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The National Veterans Council is currently working on a project to develop a schematic plan for redevelopment of the Long Wharf Waterfront Park ,where there is a collection of war memorials, including the Vietnam Veteran Memorial and are sited between I-95 and the New Haven Harbor.This project will not only be enhancement of the Vietnam Memorial and how it is use by the public as a place of memory, but will also be an exciting new comprehensive vision for this…
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Young girls clad in red dresses, accessorized with numbers for identification sat as prey among predators. As the girls watched cartoons, the predators watched them, shrewdly choosing their next victim. But, one girl in particular stood out – her number read 146.
“Her name became a number, her number became our name” reads the website of Love146, an international human rights organization…
ContinueAdded by The Community Foundation for GNH on July 28, 2016 at 5:13am — No Comments
Common Ground — the nation’s oldest environmental charter high school, creating the next generation of successful college students and powerful community and environmental leaders — is seeking one passionate, creative, and certified Social Studies/History teacher. This teacher will have the chance to:
Added by Joel Tolman on July 27, 2016 at 5:28am — No Comments
Job Posting
Program Manager for Nonprofit Educational Organization
Overview:
Salma Khatoon Academy (SKA) is looking to grow its organization and programming by hiring a Program Manager to oversee its educational initiatives. Programs will take place in Branford, CT in a 12,000 ft2 school building on 2.75 acres of bucolic…
ContinueAdded by Kelly Hebrank on July 22, 2016 at 7:03am — No Comments
Nobody deserves to be in jail simply because they cannot afford their bail. #decriminalizepoverty #endcashbail
http://www.wsj.com/articles/group-to-pay-bail-for-poor-defendants-in-low-level-cases-1469130423
Added by Patrick Sullivan on July 22, 2016 at 4:11am — No Comments
Hello! On Thursday, August 25, we will hold a day of service for our incoming law students to better acquaint them with volunteer opportunities in and around New Haven. We have 200 students and are looking for placements for part or all of that day.
If your organization has any general volunteer needs (painting, lawn work, maintenance, food preparation, office support, etc), please contact me at ellen.cosgrove@yale.edu. Please let me know how many students you need and…
ContinueAdded by Ellen Cosgrove on July 15, 2016 at 8:38am — 1 Comment
Board members that judge a "book by its cover" may seriously lose-out on opportunities in prospective CEOs. That's my basic takeaway from the following Washington Post article about a study that examined how:
CEO's "faces" send messages;
"looks" for for-profits are likely different than what nonprofits (and their donors) desire; and, bottom line, there may be some truly hidden gems out there that get missed because of personal bias by board members or just plain mis-judgement. I…
Added by Mike Burns on July 12, 2016 at 1:48am — No Comments
Citing Experience and Recent Data, Panel of Young Women Recommend Investing in Girls of Color at 21st Annual Meeting of Community Fund for Women & Girls
New Haven, CT (July 6, 2016) –The Community Fund for Women & Girls, Greater New Haven’s permanent charitable endowment dedicated solely to advancing women and girls, convened stakeholders to hear the status of girls in Connecticut and the region on June 29 at its Annual Meeting. The event featured Dr. Andrea…
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Last week New Reach's maintenance van was broken into and over $3000 worth of tools were stolen. These are literally the tools we use to build hopeful futures. If you can we are in need of the following tools:
Dewalt 18V cordless tools:
Impact Driver, 2 reciprocating saws, Hammer drill, drill, circular saw, cut off tool/grinder, 7 x 18V batteries, Milwaukee reciprocating saw with blades, Pneumatic staple gun, Bosh left hand circular saw.
If you can help by…
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Coordinator, Community Impact
Job Summary:
United Way of Greater New Haven (UWGNH) brings people and organizations together to create solutions to Greater New Haven’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Education, Income, and Health. We tackle issues that cannot be solved by any one group…
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This article captures some of the excellent feedback we got at our community planning meeting last week. Thanks again to those who came out!
http://http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/CT_bail_fund/
Added by Patrick Sullivan on July 1, 2016 at 9:41am — No Comments
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Kitchen at CitySeed is open! It's great new resource for cooking classes, community events, food business incubation and more. Read all about it…
Added by The Community Foundation for GNH on June 30, 2016 at 4:50am — No Comments
Philanthropy has long played a major role in the search for cures to deadly and debilitating diseases. From the dawn of modern medicine until World War II, philanthropists were the primary sources of funding for medical research. That role changed after the war, when science and technology became a national priority and the government began making massive…
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Talk about a life lesson in fulfilling one's duty of care AND addressing personal risks, the NC New Schools board is a case example that couldn't be better. Simple lessons: one of the first questions a nonprofit board member should ask: do you have Directors & Officer's Insurance? Another question each year: has our D&O Insurance been paid?
Of course, the board should have been asking a lot more questions to understand first, how the organization was doing that it was heading…
ContinueAdded by Mike Burns on June 29, 2016 at 7:59am — No Comments
OneWorld Progressive Institute, Inc is a 501(C)3, 100 percent volunteer organization serving Greater New Haven and the broader CT community since 1996. We produce three…
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The Supreme Court of the United States struck down the Obama Administration’s immigration executive actions that would have expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and created Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA). Despite this setback to immigration reform, we would like to highlight the work of an organization in Greater New Haven that creates a…
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OneWorld Radio Presents a Profile of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England (PPSNE) Programs and Services In CT. PPSNE has 17 health centers in CT; these centers offer family care including HPV screening and testing; HIV testing, counseling and referral; screening and treatment for STDs/STIs; HPV & Hepatitis B vaccinations, annual gynecological exams and Tuberculosis testing.
Added by N'Zinga Shani on June 22, 2016 at 5:30pm — No Comments
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