Building a Food Movement Requires People Persons
Early last week, I was interviewed by a graduate student in NYU’s Masters of Food Studies program. We had a great discussion – she asked…
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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces $11.1 Million in New Grants to Close the Racial Wealth Gap Across New Jersey
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has approved more than $11 million in new grant and investment commitments — $6.08 million in Housing Choice and $5.05 million in Economic Mobility — as part of our commitment to closing the racial wealth gap in New Jersey.
Visit: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Announces $11.1 Million in New Grants to Close the Racial Wealth Gap Across New JerseysDodge Foundation Hosts First Partner and Grantee Convening
Last month, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation brought together more than 100 people representing 44 organizations for its first-ever partner and grantee convening.
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N.J. faces a choice: 10 acres of parking or 1,500 new homes
In one of America’s most expensive housing markets, more than 10 acres of publicly owned land in Jersey City are currently devoted to surface parking lots. When housing costs are forcing working families out of the communities they helped build, is that really the best use of scarce public land?
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Monarch Butterflies in a Tailspin
University of Kansas insect ecologist, Dr. Chip Taylor, who is the founder and director of Monarch Watch, explains in this interview for Yale Environment 360 the…
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Pew: News Industry in Crisis
The state of the news business is lousy. A week after the much-revered Boston Phoenix threw in the towel that’s hardly surprising news, but a new report…
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A Giant Leap for New Jersey News
Yesterday, Montclair State University announced the launch of its Center for Cooperative Media, a remarkable leap of progress for strengthening and expanding the news here…
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Four Tips for Developing a Regional Sustainability Network
Trying to get the 565 cities and towns of New Jersey to work collaboratively isn’t easy, but sustainability issues are a good way to get…
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Making Orange Pop!
Some of the Creative Orange participants The City of Orange Township, NJ has a powerful spirit that is fueled by its passionate, committed residents, nonprofit…
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Taking that Step Off the Curb
Earlier this month, the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers took a significant step in the policy and government relations arena – a first in our…
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Partners in Tourism
From March 20-22 leaders from the tourism industry will gather for the annual NJ Conference on Tourism. Destination marketing professionals, tour bus operators, representatives from…
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Why Gorging Ourselves on Junk News Matters
As is often the case, TV’s satirists — Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers — do a better job of getting to the truth of…
