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For a project on Arab states and civil societies in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
83 months
Description
COVID-19 appears to be exacerbating pre-existing conditions both in the Arab region and globally, including functionality of governance and services, economic degradation, repression and surveillance, and drivers of state-backed conflict. The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship based at the American University of Beirut (AUB) will build a multidisciplinary team of researchers to generate empirical knowledge on state-society relations in the Arab region in the wake of COVID-19. In collaboration with partners in the Global South, this project will contribute to policy development and knowledge production on governance, access to public healthcare, social protections, employment and labor regulations, and taxation in countries across the region. Corporation funds will support research, publications, an online database, workshops, and conferences.
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As one-time only grant for support of a series on international relationships for staffers of the incoming 117th Congress
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
43 months
Description
As a major global power, the United States is distinctively involved in regions around the world. To craft effective strategies, policymakers need to understand the policies of, and geopolitical relationships among, the countries of those regions. The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Wilson Center) will engage bipartisan groups of both established and new congressional staffers on the most important of those relationships, with emphasis on how they intersect with the peace and security goals of the United States. Drawing from the Wilson Center’s expertise in regional studies, the project will consist of webinar classes, scenario simulations, and the production of digital content.
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For strengthening and mainstreaming U.S. expertise and knowledge about Russia
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
The breadth and scope of international challenges call for American expertise on foreign countries, regions, and international issues. The Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a premier American institution dedicated to the study of Russia and Eurasia, advances such expertise among the American scholars and practitioners. Kennan programs enhance the capacity of scholars to communicate their findings to policy and general audiences, provide anon-partisan space to present and debate research findings, and promote academic exchanges between the United States and Russia. Over the next two years, the Institute will continue a set of programs, activities, and publications to help improve the U.S. understanding of Russia and offer a solid and objective analytical base for U.S. policy toward Russia.
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For the University of Pennsylvania - European University at St. Petersburg M.A. and Certificate in Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
34 months
Description
Global tensions and challenges have highlighted the importance of mutual understanding between and among countries. To promote these between the United States and Russia, the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) will create a two-year dual-degree M.A. program as well as a Ph.D. certificate program in collaboration with the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP). The dual degree programs will increase the number of specialists with deep knowledge of Russia and Eurasia in the academic social sciences and humanities as well as in public life. It will also expose the students at EUSP to American thinking and perspectives. The Corporation grant will help launch the program.
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For support of the Ufahamu Africa podcast
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Western narratives about Africa are primarily shaped by external voices and often lack contextual understanding or meaningful nuance. These perceptions contribute to misunderstanding and sub-optimal policies and programs toward African countries. Established in 2017, Ufahamu Africa, is a weekly podcast aimed at informing and engaging the public and key stakeholders on events and issues in Africa through broadcasting conversations with academics and practitioners. With Corporation support, Ufahamu Africa will increase the proportion of podcasts guests from Africa, expand dissemination activities, and improve audio quality.
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For digitization and digital access for the Richelieu Library
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (the French National Library) is one of France’s oldest cultural institutions. Today it is also one of the most digitally accessible public libraries in the world with over 6 million online documents and digital exhibitions. Its historic site, the Richelieu Library and museum in Paris, is undergoing physical restoration and programmatic transformation for re-opening in 2021. With a contribution from the Corporation, the Richelieu Library will offer diverse forms of multilingual, digital access to its vast collections and publications.
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For participation of African scholars in The International Summit on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa 2020
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
22 months
Description
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set out a wide-ranging and ambitious agenda to resolve some of the world’s most intractable and complex problems. While research is crucial to achieving the SDGs, the vast majority of research in this area is dominated by the Global North. It is critical that African knowledge and thought-leadership is brought to bear on finding sustainable approaches to advancing the SDGs. Toward this end, the University of Cape Town will host The International Summit on the SDGs in Africa 2020 in partnership with African and global university networks. Planned for April 20-22, 2020, the Summit will aim to mobilize research collaboration and accelerate the pace and scale of efforts to achieve the SDGs. Corporation support will allow participation of fifty-one African scholars at the Summit.
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For the Project on U.S. Global Engagement
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1914, the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs focuses on fostering a space for mutual learning among stakeholders and creating international conversations to bridge differences and build community. Renewed support to its project on U.S. Global Engagement will help reshape a wider discussion on American foreign policy by addressing the causes and consequences of U.S. disengagement, and informing citizen understanding of international affairs and U.S. foreign policy making, all through an ethical lens. The project will entail an expert group convening and will result in dissemination through the Council’s extensive social media venues, including videos, podcasts, and special publications.
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For a project on sectarianization and proxy actors in the Middle East
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Regional rivalries in the Middle East have played a role in shaping the nature of the region’s politics. Amidst fragmentation of state-society relations, regional powers have attempted to increase their influence through the use of proxies along ethnic and religious lines. This project will build on the successful first phase of Corporation funding to Lancaster University for its international scholars’ hub on Sectarianism, Proxies, and De-Sectarianization (SEPAD). The second phase of SEPAD will apply lessons from Syria, Bahrain, Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon to other parts of the Middle East and beyond. Corporation funds will support workshops, conferences, podcasts, and writing retreats to expand collaboration and improve the quality of scholarship on these consequential trends.
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For an academic consortium on behavioral science and nuclear deterrence
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
Cognitive science and neurobiology have made great advances in understanding how people make high-stakes decisions under duress, but current nuclear deterrence practice does not adequately incorporate these insights. Most deterrence models continue to assume decisionmakers will behave in a way that is generally rational, even under extreme stress and time pressure. These assumptions run contrary to current scientific understanding of how people assess and respond to risk. Through a consortium approach anchored by three partnering organizations–Northwestern University, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), and the PopTech Institute–this project will engage multiple disciplines across the behavioral sciences. By connecting the fields of nuclear risk reduction and cognitive and behavioral sciences, the consortium will offer meaningful, practical insights into how nuclear deterrence is practiced and provide recommendations for building greater resiliency.
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For transregional research on mobile space, porous borders, and pathways of regionalization
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
40 months
Description
In 2020, the Corporation issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) responding to the rise in multidisciplinary and multiregional research exposing critical challenges that are appearing across traditionally defined regions. The Witwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) is a premier independent research institute based at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa (Wits). In collaboration with institutional partners across the continent, India, and Brazil, WISER will examine new trends in capital flows, borders, technological interconnectivity, and climate change to advance innovative theoretical approaches toward the study of regions and transregional systems. Activities will include research by regional scholars, international networks, publications, podcasts done in collaboration with news magazines, and dissemination of outputs through a variety of traditional and digital mediums.
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For a project supporting African peacebuilding research and the development of communities of practice
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
42 months
Description
Globally, academics face a challenge of policy relevance. Across Africa, in particular, this challenge is compounded by variations in access to policy-focused communities, media environments, transparency, and the size of engaged civil society and practitioner communities. In addition, many major decisions about peace and security are made outside the continent. To provide a space for practitioner-academic engagement, the Rift Valley Institute (RVI) is proposing to support African scholars engaged in applied social sciences on peacebuilding issues. The project’s focus is on developing communities of practice around critical peacebuilding topics in East and Central Africa. This will involve bringing together policymakers, practitioners, and academics (with a specific focus on early-career scholars), to network, set agendas, and engage in the dissemination of rigorous and relevant research.
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For advancing university transformation through strengthening the early-career pipeline
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
48 months
Description
Over the last decade, the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has enhanced its profile as a leading research-intensive university while simultaneously implementing a comprehensive strategy aimed at changing the demographics of its faculty and empowering emerging academics. Wits has made much progress, recently attaining 50 percent representation of black and/or female faculty. Building on this success, Wits proposes to accelerate its Diversifying the Academy program, the vehicle for faculty transformation, as part of its strategy of filling and advancing the talent pipeline. Corporation support, combined with Wits’ internal funds and other external funding, will offer competitive doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships, as well as grants to enable advancement of early-career researchers.
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For transregional research on the changing nature of precarious work in Africa and the Arab region
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
42 months
Description
In 2020, the Corporation issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) responding to the rise in multidisciplinary and multiregional research exposing critical challenges appearing across traditionally defined regions. The RFP is designed to support efforts within the social science and humanities communities in Africa and the Arab region to identify and sharpen their analysis of emerging phenomena. This multi-institutional project based at the University of Ghana will convene a transdisciplinary network of scholars to produce critical research on a major global trend: the precarity of work and informality of employment today. In collaboration with the American University in Cairo and the Makerere Institute of Social Research in Uganda, the project will aim to build a network of scholars by supporting research, workshops, a conference, publications, and a variety of media events. Corporation funds will contribute to these activities.
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For project support of the Online Learning Literacy Initiative: 'Promotores' program to help close the digital divide
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Due to the pandemic, overnight, millions of parents became their child’s primary teacher. Most of them, especially in under-resourced communities with struggling schools, had very little support in doing that. Many whose children had been behind grade-level or otherwise academically struggling pre-pandemic found themselves needing even more support with the introduction of remote learning. Innovate Public Schools, a nonprofit whose mission is to build the power of parents and communities to demand and support the creation of world-class public schools, stepped up to help hundreds of families continue their children’s education and access online learning opportunities. With support from the Corporation, Innovate Public Schools will launch an Online Learning Literacy Initiative to support distance learning and develop a model that could be implemented by partners nationwide. Specifically, they will design and pilot the “promotores” (supporters) initiative. “Promotores” are tech-savvy people who are well-connected in their local communities, and who will support low-income parents and parents of color as they access and select appropriate online learning for their children.
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As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic for support of YouthTruth's Students Weigh-in Survey
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
6 months
Description
During the COVID-19 pandemic significant shifts have occurred in education and the learning experiences of students are no longer the same. There is currently little data available about how the pandemic is affecting their lived experiences. While there are surveys asking families and educators about how school closures are affecting education, there have been few surveys designed specifically for the 50 million students whose schools have closed across the nation. YouthTruth, a Corporation grantee, has the experience, expertise, and infrastructure to gather the unique perspectives of students about their experiences right now. With support from the Corporation, YouthTruth will execute the Students Weigh-In Survey which will: 1) gather insights from thousands of students about their learning experiences, social and emotional development, and well being; and 2) share the data and implications with the field – including educators, education funders, and the general public – to help ensure that students’ experiences and perspectives are central to the way schools are re-envisioned in the continuing wake of the pandemic.
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For support of a Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign to elevate the teaching profession
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Research confirms that teachers are the most important in-school factor determining student success. But, many school districts across the country struggle to fill all their vacancies with qualified teachers. This shortage of quality teachers is due in large part to declining interest in the profession, particularly over the last decade, as evidenced by declining enrollments in teacher preparation programs. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these outcomes as one in five teachers are considering early retirement or switching career, according to one recent poll. TEACH.org (TEACH) aims to address this loss through their partnership with the P-16 system to rebrand the teaching profession and modernize recruitment to attract the next generation of talented, diverse educators who will lead our schools in the 21st century. Through support from the Corporation, TEACH will launch a Public Service Announcement campaign nationwide that will both enhance the image of teachers and encourage young people, people of color and career changers to consider teaching.
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For project support of a family engagement video series
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Due to the unprecedented shift to virtual, distanced and hybrid learning, educators and families alike have had to adjust without much support or preparation. This has created a need to provide new, creative, quick, and digestible methods of training and professional development in family and community engagement. As an innovator and educational leader in providing high quality training and technical assistance, WestEd is prepared to assist with the current pressures as well as the immediate needs of schools and districts in addressing these new and time sensitive demands. With support from the Corporation, WestEd will research, design, and produce seven short videos that will be shared with districts for distribution and later serve as an archived resource. These videos will focus on the family engagement needs of the schools and districts to build and strengthen engagement practices during this pandemic.
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For a project to support a community of practice of family engagement state-wide centers
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), enacted in 2015, governs the nation’s commitment to equal opportunity for all elementary and secondary students, emphasizing new standards for local school districts to effectively engage families. Due to ESSA’s focus on family engagement, in 2018 the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) awarded five-year Statewide Family Engagement Center (SFEC) grants to thirteen states. The SFEC grants represent the USDOE’s focus to increase family engagement and family literacy practices in the nation’s school systems to improve academic achievement, particularly those serving low-income students. With over three decades of experience and revered as a national leader in the family engagement movement, the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), seeks Corporation support to co-lead a national network across the thirteen states that will serve as a hub of expertise, learning, and innovation for the creation of effective statewide systems of family engagement.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
Education policy is advanced primarily state-by-state, and local education organizations are often best-positioned to drive change and improvement. These organizations can achieve greater impact through the coordinated efforts of a network rather than as individual actors. Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) is a network that creates connections and provides supports to eighty-eight state-based education organizations and twenty-four national partners working to affect and sustain policy change across thirty-two states and the District of Columbia. Specifically, the PIE Network: connects members to one another through shared learning opportunities, convenings, role-alike affinity groups, and skill building training; supports members with relevant and timely content to inform their work, elevating best practices, synthesizing data and materials, and offering one-to-one support; and catalyzes action by building members’ knowledge and capacity to effectively campaign for relevant issues. Renewed Corporation support will enable PIE to continue to play these critical roles in order to advance state education policy across ideological lines.
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For a project to support the Family Engagement Pre-service Educator Preparation Initiative
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
15 months
Description
Research shows that most teachers lack the necessary knowledge about how to communicate and collaborate with parents, with teachers identifying their lack of preparation as one of their greatest barriers to increased family engagement in schools. Since 2014, the National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE) advances high-impact policies and practices for family, school, and community engagement to promote child development and improve student achievement. Through this first, planning grant, to NAFSCE will: (a) Form partnerships with four organizations regarded as thought-leaders in the field; (b), convene a Family Engagement Consortium on Pre-service Educator Preparation; (c) conduct a National Survey of Institutes of Higher Education to understand educator preparation for family engagement-related coursework; (d) disseminate learnings, and (e) develop a draft of a framework for pre-service preparation in family engagement.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 05, 2020
Duration
6 months
Description
The story of education reform deserves a credible source of news that champions change and informs and activates people about what is at stake for our children and our nation. Without attention there can be no action; we must dramatically increase the number of people who pay attention to, discuss, understand, and ultimately take action for education reform. The 74, a nonprofit news organization founded in 2015 has become the “must-read” for education leaders from all political affiliations. The 74 uses storytelling to spark national conversations, inspiring an urgency to better serve America’s seventy-four million children. Through award-winning journalism, digital and public engagement, and partnerships with news outlets, The 74 has become a national media platform reaching one in ten Americans. With continued support from the Corporation, The 74 will build on its newsroom operations, increase its reach among families and policymakers, and continue to harness video and social media to spread its content.
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For project support of a tele-townhall to provide families and educators support in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
5 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education for children around the world and for many families in the U.S the overnight shift into virtual learning has been a struggle. Both parents and teachers are having to play different roles in their children’s learning process, often unprepared and with limited resources, many need support and actionable advice from reputable experts in the field. Students are facing isolation from their peers and teachers while also experiencing a new learning environment that may not fully address their learning needs. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), founded in 1916, represents 1.7 million members in more than 3,000 local affiliates nationwide. With support from the Corporation, AFT will conduct a tele-townhall in partnership with the National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) to respond to the COVID-19 crisis. The tele-townhall will support dissemination of information and resources, focusing on research and strategies that are grounded in the best socio-emotional practices to support learning in this new environment that everyone – students, parents and teachers – can access. The AFT and PTA will target approximately 400,000 individuals to participate in this tele-townhall.
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As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic for general support
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
8 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic is widening the achievement gap for an entire generation of children and as equity issues are prevailing in these circumstances, it is necessary to move swiftly to equip low-income families with resources to support learning at home. Founded in 2012, Springboard Collaborative has unique expertise in the home to school connection: they coach teachers and low-income parents to help students read on grade-level and reduce learning loss, especially during the summer. Springboard Collaborative has helped close the literacy gap for nearly 10,000 students across thirteen cities and due to school closures are projected to reach an additional 20,000 by the summer. With additional support from the Corporation, Springboard plans to rapidly grow their reach by accelerating the development of Springboard Connect, their home literacy app, and engage in large-scale distribution partnerships across the country.
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As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic for general support
Date
Jun. 04, 2020
Duration
8 months
Description
The state of education throughout the United States has shifted since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Families, children and educators have encountered a major disruption in education and transitioned into virtual learning unprepared. These unprecedented moments have emphasized the importance of the home to school connection and the organizations filling this gap are playing an essential role in helping mitigate the effects. TalkingPoints, a Corporation grantee that provides a multilingual engagement platform powered by two-way translated messages and personalized support for families and teachers, has seen record breaking growth since school closures. They have onboarded an additional 500,000 families, nearly doubling their reach in a month, with an additional 800,000 families waiting to be onboarded. TalkingPoints currently serves over 1 million families nationwide, unparalleled growth that is likely to continue. With additional support from the Corporation, TalkingPoints will continue to onboard families, improve and expand access with priority for Title 1 schools at no cost, and develop additional distance learning and family-facing resources and content.
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As an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic for general support
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
7 months
Description
Districts have come to rely more on families to support learning, as COVID-19 school closures forced districts to shift from their regular planning to the immediate challenge of shifting to distance learning. The need for quick and easy tools to support learning at home and ease the communication between home and school has significantly increased. Corporation grantee, Family Engagement Lab, has provided an immediate response to this demand through their FASTalk app, a scalable, cost-effective tool for teachers that sends curriculum-aligned learning activities to families by text message in their home language. Since the start of the pandemic they have experienced a two-fold increase in usership. With continued support from the Corporation Family Engagement Lab will continue to provide FASTalk free of cost to families and educators and launch their FASTalk Summer content, which will help mitigate further learning loss over the Summer.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
TNTP provides holistic support services that bring talent and academic strategies together, while engaging local community stakeholders in implementing policies and practices that create a supportive environment. Through this renewal grant, TNTP will implement their annual 2021 plan. Specifically, they will (a) implement partnerships with school systems, parents, and school communities to ensure students continue to access the four critical resources identified in their The Opportunity Myth report; (b) partner with communities and families to support students by integrating community engagement into their core services and encouraging districts to use student and parent surveys to inform their approach during the pandemic; (c) continue to inform and influence a national education dialogue focused on closing the opportunity gap; and (d) begin planning for the development of their next major national research report.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
15 months
Description
Across the country, efforts to improve educational equity are threatened by a weakening civic infrastructure — the policies, laws, and organizations that enable informed participation in public policy. One element of civic infrastructure that has been overlooked in recent investments — and undercut by market forces — is a strong local press. The resulting lack of information has prevented parents, students, and educators from participating meaningfully in educational change efforts. Chalkbeat, a nonprofit media organization works to address this problem by providing unbiased, quality information. At a time when education news has never been more vital, Chalkbeat is filling a crucial gap. By embedding teams in the communities they cover, they elevate local stories, amplify lessons, and build conversations. With renewed support from the Corporation, Chalkbeat will continue to elevate the voices of parents, students, and educators in eight local markets and nationally; to undertake reporting that drives an informed civic debate about educational equity to reach a deeper and wider audience; and to make Chalkbeat’s work sustainable for the long term.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
12 months
Description
The research is clear that families are vital to the success of youth in STEM, especially for girls and underrepresented youth of color. Yet, with few exceptions, when it comes to leveraging family engagement for youth success in informal STEM, there is a disconnect between research and practice. To bridge this gap, STEM Next with Corporation support will pilot a community-of-practice within the 50 State Afterschool Network and formatively assess the implementation of the Family Engagement in STEM Instrument recently created by them with the community. Criteria for selection will include organizational capacity, existing family engagement in STEM strategies, and ability to leverage other resources to complement Corporation funding. This work will build capacity among providers by sharing promising practices, lessons learned, and resources for supporting families in STEM from out-of-school-time programs in various settings and will add knowledge to the field of family engagement.
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For general support
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
9 months
Description
During a pandemic, having access to an established network that is responsive to member needs is critical. Leaders need social and professional networks that can facilitate strong and sustaining connections, rapid transfer of information and ideas, and strategy sharing that can be put to use on the ground to support critical services, spark innovation, and sustain leaders working for positive change. That is the role the PIE Network is playing. With support from the Corporation, the PIE Network has been able to build a foundation that has been essential in today’s uncharted waters. The Network includes ninety-eight state and local advocacy organizations and twenty-eight national partners in thirty-three states and D.C. Continued support from the Corporation will enable the PIE Network to continue and improve their effort to help leaders adapt, and innovate; build skills; advance efforts to build public understanding and community engagement; focus on what’s working; paint new, compelling pictures of what’s possible; and scale up innovative and effective education programs, policy, and advocacy.
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For the Wits-Carnegie Diaspora Programme
Date
Sep. 10, 2020
Duration
60 months
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of international collaboration and timely exchange of scientific information in order to tackle global crises. African university linkages with scientists in the diaspora serve as an effective means of international knowledge exchange and sharing of resources. The Wits-Carnegie Diaspora Programme, supported by the Corporation since 2013, has grown into a collaborative research network between Wits Faculty of Health Sciences and its alumni around the world. Building on its success, Wits seeks to expand the program to additional faculties through longer-term visits that strengthen research productivity at Wits. With renewed support, Wits will host four distinguished professors from the African diaspora who will supervise and co-publish with master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral fellows.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Ballot measures are a vital form of direct democracy that allows people to vote on policies that provide tangible solutions for their communities. When approached strategically and with a long-term lens, ballot-driven issue campaigns can build grassroots infrastructure around a number of policy issues, thus strengthening and expanding the electorate. The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center (BISC) Foundation is a nationally-recognized clearinghouse of ballot-measure information and expertise. BISC is committed to increasing the number of young people who understand how ballot measures affect their communities. With Corporation support, BISC will train hundreds of advocates on how to develop and implement issue campaigns that increase access to and participation in democracy. As part of that effort, BISC will also conduct research to test attitudes toward critical issues and collaborate with a wide range of organizations to build infrastructure and increase engagement around voting rights and immigration policy.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
The American Indian Cultural Center and Museum (AICCM) is an emerging cultural institution located in Oklahoma City. The mission of the AICCM is to educate the broader public about the unique cultures, diversity, history, and contributions of the tribal nations that were removed from their original homelands to Indian Territory, now the state of Oklahoma. With Corporation support, the AICCM will develop content for three signature exhibitions which will tell the collective stories of the removal of tribes from their ancestral homelands to what is now Oklahoma; create content descriptions for the approximately 140 objects that will be placed in the Smithsonian Exhibition gallery; and design content and materials for the Family Discovery Center which promote and encourage an intergenerational transference of knowledge from elders to youth, especially with regard to Native languages, tribal history, cultural-lifeways and traditions, and community values.
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For capacity-building for Reset Dialogues U.S.
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
36 months
Description
Dedicated to promoting cross-cultural knowledge and understanding, Reset Dialogues provides a platform for leading public intellectuals to critique intolerant trends of ethnic nationalism, racism, religious fanaticism, and radicalism. It does so through research, seminars and publications in the social sciences and humanities and under the stewardship of its international scientific committee composed of scholars and thought-leaders with diverse cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds. Reset Dialogues seminars and forums include the Venice Seminars International Forum and Summer School, the Casablanca School for Pluralism, Reset Dialogues on Illiberal Trends, and the Intercultural Lexicon. Corporation funds will support the expansion of activities in the United States and operations of the organization spanning several programmatic areas.
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For investigative reporting on the increasing speed of warfare
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
37 months
Description
New military technologies will shape the future of warfare and challenge conventional wisdom about nuclear operations. To expand the understanding of advanced weapons technologies, the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) conducts investigative reporting that offer information and assessments to the mainstream media, policymakers, and the general public. With support from the Corporation, CPI’s team will continue to investigate these themes, which include technological change, the increasing speed of warfare, and the nuclear balance.
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For general support
Date
Jun. 13, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
In a world facing multiple perils, the risks of nuclear war, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and nuclear terrorism remain among the gravest threats to international peace and security. The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) plays a key role in driving policy-relevant assessments, international engagements, and outreach to policymakers, the media, and the public on these issues. With renewed support, NTI will continue a set of comprehensive activities focusing on reducing threats from nuclear weapons, radiological materials, and other weapons of mass destruction, while also helping to expand global capacity for verification of nuclear weapons-related activities.
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For core support to the Paris Peace Forum
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Beginning in 2018 with the centennial of the end of World War I, the government of France launched a series of international forums to promote new methods of reducing international tensions. Each November, the Paris Peace Forum convenes heads of state and government, local and national elected representatives, regional and international organizations, and civil society organizations to promote innovative and public-private “hybrid” measures to build peace, strengthen multilateralism, and advance implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The second annual Forum will focus on solutions in five key areas: Peace and security, environment, development, new technologies, inclusive economies, and culture and education. As in 2018, Corporation funds will contribute to the Forum’s core operations.
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For general support
Date
Sep. 12, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Climate change, disruptive technologies, and potential use of nuclear weapons are among the existential threats that demand attention and action. In a climate of political divisions and subjective media outlets, it is essential to have an authoritative assessment of these and other challenges. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (the Bulletin), established in 1945, is an organization and publication that provides knowledge-based and scientifically-grounded information on critical risks to humanity and offers national and international solutions to mitigate them. Its iconic Doomsday Clock draws attention to its mission. With general support, the Bulletin will continue to strengthen its role as a ‘go-to’ site for exploring the intersection of science and global security.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
The Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP) is a global membership association of more than 100 peacebuilding organizations that promotes collective action to influence, impact, and innovate the peacebuilding field. Through a series of focused meetings and its broad-ranging, annual “PeaceCon” conference in Washington, D.C., AfP brings together an exceptional coalition of peacebuilding actors addressing key areas of strategy and policy. Importantly, the organization’s learning and evaluation portfolio has advanced a culture of rigorous design, monitoring, and evaluation to generate better evidence-based standards for the field to demonstrate the impact of peacebuilding programming. As a hub and knowledge clearing house for the field, AfP also encourages cross-sector networking, advocacy, and public awareness-raising of important issues on the global peace and security agenda.
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As a final core support grant to the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Since the 2005 United Nations’ World Summit unanimously adopted the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), its principles have become an established international norm. R2P calls for a political commitment to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. However, some states continue to commit mass atrocities with uneven and controversial responses from the international community. The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (The Global Centre) seeks to increase the practical implementation of R2P through research, analysis, and targeted dissemination. It will pursue these objectives through its unique access to both the United Nations community and international human rights organizations that address this persistent global issue.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1875, the Providence Public Library (PPL) provides free public library services through print, recorded and digital collections, information resources, programs of interest and relevance, and expert staff. PPL’s mission is to inspire lifelong education among all Rhode Islanders, fostering personal fulfillment and enhanced quality of life for an informed, enlightened, and engaged citizenry. With continuing general support from the Corporation, the PPL will focus on building and strengthening its core mission and services for all Rhode Islanders—expanding their reach and fostering critical connections with individuals and groups statewide—to nurture and enhance the educational, historical and cultural fabric of Rhode Island. To achieve its mission, the PPL is strategically focused on three key service areas, helping to serve low-income, underserved adults and K-12 schools: workforce development, youth programs, and preservation and access
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For core support of its immigration program
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
26 months
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Divisive political rhetoric around immigration issues is contributing to increased fear among immigrants living in communities throughout the United States. This fear has impacted the relationships that immigrant communities have, or need, with local law enforcement agencies, whose mission is to ensure the safety of all. Since 2007, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) has been exploring the impact of immigration on law enforcement in the United States. Using its longstanding relationships with influential police executives, immigrant groups, and federal stakeholders, PERF has been monitoring the effects of federal policies on community policing, providing on-site assistance to police departments nationwide, and producing reports that have impacted both local and federal enforcement practices. With Corporation support, PERF will use its network of law enforcement leaders and its research expertise to analyze and respond to immigration policies that affect the country’s police and the communities that they serve.
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As a final grant for general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Founded in 1989, Reach Out and Read was established by a group of medical doctors to improve literacy in young children, particularly those from low-income households. They adopted a simple model of prescribing books and reading aloud as a means of fostering the language-rich interactions between parents and their young, pre-kindergarten children that stimulate early brain development. Reach Out and Read is a cost-effective, scalable model which now serves 4.7 million young children and their families, delivering 6.5 million books through a nationwide network of almost 6,000 program sites each year, including one in four children living in poverty in this country. With Corporation support, Reach Out and Read will continue its work in selecting and distributing books, training medical providers, creating support resources for providers and families, and the development of new programs, which also extends to other areas of learning including social-emotional development, curiosity, early math, motivation, and confidence.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
21 months
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Founded in 1968 by leaders of the civil rights, labor, and anti-poverty movements, Center for Community Change (“Community Change”) is a national organization working to empower people impacted by injustice and ensure that no one is kept out of the democratic process. Community Change has expanded its work with immigrant communities over the past twenty years, and today leads the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, a network of forty-five organizations in thirty-two states and Washington, D.C. With Corporation support, Community Change will provide technical support, capacity building resources, and opportunities for collaboration among state and local groups throughout the country working to increase civic participation, including participation in the census, among historically underrepresented communities.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
24 months
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Founded in 1982, the National Immigration Forum works to bring diverse communities from across the political spectrum into the immigration debate. Over the past seven years, the forum has executed a range of innovative strategies that have aimed to shift the immigration narrative in order to bring conservatives and moderates into a constructive conversation regarding the value of immigrants and immigration to the United States. Among the forum’s trademark initiatives is Bibles, Badges and Business (BBB), a national network of leaders in faith, law enforcement, and business who are helping to influence hearts and minds in key rural and suburban regions. With renewed Corporation support, the forum will continue to build relationships with leaders of diverse backgrounds in order to create values-based frameworks through which all Americans can recognize the importance of immigrant-friendly policies.
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For a one-time core support grant to Healing of the Nations Foundation
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 2007, the Healing of the Nations Foundation promotes the recovery of the moral and spiritual values that inspired its founding by fostering a level of spiritual awareness that empowers individuals and communities to become a compassionate voice and a committed force that takes action for peace, justice, interfaith partnership and environmental responsibility. With Corporation support, the Foundation will work to amplify the voice of The Reverend Dr. James A. Forbes with outreach to diverse congregations, students, religious and civil rights leaders, and the general public, elevating awareness for the need for healing in the face of the polarization and alienation spreading across this nation. Through conversations, convenings, and the lifting up of examples of significant efforts to change the paradigm, the Foundation seeks to reach broad and diverse audiences to promote individual and societal transformation based on deep recognition of our common humanity.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Since 1963 Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) has provided college access and success services to largely low-income and first-generation students through four distinct programs: SEO Scholars is an eight to ten-year, Out-of-School Time (OST) academic preparation and youth development program from ninth grade to college completion; 2. SEO Career prepares outstanding college students of color for internships; 3. SEO Law provides underrepresented students of color with pre-law academic training and internships with top law firms; and 4. SEO Alternative Investments is a series of educational activities that provide exposure, training, and mentoring to talented, underrepresented undergraduates and financial analysts.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
Today in the United States, one in four children is born into an immigrant family and by 2040, these young people will be the majority of the school-age population. These students and their families often experience a learning gap compared to their peers, especially when language is a barrier. Research has shown that parent involvement is a strong determinant of student success because parents have the power to influence student behavior and expectations. Founded in 2014, TalkingPoints is a non-profit organization with a mission to unlock the potential of low-income and immigrant families in order to support their children’s learning. Through their multilingual engagement platform which connects parents and teachers via two-way translated messages and personalized supports, TalkingPoints empowers parents with information and tools to engage in their children’s learning process at home and together with their schools. With support from the Corporation, TalkingPoints will expand the reach of its platform, develop new functionalities for teachers, and build its infrastructure to further scale their impact.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
12 months
Description
While the federal government provides a framework for education reform, education policy is advanced primarily state-by-state. Local education organizations often have more capacity than state agencies to drive place-based change and improvement, and an emerging social theory and literature suggests those organizations can achieve greater impact through the coordinated efforts of a network than as individual actors. Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) is a network that creates connections and provides supports to eighty-seven education organizations working to affect and sustain policy change across thirty-five states and the District of Columbia. Specifically, PIE connects members across diverse ideological and political lines through meetings and virtual opportunities; builds members’ capacity and spreads best practices by aggregating information and investing in infrastructure to sustain connections across state lines; and amplifies the voice of the education reform movement by promoting advances towards common goals. Renewed Corporation support will enable PIE to continue to play these critical roles in order to advance state education policy.
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For general support
Date
Mar. 07, 2019
Duration
24 months
Description
Newcomers to the United States face significant structural barriers to achieving successful resettlement and integration. Many immigrants and refugees are confronted with language and cultural barriers, problems accessing services and education, as well as difficulties with the naturalization process. These challenges affect their abilities to get good jobs, earn a living wage, and integrate into their communities in a meaningful and sustainable way. Founded in 2011, the Refugee Center Online provides innovative, cost-effective online resources designed to help refugees and immigrants build new lives in the United States. In 2018, the center reached more than one million people from every state, helping them to learn about the country’s systems of government and access information on American culture in their own native languages. With Corporation support, the center will continue to improve its web-based programming and other educational offerings, as it works to expand its reach among refugees and immigrants.
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