Pasado y Presente: Art after the Young Lords, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Young Lords in New York and the continued power of Latinx Art and Activism
The Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) in partnership with the Loisaida Center, is pleased to announce the opening of Pasado y Presente: Art After the Young Lords, an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Young Lords Organization in New York. The show will be on view at the Nathan Cummings Foundation offices …
2019 Joan Bavaria Award Winner Laura Campos’ Remarks at Ceres Conference
Nathan Cummings Foundation’s Laura Campos was awarded the 2019 Joan Bavaria Award for her leadership on sustainability. Below are her full remarks from the Ceres Conference, where she accepted the award. Thank you, Ceres and Trillium Asset Management, for naming me the winner of the 2019 Joan Bavaria Award. It’s incredibly humbling, both in light …
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President’s Remarks: Confluence Philanthropy’s 9th Annual Practitioners Gathering
Good morning. My name is Sharon Alpert, and I’m the president and CEO of the Nathan Cummings Foundation. Thank you to Dana Lanza and the entire Confluence team. It’s truly been a pleasure and an inspiration to be here in this community with all of you these last few days. It is hard to believe …
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The 2019 U.S. Energy and Employment Report
“The USEER 2019 US Energy Employment Report provides a unique window on the people who meet the nation’s energy needs, and identifies important trends and skill sets for the 21st Century energy workforce. Energy Futures Initiative, a not-for-profit clean energy think tank led by former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and the National Association of …
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Climate Majority Project’s Net-Zero by 2050 Report
“A new report [from our partner the Climate Majority Project] details the urgency of global decarbonization and the risks and opportunities for electric utilities and their investors while outlining the governance transformations needed for companies to achieve the net-zero target. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded in October 2018 that we must …
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Institute for Jewish Spirituality and Nathan Cummings Foundation Announce New Scholarship Fund To Honor the Legacy of Rabbi Rachel Cowan
The Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS) has created the Rachel Cowan Scholarship Fund to celebrate the legacy of Rabbi Rachel Cowan who passed away last year. The fund will focus on bringing more activists and underrepresented constituencies in the Jewish community into its programs and retreats. At this critical moment in history, where division and …
Remembering Rabbi Rachel Cowan
As an extension of our announcement about the Rachel Cowan Scholarship Fund, we prepared a collection of reflections from the Nathan Cummings Foundation (NCF) board and staff, the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS); and Rachel’s colleagues, friends, and partners on her many contributions to the Jewish community and its deep-rooted connection to social justice movements. …
How Can Philanthropy Advance Martin Luther King’s Goals? 13 Leaders Weigh In
Sharon Alpert, CEO, Nathan Cummings Foundation: “Dr. King is remembered as a beacon of unity for the civil-rights movement. But at the time, he was radical in thought and action, controversial, and, for some, dangerous because he challenged the deep-rooted systems that gave power to economic inequality. That’s what we should remember this day because we need …
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Faith Matters Network: Rooted in Resilience Mapping Project
“The Rooted in Resilience Mapping Project is an attempt to capture one view of the significant and expanding body of work being done to integrate personal and collective transformation, spiritual practice, and healing, within frameworks for social change. The question of how communities can best equip and ready themselves for both the challenges they face today, …
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The First Peoples Investment Engagement Program Case Study: Social Cost and Material Loss
“The First Peoples Investment Engagement Program (FPIEP) case study, Social Cost and Material Loss, examines the numerous impacts attendant to the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project to highlight the costs that companies, financial institutions, investors and communities linked to the project faced by not respecting the human rights of indigenous peoples. This case study thus serves as …