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Equity of Place Opinion Survey

This is your chance to share your opinions with the building community! We are planning to share the most constructive and meaningful survey responses at the NESSBE summit and on the event website: www.nessbe.net

This survey's target audience is the community outside of the building professions, although all are welcome to share. Our definition of building professions includes Architects, Urban Planners, Engineers, Owners, Academics, and Policymakers.

Community Survey: https://www.nessbe.net/community-survey

You can download a printable version to share with your community groups at this link.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ZaSwVdMXsJGg-tIS6WVms4zFYNg31Fq/view?usp=sharing

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Transforming Youth Justice

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Leadership Institute Graduates Change Agents

A police officer is working to change policies that would divert more young people from the criminal justice system to Juvenile Review Boards. A probation officer is training judicial colleagues on the problem of implicit bias. A high school English teacher is creating a plan to expand transitional vocational programs for at-risk students. The three are among the latest cohort to graduate from the Tow Institute’s Transforming Youth Justice Leadership Development Program, an innovative approach to improving youth justice policy, practice and outcomes.  Continue reading.

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Last year, the Community Fund for Women & Girls awarded nine grants totaling $80,950. After reviewing 2017 grant reports, it was apparent that those grants influenced and improved the development of gender-specific programming across the region. Programs serving girls addressed mental health, self-esteem and wellbeing, leadership development, hands-on job training, exposure to STEM fields and skill-building. Programs serving women focused on providing legal services and guidance to Latina women, financial literacy and coaching, leadership development, supportive health coaching and therapeutic services to those coping with substance abuse issues. Learn more.

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December 07, 2018

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Deadlines Approaching

New Haven, CT (December 5, 2018) - The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region’s permanent endowment and largest grantmaker to local nonprofits, announces several grant opportunities with various application deadlines in the coming weeks. For complete details, visit www.cfgnh.org/grants.

The Quinnipiac River Fund, a component fund at The Community Foundation, is accepting applications through Friday, January 18, 2019. The Fund makes grants for projects designed to benefit the environmental quality of the Quinnipiac River, the New Haven Harbor, and surrounding watersheds. Approximately $100,000 in grants is awarded each spring from the Fund. Learn more here.

The Neighborhood Leadership Program at The Community Foundation will accept applications through Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at noon. The Neighborhood Leadership Program is an eight-month training and grant program that supports community leaders in imagining, developing, testing and realizing projects which build community and provide positive outcomes in New Haven neighborhoods and contiguous towns. Applications for the 2019 program will be available starting December 15, 2018. Learn more here.

The Community Fund for Women & Girls is accepting applications for the 2019 grants cycle through Wednesday, January 30, 2019. Grants from this fund whose purpose is to advance women and girls are awarded to gender-specific initiatives that are intentional, equitable and well-informed.  Learn more here.

The annual Responsive Grant Process also opens in January and has a deadline of March 28, 2019. A free informational webinar about this process will be held in February.   

The Community Foundation has several other competitive grant processes opening in January including: Year-Round Small Grants, Sponsorships, Scholarships and the Konopacke Fund for nonprofit animal shelters.

Click here for a complete list of our available grant programs and upcoming deadlines.

About The Community Foundation

Thanks to the generosity of three generations of donors, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven awarded over $28.5 million in grants and distributions as of December 31, 2017. The endowment is valued at more than $620 million and composed of hundreds of individually named funds. In addition to its grantmaking, The Community Foundation helps build a stronger community by leading on issues and supporting donors and nonprofits in creating a community of opportunity for all. The Foundation’s 20 town service area includes: Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge. For more information about The Community Foundation, visit www.cfgnh.org, find us on Facebook at www.facebook.org/cfgnh or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cfgnh

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Every December, public school students, parents, teachers and administrators face the difficult task of acknowledging the various religious and secular holiday traditions celebrated during that time of year. Teachers, administrators and parents should try to promote greater understanding and tolerance among students of different traditions by taking care to adhere to the requirements of the First Amendment...

https://www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/religion-in-public-schools/religious-holidays

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Greta Thunberg, 15, told UN summit that students are acting in absence of global leadership

Thunberg during her Friday climate change protest.
 Thunberg during her Friday climate change protest. Photograph: Hanna Franzen/EPA

Action to fight global warming is coming whether world leaders like it or not, school student Greta Thunberg has told the UN climate change summit, accusing them of behaving like irresponsible children...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/04/leaders-like-children-school-strike-founder-greta-thunberg-tells-un-climate-summit

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As we prepare to close out 2018 and reflect upon the past year, it’s overwhelming to think about the countless crises that have erupted and disrupted communities around the country, including the growing incidence of extreme climate events, mounting wealth and income inequality, increasing urban displacement, gentrification, and families separated at the border. The rising tide of crises demonstrates the need for massive and systemic change...
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/12/04/5-lessons-to-guide-the-transition-to-a-more-just-philanthropy/
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Helping My Fair-Skinned Son Embrace His Blackness

ASHLEY SEIL SMITH

Editor's Note: This article is part of Parenting in an Uncertain Age, a series about the experience of raising children in a time of great change.

I recently confessed to my son that I would have to miss back-to-school night for a work trip. Most parents can expect one of two reactions from their children to this news: relief or a guilt trip. My son’s response was of the second variety, but with a particular twist. “You can’t miss back-to-school night!” he said. “How else will my new teachers know I’m black?”

For my husband and me, back-to-school night is not only about establishing what kind of parents we will be for the coming school year—it is also about establishing our son’s racial identity and sense of belonging...

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/son-embrace-his-blackness/575998/

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Racism and the Off-Duty Doctor

In medical residency, I trained at a county hospital in Los Angeles. Black and Brown patients lay on gurneys in the emergency room and lined the halls on the wards. Our patients were mostly poor, often undocumented. The doctors were mostly White...

https://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/racism-and-the-off-duty-doctor-20181126

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What does inclusion mean for CNU?

I invite you to think about the role of new urbanists—and how we can design our role—to reduce the burden of society's bias.
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Black males continue to be underrepresented, misrepresented, or invisible in all forms of children’s media, including children’s books. Of the 3,400 children’s books published in 2017, only 2% featured books with Black characters written by Black authors. Even fewer featured Black boys or men...

https://medium.com/@katieishizukastephens/black-boy-fly-53-childrens-books-centering-and-celebrating-the-humanity-of-black-boys-cd880ecf9f10?fbclid=IwAR1sw1IsTFD-6ceoYBDyPIpUOmoYELnmwLlm6_E59fVC7LdFYJWyAeHmPLw

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