GeekWire

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Even though the economic flywheel has provided jobs and created wealth for spending and investment in leading tech cities, it has not solved the social challenges of homelessness, inadequate education, public safety, and transportation. Credit: Tom Alberg, from “Flywheels: How Cities are Creating Their Own Futures.”

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Vox

APRIL 22, 2022

This buzzy phrase , popularized on social media in the pandemic, rejects work as a basis for identity, framing it instead as an act to pursue out of financial necessity. These age-based categorizations are usually reductive, and exclude key factors like education level, social class, race, and gender in their analyses.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2020

In early April the duo launched $1k Project to provide direct assistance that felt more personal than donating to a fund or nonprofit. The $1k Project is particularly interested in helping people who are not already plugged into government, social safety-net programs.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

At this point, it isn’t exactly surprising that social media platforms like Facebook can have negative effects on society. For years, journalists, politicians, social scientists — and even biologists and ecologists — have been raising concerns about the influence Facebook has on our collective well-being.

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Vox

JANUARY 24, 2023

It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. Bezos’s philanthropic track record Before 2018, Bezos didn’t have much of a philanthropic résumé.

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. Reyhan Huseynova. Location: Azerbaijan. Location: Beijing, China. Ayesha Khanna. Location: Singapore.

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Vox

MAY 10, 2022

It’s not clear where this will all net out. In recent years, Workers United, the parent of the Starbucks union, has been expanding into fast food as well as nonprofits and distribution companies. This year’s total union membership numbers won’t be available until the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases them early next year.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 17, 2022

The 7 th congressional district Democrat from Washington state once worked at Seattle global health nonprofit PATH, where she wielded her MBA to direct its technology transfer fund. Shah: Often the headlines are about vaccines, therapeutics or healthcare, but social elements often drive real outcomes of health. of Health Photos).

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Vox

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Before the collapse of FTX, Bankman-Fried put millions into scientists, companies, and nonprofits working on pandemic and bioterror prevention and risks from artificial intelligence. Scholar Megan Ming Francis has recently argued that even the Garland Fund provides an example of wealthy donors perverting the goals of social movements.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

They’re not into social justice,” she said. million needed to get its internet service to 28,000 economically disadvantaged students at no cost as part of a program set to last for 10 years. Riario, the Catskills librarian, is well aware this is a big part of the issue in her area. Erik Schelzig/AP.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 4, 2020

The effort is focused on helping people who are not already plugged into social safety-net programs. Through the partnership with Yang’s nonprofit Humanity Forward Foundation, donors can contribute smaller amounts that are matched, pooled and provided to families.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

But you could also use it as an umbrella term to talk about initiatives related to what Facebook and other social networks have lately taken to calling “platform integrity” — removing hate speech, for example, or labeling misinformation. He threatened to shut down social media companies. He said “big action” would follow.

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