Entries Tagged as 'Leadership'

The Fight Continues

September 8th, 2008 by Ashley Friedman

"If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war." This quote is from ...
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Compassionate Congressional Candidate Compels Community Caring

July 23rd, 2008 by Abe Silk

Politicians promise all sorts of things on the campaign trail, but it's a rare breed of politician that follows through on their promises at all, let alone before they're even elected. Enter Tom ...
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Urban Next Summit

June 12th, 2008 by mikekarnj

"If you had to rebuild your city, how would you rebuild it?" Almost three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still recovering from a storm that destroyed 80% of the city. While many a...
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Sustainable South Bronx

June 6th, 2008 by Jerri Chou

ADB and Behance are big fans of the work and ideas that have come from Sustinable South Bronx. Talk about using innovation to break the rules and expectations, they've put the Bronx on the Gre...
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GPF ISSUE 3.5: Making Social Investment HIP

April 21st, 2008 by Abby Goldberg

So, remember Rockefeller Brothers Fund President, Stephen Heintz? Well one guy spent a half hour of our media briefing challenging Heintz’ assertion that “no major social change has come from th...
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ADB at the Global Philanthropy Forum

April 11th, 2008 by Abby Goldberg

I feel privileged and humbled by my day yesterday representing alldaybuffet at the Global Philanthropy Forum in Redwood City, CA. The Global Philanthropy Forum, or “GPF,” is a gathering of 500 ...
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NOLA 180

February 19th, 2008 by Jerri Chou

No more teachers, no more books, at least not the pre-Katrina kind. New Orleans had been known for having one of the most corrupt and failing school systems in the country. But it’s been tw...
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