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Investing in Education, Workforce Development and the Safety Net Will Close the Income Gap
By Terri Lee Freeman President, The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Ours is a region of breathtaking wealth and heartbreaking poverty. A new report released earlier this month by the DC Fiscal Policy Institute confirms just how large that income inequity gap really is. The analysis, which focuses on the District in particular, [...]
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Beyond Good Intentions: Using Data to Promote Economic Opportunity.
By Benton Murphy Program Officer, The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region When you hear the word “data,” what springs to mind? Your dreaded math class back in high school? Morning radio stories bringing more bad news on the state of our economy? A roomful of scientists huddled around a computer screen? Whatever the [...]
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Philanthropy is a Personal Choice: A Response to an Editiorial in the Chronicle for Philanthropy
By Terri Lee Freeman President, The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region I remember when I first became involved in philanthropic activities and the company where I worked was considering establishing a corporate foundation. The most challenging part of the process was determining the focus for the foundation’s activities. It truly was a process. [...]
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembered: Where Do We Go From Here…
By Terri Lee FreemanPresident, The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region Over the course of this week (January 9 – 13) I had the opportunity to participate in two very thought provoking forums that evoked the name and the spirit of Dr. King. The first was a screening of a film, The MLK Streets [...]
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Where DC Spends Its Workforce Development Dollars: A Resource Map
January 10th, 2012 | by Elissa Silverman Today, DCFPI is releasing a “resource map” of workforce development services in the District of Columbia. This project, a culmination of nearly two years of effort, offers a visual way to see how our city spends its resources on services to help residents get and retain jobs. We [...]
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Another Year of Giving: A Look Ahead to 2012
By Terri Lee FreemanPresident, The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region As a new year begins, my thoughts turn to the many nonprofit organizations in our region who feed the hungry, house the homeless and care for the sick—the groups that make up our safety net. These are the food pantries, homeless shelters, community [...]
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Giving D.C. Youth a Chance
By Julia Irving Community Outreach Coordinator, Sixth District-Metropolitan Police Department 2011 Linowes Leadership Award Winner To read about all four 2011 Linowes Leadership Award Winners, click here. “Wow, are you really from DC the actual city? You don’t have a baby? Are you serious, you graduated from public schools in Washington, DC?” So, have you [...]
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Why We Fight: A Personal Reflection on World AIDS Day
By J. Channing Wickham Executive Director, Washington AIDS Partnership Today is World AIDS Day – a time when people in our region and around the world unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and commemorate people who have died. For many of us, World AIDS Day is a [...]
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Need Knows No Season…
The table’s been set, the relatives are on their way, let the holidays begin! Along with the cooking, shopping and parties associated with this time of year, many of us feel a strong desire to help those less fortunate. It is, as they say, better to give than to receive. We saw that community spirit [...]
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It’s Time to Give to the Max!
10…9…8…7…Yes, it’s countdown until an historic event for our community, Give to the Max: Greater Washington is coming to town on November 9, 2011. Each of us will have the opportunity to participate in this 24-hour long, online giving event that will benefit more than 1,000 area nonprofit organizations. We’ve set a goal of raising [...]
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