Souls of Poor Folk Report

“The Souls of Poor Folk  is an assessment of the conditions and trends of poverty today and of the past fifty years in the United States. In 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., alongside a multiracial coalition of grassroots leaders, religious leaders, and other public figures, began organizing with poor and marginalized communities across racial …

NCF Welcomes Elizabeth Méndez Berry and Isaac Luria as Directors of Voice, Creativity and Culture

Elizabeth Méndez Berry and Isaac Luria, Social Justice Leaders in Culture and Religious Voice, Join Nathan Cummings Foundation The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced today that Elizabeth Méndez Berry and Isaac Luria will join the Foundation as Directors of Voice, Creativity and Culture. They will jointly lead the Foundation’s work to build empathy, nurture compassion and …

Visioning Justice and the American Jewish Community Report

In 2006, The Nathan Cummings Foundation Jewish Life and Values Program commissioned Visioning Justice and the American Jewish Community — an inquiry into the strategies that would engage Jews, Jewish communities, and Jewish institutions more widely, deeply, and effectively in Jewish social justice. Through Visioning Justice, we sought to identify trends within the Jewish social …

#PopJustice Report Series

We are thrilled to announce the #PopJustice report series, which illuminates the promise and potential of popular culture to achieve social change.  The #PopJustice series was produced by Liz Manne Strategy, with funding from Unbound Philanthropy and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. The Executive Brief provides an overview of = the six-volume report series. #PopJustice is …