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Helping kids post-COVID-19: A Q&A with Partnership With Children’s new CEO Wesner Pierre
The exec looks back at his own childhood and can relate to the challenges New York City’s youth face moving forward from the pandemic.
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GED test center for people with disabilities opens in NYC
The Lower Manhattan facility operated by the nonprofit Institute for Career Development is equipped with both general and specific assistive technology.
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New York Blood Center welcomes newly eligible LGBTQ+ donors
The move comes after the Food and Drug Administration issued its final guidance on a screening process that is not based on sexual or gender identity.
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Nonprofit delivers books – and access to information – to those in prison
How a couple of public defenders and their seven-year-old organization joined other groups in sending thousands of titles to incarcerated individuals.
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‘My private life mirrors my professional life:’ Union Settlement CEO on her devotion to public service
Darlene Williams sits down for a discussion with New York Nonprofit Media.
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How to achieve equity in the face of climate change and bridge the gap in New York's lower-income communities
It’s a moral imperative and strategic investment that provides a lifeline to improved health, resilience, and economic opportunities
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Mission-aligned nonprofits equals success, here’s how
Organizations that stray away from their overarching mission threaten to alienate donors and make decision-making difficult.
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College admissions, post-affirmative action
PeerForward CEO Gary Linnen discusses his work helping students of color into higher education in an interview with New York Nonprofit Media.
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Formerly incarcerated and fighting for prison reform
Jose Hamza Saldana, director of Release Aging People in Prison, in a conversation with New York Nonprofit Media, discusses how to effect change in the face of an Albany scared of seeming soft on crime.
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Youth-serving nonprofits denounce termination of Next STEPS
The mentoring program focuses on youth in NYCHA developments that were identified in Mayor Eric Adams' Blueprint for Community Safety as the most impacted communities in the city.
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Providing BIPOC leaders a “Brilliant Transformation” into leadership roles
Here’s what a new study learned and recommended to help integrate leadership transitions successfully into our collective work.
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Combating chronic absence at NYC schools
Through its program, the Attendance Success Initiative, the YMCA of Greater New York is battling chronic absenteeism and seeing improvement in attendance.
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Harlem-based arts organization receives $2 million ‘transformational’ grant
The funding from the Mellon Foundation will help EMERGE125 expand longevity and capacity for future projects.
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Robin Hood Foundation to help New York City expand child care voucher program
New grant funding will help increase eligibility for child care, facilitate enrollment and fund research.
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Opinion: The cost of a workplace disaster
This Labor Day, New York must bring justice to fallen workers
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Advocates and local elected officials launch countdown to close Rikers
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration was called on to comply with a legal mandate of closing the troubled jail complex in 2027.
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Opinion: Looking at Women’s Equality Day from behind bars
Women are the fastest growing segment of the incarcerated population, and along with gender-expansive people, often punished more harshly than others in prison.
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Homeless parents entering the shelter system looking to reunite with their children have got a long hard road
An analysis by the Institute for Community Living details the problems that plague reunification.
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Advocates rally for “How Many Stops” act
The bill comes amidst a 40% increase in police misconduct
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