September 2008

City Year Gets Air Time

September 30, 2008 | Comment (22)

Recently City Year announced that it has teamed up with Arnold Worldwide and Comcast to create and broadcast several public service announcements spreading the word about City Year’s work. (See one of the PSAs here)

The PSAs feature City Year... Read More

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation Encourages Outstanding Nonprofits

September 30, 2008 | Comment (0)

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has announced the 2008 recipients of its National Leadership in Action Award, recognizing excellent work by nonprofit organizations and philanthropic institutions in communities of color.

The award recognizes... Read More

Social Entrepreneurs Offer a Lesson on Education Innovation to Presidential Candidates

September 03, 2008 | Comment (0)

In the 8/31/08 edition of the Los Angeles Times, national education entrepreneurs, including our partner Ted Mitchell of NewSchools Venture Fund, laid out the imperative for the next president to support the work of education entrepreneurs in... Read More

Commongood Careers Partners Deliver in a Pinch!

September 02, 2008 | Comment (0)

So, what do you do when you have flown in staff from around the country for an annual retreat, only to find out at the last minute that your off-site location has fallen through?  Well… if you’re lucky, you can call-up two amazing partner... Read More

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