to help them with job creation and affordable housing programs.

Conservative nonprofit Project Veritas secretly recorded Schulkin, a Democrat, claiming that Mayor Bill de Blasio's IDNYC initiative does not properly verify applicants and allows them to commit election fraud, as reported by the New York Post.

U.S Chess Hall of Fame grandmaster Maurice Ashley is leading the new initiative with the help of nonprofit youth organization the Police Athletic League and the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office.

Jason S. Freeman has been appointed the director of the Coalition for Science After School, an initiative run by the After - School Corp., a New York - City based nonprofit organization that works to improve after - school programs.

The nonprofit New Schools Venture Fund has established a «Charter Accelerator» initiative to invest in more nonprofit EMOs.

Launched in 2012, I'm First is the newest initiative of the Center for Student Opportunities organization, a nonprofit founded in 2006 that provides resources and information for first - generation college students in an effort to empower them on the path to and through college.

Overarching local nonprofits such as New Schools for New Orleans and Teach NOLA have coordinated and supercharged the reform initiatives, and national organizations such as Teach for America and the New Teacher Project have expanded their presence in New Orleans.

I plan to return to my work in the nonprofit sector, but I hope to remain involved in promising new initiatives for student learning.

In an initiative now being piloted in six cities across the country, communities are working to redesign their municipal systems and form new citywide partnerships so that everyone — elected officials, nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals, social workers, parents, business owners, and educators — takes on the responsibility of supporting children and closing the opportunity gap.

Seven universities are working with district and nonprofit partners as part of the four - year initiative to create new models for improving university principal training and learn lessons to be shared with the field.

Such opportunities include the Teacher Liaison, the Secretary's Teacher Advisory, the New Mexico Teacher Leader Network, and the Teaching Policy Fellowship facilitated by Teach Plus — a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that teachers have a voice in policymaking.43 As detailed extensively by Chiefs for Change in a recent report, these teacher leadership roles and initiatives serve to empower teachers by recognizing them as key stakeholders in the policy development and implementation process.44

The model for these new instructional roles came from an initiative called Opportuni - ty Culture, developed by the North Carolina - based nonprofit group Public Impact.

The CHIME Institute charter school of Woodland Hills would be hard pressed to make ends meet without the help of a program sponsored by the Local Initiatives Support Corp., a New York nonprofit active in underprivileged communities across the nation.

One of our current initiatives is an emerging partnership with the great folks at First Book, a nonprofit social enterprise that provides access to new books for children in need.

CHOW DOWN AND LISTEN UP: The nonprofit oral history project StoryCorps has launched a new initiative, the Great Thanksgiving Listen [http://bit.ly/1NnDL04], asking high school teachers to encourage their students to sit down over the Thanksgiving holiday and record a meaningful conversation with an older family or community member.

Aaron Walker is CEO of Camelback Ventures, a nonprofit that backs diverse entrepreneurs with education initiatives, including charter schools, in four cities: Chicago, New Orleans, New York and Oakland.

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In an essay published in the New York Nonprofit Press, Lucy N. Friedman describes how the ELT / NYC initiative is showing the way toward a seamless learning day that increases academic time, but also brings rigor and structure to enrichments such as arts and science.

First Book, a new nonprofit, White House - led initiative, has joined forces with publishers, other nonprofits, and the New York Public Library to create an app called Open eBooks that will bring free literature to students across the countnew nonprofit, White House - led initiative, has joined forces with publishers, other nonprofits, and the New York Public Library to create an app called Open eBooks that will bring free literature to students across the countNew York Public Library to create an app called Open eBooks that will bring free literature to students across the country.

Gamelab spun off two successful companies: Gamestar Mechanic, an online site funded by the MacArthur Foundation that lets kids create games; and the Institute of Play, a nonprofit initiative that looks at the intersection of games and learning and which recently launched Quest to Learn, a New York City school using play as the model for learning.

Art21, the New York — based nonprofit best known for its documentaries about contemporary artists, has announced three new initiatives — the organization's first - ever gala, the premiere of the ninth season of its Art in the Twenty - First Century television series on PBS, and the publication of a book of artist interviews titled Being an ArtiNew York — based nonprofit best known for its documentaries about contemporary artists, has announced three new initiatives — the organization's first - ever gala, the premiere of the ninth season of its Art in the Twenty - First Century television series on PBS, and the publication of a book of artist interviews titled Being an Artinew initiatives — the organization's first - ever gala, the premiere of the ninth season of its Art in the Twenty - First Century television series on PBS, and the publication of a book of artist interviews titled Being an Artist.

They include: Negar Azimi, writer and senior editor at Bidoun, an award - winning publishing, curatorial, and educational initiative with a focus on the Middle East and its diasporas; Gean Moreno, artistic director of Cannonball, a Miami — based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of critical discourse and contemporary art through residencies, grants, commissions, and public programs; Aily Nash, co-curator of Projections, the New York Film Festival's artists» film and video section, and co-curator of the 2017 Whitney Biennial film program; and Wendy Yao, a publisher and founder of both the exhibition space 356 South Mission Road and Ooga Booga, a shop with two Los Angeles locations that specializes in independent books, music, art, and clothing.

Soon after I moved to L.A. from New York, I co-founded the Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), a nonprofit public art initiative committed to curating site - and situation - specific contemporary art projects in Los Angeles and beyond.

We're trying a similar approach at my academic home, Pace University's Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies, in our new undergraduate Environmental Policy and Practice Clinic — a course in which students work with nearby communities or nonprofit groups to advance environmental initiatives.

The study, supported by Entergy Corporation through their Environmental Initiatives Fund, and prepared in partnership by New Orleans - based Tierra Resources and Portland - based nonprofit The Climate Trust, examines existing wetland restoration techniques — river diversions, hydrologic restoration, wetland assimilation, and mangrove plantings — identifying areas for future scientific investigation to support carbon offset programs.

ALBANY, NY (04/03/2017)(readMedia)-- Responding to the urgent need for lawyers to assist New York immigrants in need of representation, the New York State Bar Association and The New York Bar Foundation today announced an initiative to connect pro bono lawyers with nonprofit groups serving immigrants across New York.

The panel marked the launch of the law school's new access to justice initiative and the relocation of the National Center for Access to Justice — an independent nonprofit that utilizes data to improve the justice system — to Fordham from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

July 20, 2016 — «The United Way of Siouxland has donated grants totaling $ 100,000 to three nonprofit organizations as part of its new Funding Opportunity to Connect and Uplift Siouxland (FOCUS) initiative.

The initiative also includes the Knight Prototype Fund, which fosters accurate information in media and announced a new round of winners in June 2017, and Newsmatch, a partnership with Democracy Fund to support nonprofit news and investigative news outlets with matching grants during the end - of - year giving period; Newsmatch was initially launched by Knight in December 2016.

The new initiative will be organized as a limited liability company, however, rather than as a nonprofit foundation.

«Volunteer work, whether in addition to a current job or an activity in between jobs, shows an employer that you are willing to try new experiences, be involved in your community and generally demonstrates a willingness to take initiative and make things happen,» says Kara Montermoso, content manager at Idealist.org, a site that connects people and nonprofit organizations and has partnered with Monster on Monster Volunteering.