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New Study: Data Shows How a Hands-On Approach to Digital Classrooms Expands Student Learning and Fosters SuccessNew research released by Global Cities, Inc., a Program of Bloomberg Philanthropies, shows that students can build critical global engagement and competency skills and increase their self-confidence through participating in well-conceived digital classrooms—of particular relevance as the COVID-19 pandemic leads to more learning online. The study is...
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Beyond CarbonScience shows that climate impacts are consistently getting worse: carbon pollution is heating the planet, and we are approaching a tipping point. There is no time to waste – we need to move Beyond Carbon. The urgency of the climate crisis is why Mike Bloomberg committed an additional $500 million to the Beyond Carbon campaign in 2023. This...
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Brussels Joins Forces with Bloomberg Philanthropies to Provide Cleaner Air to ResidentsBloomberg Philanthropies, the Brussels-Capital Region Government and Brussels Environment announced the launch of the Brussels Clean Air Partnership, a new initiative to tackle air pollution in Brussels, seat of the European Commission. Coinciding with the kick-off of the EU Green Week 2020, this new partnership, alongside Bloomberg Philanthropies’...
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Follow the Data Podcast: The Politics of FoodOn World Food Day, this Follow the Data episode discusses why food is political; the connection between hunger, obesity, and climate change; and how the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the need - and opportunities - to create a healthier and more socially just food system.
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Back to school: Some of the country’s best cultural organizations offer resources to enliven virtual classroomsAs many educators – including parents as well as professionals – adapt to the new normal of remote learning, online offerings from cultural institutions can enhance the experience with rich content and interactive tools. These resources at organizations supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies are available for students of all ages and can be especial...
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Sixteen Major Donors and Foundations Commit Unprecedented $156 Million to Support Black, Latinx, Asian and Indigenous Arts OrganizationsSixteen major donors and foundations announced an unprecedented commitment to a two-pronged national and regional initiative to recognize "America's Cultural Treasures." Together, the funders will grant more than $156 million to support Black, Latinx, Asian, and Indigenous arts organizations in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has dev...
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Jakarta Launches Ambitious Clean Air Partnership with Bloomberg PhilanthropiesThe Jakarta Capital City Government (DKI Jakarta), Bloomberg Philanthropies, and implementing partner Vital Strategies, announced the Jakarta Clean Air Partnership, an initiative focused on enhancing the availability and use of air quality data, analyzing policy solutions and their effectiveness, and promoting public awareness on the health impacts...
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America’s Pledge Reveals U.S. States, Cities, and Businesses Accelerated Their Climate Progress Despite Trump, Global Pandemic, and Economic DownturnAmerica’s Pledge co-chairs, former California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP & Bloomberg Philanthropies, and three-term Mayor of New York City, unveiled America’s Pledge’s fourth analysis, which finds that despite the past four years of environmental rollbacks from President Trump’s administrat...
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The Greenwood InitiativeBloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative is a bold philanthropic effort that seeks to accelerate the pace of wealth accumulation for Black individuals and families and address systemic underinvestment in Black communities. This is the first-ever Bloomberg Philanthropies portfolio dedicated solely to advancing racial wealth equity. For generat...
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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $100 Million to Help Increase Number of Black Doctors in U.S.Largest-ever individual philanthropic gift to historically Black medical schools will ease debt burden of their students Grant is first investment of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, an effort to accelerate the pace of Black wealth accumulation and address systemic underinvestment in Black communities NEW YORK, NY – Mike Bloomberg...