Grantee Partner
Ten Semifinalists for Nonprofit Excellence Awards
The ten semifinalists for the 2014 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards have been announced. The Awards recognize outstanding management practices of nonprofits in New York City, Long Island and Westchester. This year’s semifinalists include past grantee Row New York and present NYWF grantee, Girls Write Now.
Report finds sexual assault, drug use at Air Force Academy
The superintendent of the Air Force Academy has called for an investigation into allegations of sexual assault, drug use, cheating, and favoritism among start student athletes. Greg Jacob, legislative director of SWAN offers solutions on how to make service academics more accountable for harassment and assault.
Local
De Blasio’s Prekindergarten Expansion Collides with Church-State Divide
Racing to secure space to accommodate 53,000 full-day prekindergarten seats, New York City is asking religious schools to house more public school students.
National
How Google scans your Gmail for child porn
Google makes use of Microsoft’s PhotoDNA technology to scan emails, and calculate a mathematical hash for an image of child sexual abuse that allows it to recognize photos automatically even if they have been altered.
Women
Justices’ Rulings Advance Gays; Women Less So
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg said the court’s conservative majority, all men, did not understand the challenges women face in achieving authentic equality.
Opinion
Help Boys, but Don’t Shortchange Girls
Pamela Shifman, ED of the NoVo Foundation and Gloria Steinem co-write a letter to the editor calling for more programs to help girls and women of color.
How Male Allies Help the Gender Equality Movement
These men put their feminist words into action and show that “gender equality is smart economics.”
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