Less-educated African American women who report experiencing high levels of racial discrimination may face greater risk of developing chronic diseases, says a new study by UC Berkeley researchers.
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New Haven, CT (October 29, 2018) – The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has announced its responsive grant awards for 2018, totaling $2,670,527 to nonprofit organizations working throughout Greater New Haven.
The grants will support 51 local programs and institutions, including health services to vulnerable residents, public libraries, homeless shelters, and efforts to expand economic opportunities for residents of all ages. The grants were selected from a pool of 97 applications seeking a total of nearly $8.2 million
“The nonprofits supported by The Foundation are leading the way in how our community is addressing many of its central challenges,” says William W. Ginsberg, President & CEO of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. “At the same time, widening inequality is the defining issue of our time and a tremendous challenge for our community. Our grantees are helping more local people access the skills and opportunities they need to secure a foothold in this changing economy. Our community needs to do everything possible to ensure that as the economy grows, its benefits are widely shared.”
The annual responsive grant cycle is open to nonprofits serving Greater New Haven and is funded by unrestricted and preference funds established by donors at The Foundation. In addition to its competitive grantmaking, The Foundation also makes grants throughout the year from designated and other funds. In 2018, The Foundation will make a total of about $28 million in grants and distributions. Continue reading.
THE "B" FOUNDATION
Now accepting grant applications from Internal Revenue Service qualified 501 (C) (3) organizations which seek assistance consistent with the goals of the "B" Foundation
to help feed, care, or educate society. The grants will range from $1,000 to $10,000 and will be awarded by the end of the calendar year.
Please submit your written requests only by:
November 15, 2018 to:
The "B" Foundation
P.O. Box 3709
Woodbridge, CT 06525
Connecticut is holding elections for one U.S. Senate seat, five U.S. House seats, governor and five other state executive offices, all 36 state senate seats, and all 151 state house seats. Two statewide measures are on the ballot.
This is a link to a helpful guide that includes information about:
- Voter Registration
- Who is running
- Issues on the ballot
- Who can vote
- Absentee voting
- Early voting and much more
https://ballotpedia.org/Voting_in_Connecticut
Ballotpedia is the digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Our goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government.
My 5th grade Fair Haven School newcomers honor Hispanic Heritage Month, sharing their perspectives via two videos: "Families Belong Together" and "Remembering Maria." https://photos.app.goo.gl/wCXT9z4dg3G27mkJ8. Thanks to Yale UNCIEF for their powerful production, Arte Inc. for their collaboration and support. If you ever have a creative idea for a collaboration/project with my class, email me david.weinreb@nhboe.net
With the construction of the Q House slated to start in coming months, a campaign has begun to raise $3 million to make sure that it never closes its doors again.
The fund for the new Dixwell Community “Q” House has been established at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to support the on-going programming and investment in the Q House after the initial construction to ensure its stability as an institution.
Bricks are available for a $100 donation to the Fund for the Dixwell Community House through the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Make your contribution here.
October 12
It is amazing the number of ways that voters’ names have quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) been removed from the rolls as we approach the midterm elections. States with contentious, close political races seem particularly prone to this. At this point, it might be hard to pick an exemplar, the leading state in voter suppression, but Georgia would be high on the list. https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/10/16/voter-suppression-may-become-synonymous-with-the-midterm-elections/
Since 1928, Foundation funds have started and sustained successful nonprofits and created and funded crucial collaboratives and inclusive coalitions. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of its founding, The Community Foundation is proud to present a series called “From the Start” — a history of investing in good ideas and talented people.
As part of the series, The Foundation is also honoring donors in their nineties.This week features Dr. Hal Bornstein Jr., a philanthropist with the motto: “There are no pockets in caskets. You can’t take the money with you.” Read more about Dr. Bornstein and other "From the Start" stories.
Nonprofits have a unique relationship with cybersecurity. They often work with smaller budgets than for-profit companies, so sometimes fewer resources are available to keep things as secure as they could be. There is also sometimes a feeling that since they are doing social good, they aren't prime targets for criminals. For these reasons, nonprofits are demonstrably more vulnerable to data loss.
They’ve eclipsed boys in political participation and shown incredible moral clarity.
By Reshma Saujani
Ms. Saujani is the founder of Girls Who Code.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/10/11/opinion/sunday/11saujani/merlin_145134453_ad8baf58-4f93-4183-96f3-642f547f803a-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&auto=webp 1024w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/10/11/opinion/sunday/11saujani/merlin_145134453_ad8baf58-4f93-4183-96f3-642f547f803a-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&auto=webp 2048w" sizes="((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw" itemprop="url" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/10/11/opinion/sunday/11saujani/merlin_145134453_ad8baf58-4f93-4183-96f3-642f547f803a-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale" />As Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, women across the country took to the streets and social media in support of her and sexual assault survivors around the world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/opinion/maybe-girls-will-save-us.html
The Ford Foundation was once described as “a large body of money…completely surrounded by people who want some.” It’s easy to look at a big pile of silver like a major foundation and think that’s what American philanthropy is all about.
But, actually, philanthropy in the U.S. is not just a story of moguls and big trusts. In fact, it’s not primarily about wealthy people at all.
https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/philanthropy-magazine/article/the-power-of-small-givers
One hundred twenty five years ago, a group of amateur musicians in New Haven began gathering to play classical works by Bach, Beethoven, and other European composers. The orchestra was comprised of German immigrants who had been missing the music of their home country. Within a year, they staged a concert to share the best of their culture with America. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra was born.
Now the 4th oldest symphony in the country after New York, Boston, and Chicago, New Haven Symphony Orchestra turns 125 this year, and is celebrating a long tradition of making high quality orchestral music available to all. Continue reading.
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Pam Bailey, NeighborWorks America blogger | 10/1/2018 2:31:22 PM
San Francisco’s Chinatown faces a number of challenges, stemming back to its origins: Chinese immigrants to the city were often limited to living in the neighborhood due to discriminatory policies and practices, reinforced by a natural desire to seek out supportive environments. Over time, a strong sense of community developed. Today, however, residents face a constant threat of eviction and displacement due to San Francisco’s hot real estate market.
It’s up to us to teach our boys about enthusiastic consent and the gray areas that put girls and women in danger. Below, we discuss how to educate our sons on respecting the agency and safety of both themselves and others.
Content warning: General discussions on rape culture and sexual harassment.
As wildfires raged in California this summer, over 2000 of the firefighters on site were paid just one dollar per hour to battle the blaze. These firefighters were volunteers from inside of California's prison system. They're part of a national workforce of incarcerated people paid pennies per hour and sometimes nothing at all for hourly labor benefiting the U.S. economy. Driven in part by demands for better working conditions and wages, incarcerated workers last month began a nationwide prison strike. Today we're speaking with David Fathi, director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project, to learn more about the strike and the organizers’ demands. David is a longtime prison rights advocate who has spent his career fighting for incarcerated people and against the policies that have given the U.S. the highest incarceration rate in the entire world. We'll get his thoughts on what the nationwide prison strike reveals about America's prison culture. David, thank you so much for being with us today.
https://www.aclu.org/podcast/what-happens-when-prisoners-go-strike-ep-15
In April, a Starbucks manager in Philadelphia called the police on two black men sitting peacefully inside a coffee shop. The culprit, according to Starbucks’ CEO and the city’s mayor, was implicit bias—subconscious thought that can influence behavior. Headlines like CNN’s “What the Starbucks incident tells us about implicit bias” soon followed. In response, Starbucks closed its doors for half a day in May to put 175,000 employees through a program to educate them about racial bias...
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/09/is-there-effective-way-fight-implicit-bias/571399/
When Max Johnson saw an ad for a software coding school in San Francisco called Holberton, he was in a dead-end job and looking for a way out. The idea of being a computer programmer had been in the back of his mind since he was a teenager growing up in Camden, New Jersey. So, he took a chance and applied.
Johnson had never thrived academically and was unsure he would get in. But Holberton looked for something else besides grades and degrees. What mattered was the motivation to learn. Having struggled to keep his head above water in the decade since college, Johnson was extremely motivated. And when he received his acceptance letter, he saw it as a chance to turn his life around.
Living out of his car because he could not afford an apartment in the Bay Area, Johnson set himself to learning what is known as the “full stack” of software tools that are the building blocks for Google, Facebook, and Apple, and are in demand across every sector of the economy. As important as learning how to code, Johnson also absorbed what was expected at a typical professional job. The school’s lessons were simulations of typical high-tech work projects, which require teamwork and creative problem solving. He also learned how to compete for a job. More than just learning how to interview and write a resume, he rehearsed an entire multi-stage hiring process used by most big firms.
Since graduating from Holberton, Johnson has leapt into a professional career path. He was hired by a New York City tech company and now has opportunities he that he describes as, “a miracle.” Continue reading.
Download your PDF copy of this flyer here.
There are a few prek spaces available in school readiness funded programs throughout the community. Please share the flyer which you can download here with colleagues and New Haven families with children age 3 & 4 years old. Below is a list of programs with openings as of September 11. For more info, contact me at denised@nhboe.net or 475-220-1470. Denise
School readiness programs with openings as of September 11:
- Catholic Charities
- Centro San Jose Child Care Center
290 Grand Avenue, 777-5068
- Child Development Center
790 Grand Avenue, 772-1131
- Creative ME
410 Blake Street, 859-2804
- Farnam Neighborhood House
162 Fillmore Street, 562-9194
- Friends Center for Children
225 East Grand Avenue, 468-1966
- Gateway Community College
- Early Learning Center
20 Church St, 285-2130
- Little Schoolhouse
1440 Whalley Ave, 389-6372
- LULAC Head Start 836-5850
- Faye Miller Parent & Child Center
250 Cedar Street
- Mill River Center
375 James Street
- Morning Glory Early Learning Center
1859 Chapel Street, 389-4148
49 Parmelee Avenue, 389-4149
- New Haven Public Schools*
- New Haven Preschool Program
- New Haven Head Start
(*Multiple Sites throughout New Haven
For an appointment to register, call
475-220-1461 or 475-220-1482 )
- Aedan Elementary School
351 McKinley Avenue, 387-5693
- St Andrews Community Nursery School
230 Townsend Avenue, 469-9000
- Francis Elementary School
428 Ferry Street, 777-5352
- United Community Nursery School
323 Temple Street, 782-0141
- YMCA Youth Center
52 Howe Street, 776-9622
For more info, contact me at denised@nhboe.net or 475-220-1470
