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Doniece Sandoval Receives James Irvine Foundation Leadership AwardThe James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards recognize and support individuals who are advancing innovative and effective solutions to significant state issues. The 2017 recipients are…Feb 2017 -
New Story Named to Fast Company's List of "World's Most Innovative Companies"Fast Company announced its annual ranking of the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2017, honoring leading enterprises and rising newcomers that exemplify the best…Feb 2017 -
Y Combinator Research is Funding Watsi for a Universal Healthcare ProjectFour years ago, Watsi became Y Combinator’s first non-profit. They’ve since raised over $7.5 million to fund life-changing healthcare for more than 10,000 patients in…Feb 2017 -
Words to Live by: Baylor Scott and White to Text High-Risk PatientsTo remind patients about medical visits and other issues related to their health, nurses and technicians at several outpatient charity clinics managed by the Baylor…Jan 2017 -
Why Getting Out of College Can Be As Hard As Getting InAimée Eubanks Davis conceived of the idea for Braven while working on the senior leadership team at Teach for America. Once a sixth-grade teacher through…Jan 2017 -
Urban Teachers Gets $1.5 Million GrantUrban Teachers recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Caruth Foundation, the largest amount it has received from a single donor in the Dallas area.…Jan 2017 -
The Springfield Empowerment Zone PartnershipA recent case study by the Progressive Policy Institute examined the ground breaking Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership (SEZP) launched by Empower Schools. The SEZP is an…Jan 2017 -
7 Kinds of Kindness: Model Ways of Supporting Refugees and ImmigrantsIn an effort to breakdown divisive attitudes and cultural misunderstandings, Welcoming Committees use key communications tools to educate the general public and breakdown barriers to…Jan 2017 -
NPR Interview With Raj Panjabi on $1 Million TED PrizeRaj Panjabi of Last Mile Health was recently featured on NPR’s Here and Now program discussing his winning the $1 Million TED Prize last month and Last Mile…Jan 2017
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.@PropelAmerica founder and CEO @Rouhanifard shares how "jobs-first" higher education can shift the paradigm to put… https://t.co/zzqKb7m7Fd
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.@LandedHomes announces their latest round of venture capital financing: $31M in equity, bringing them to nearly $1… https://t.co/wk10fu1dKi
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"Violent crime, specifically gun violence, plagues many urban neighborhoods, and we have seemed to have but one ans… https://t.co/cRJnIrScYg
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Exciting news from @wattTime, in collaboration with @OceanMindGlobal. The impacts from @ClimateTRACE are big - we c… https://t.co/41OvqMG0vR
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Last year, @icivics inspired millions of kids to try to win the White House. For her dedication to inspire the next… https://t.co/F7NT0OFNTG
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"If prisons made people safer, America would be the safest nation on the planet. And we’re not. Our methods don’t w… https://t.co/H93fNWiEeV
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"Corporations wield tremendous influence over the political system. But on climate, most corporations have decided… https://t.co/54q3YB69ni
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Watch the debut of @patagonia Provisions’ film "The Ocean Solution" on 9/9 at 5pm PT. Feat. @GreenWaveOrg & co-fo… https://t.co/xsXOspp4Yi
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"There is a huge human and environmental cost to the food that we are producing, and if we are wasting it, it’s cri… https://t.co/fDM6wPkz4S
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In Haiti, one of the world's poorest countries, many people build their own homes using cheap materials that are no… https://t.co/jBNMpduYX1
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"What will it take for us to transform our society such that we would be able to delight in watching each other gro… https://t.co/lrNskSKrG7
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Applications for three of the @Halcyoninspires Incubator’s Fellowship Programs are open! All global social entrepre… https://t.co/qjUmX95z6K
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Grantee @public_rights has launched a publication on @medium dedicated to exploring #workersrights in America and c… https://t.co/1krNBIApjM
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.@ZarlashtH, founder of @RefugeeTraumaUK, shares her family's raw and emotional story of seeking asylum as refugees… https://t.co/I50KU6rxwB
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Millions of households across the US lack climate-safe and affordable housing. On 7/21, @ElizabetHausler, founder &… https://t.co/lK4jFvFLYY
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Join us tomorrow for a free webinar on closing the early stage capital gap. With DRK's @jimbildner and… https://t.co/q6YODtq5uy
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.@ghcorps announced their 2021-2022 fellows who will join their global network of leaders, filling critical capacit… https://t.co/e7ULG4Jg0t
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To date, 2,000 women have graduated from @Laboratoriala. Congratulations to the entire Laboratoria team on this maj… https://t.co/BYHGIsxrUY
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RT @impactcity: Do not forget to sign-up for our live event at @Apollo14_DH on July 6th 'Masterclass on Scaling Impact' with special guest…
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How do you solve tough problems? With fresh perspectives and strong community. The @MorgridgeFamilyFoundation’s… https://t.co/eoTzh73UfD