The Boston Business Journal and El Planeta named Celina Miranda, Assistant Vice President and Charitable Giving Manager of Bank of New York Mellon, as one of its 20 Boston Latinos On the Move in 2009.
The award honors business executives making a difference in Boston. Celina is a trustee of GMA Foundation clients the Mabel Louise Riley Foundation and the Rutland Corner Foundation.
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Sources: CNN, The New York Times and The New Republic
The plight of the world’s oceans is highlighted in articles by three high-profile board members of Oceana, a major ocean conservation group. Sam Waterston and Ted Danson both address the subject of ocean acidification in CNN and The New York Times, respectively. In The New Republic appears an article by internationally-recognized scientist Dr. Daniel Pauly on global fishing industries and the collapse of world fisheries .
Featuring Oceana, a grantee of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation.
Click here to read articles in CNN, The New York Times and The New Republic.
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: Time Magazine
Time Magazine named Zhao Zhong, Director of Green Camel Bell, one of its Heroes of the Environment for 2009.
Featuring Green Camel Bell, a collaborator with Pacific Environment and a grantee of the Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation
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NEW BOOKS
The Workers Defense Project is highlighted in a chapter of the new book, Real World Labor.
Published by Dollars and Sense, Real World Labor reviews the most significant theoretical, historical, and practical issues confronting labor unions and workers on a national and global level. Real World Labor is edited by Immanual Ness, Amy Offner and Chris Sturr.
Featuring the Workers Defense Project, a grantee of the Sociological Initiatives Foundation.
GRANTEES IN THE NEWS
Source: The Lowell Sun
The Lowell Sun announced that Sonith Peou, program director for Lowell’s Metta Health Center, will receive a Community Health Leaders Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, together with $125,000. Of the monies, $105,000 will go to Lowell Community Health Center to be used for expanding Metta’s services and facility.
Featuring Lowell Community Health Center, a grantee of the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation.
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SUCCESS STORIES
We are a nation of volunteers. Each year, 61 million Americans donate their time to charitable causes. Nonprofit organizations rely on volunteers to help feed the hungry, paint buildings, and raise money by participating in walkathons or bike rides.
The leaders of the Jericho Road Project in Concord, Massachusetts believe we can do more and we can do it better.