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The Aspen Institute Announces 2013 New Voices Fellows

Posted: Jun 10, 2013 – 09:25 AM EST

WASHINGTON, Jun. 10 /CSRwire/ - The Aspen Institute announced today the first 12-member class of the New Voices Fellowship, a groundbreaking new program designed to amplify expert voices from the developing world in the global development discussion. The 2013-2014 fellows come from 10...

ecodads' iPad Apps Program for Schools Receives Wells Fargo Grant

Posted: Jun 06, 2013 – 12:50 PM EST

SAN FRANCISCO, Jun. 06 /CSRwire/ - The California educational non-profit ecodads has received $20,000 from Wells Fargo to support development of apps for Apple iPads that adapt the State Board of Education-approved Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) curriculum for use in classrooms,...

Brazilian Company PUPA Commits to Expand Access to Education for 500,000 Children

Posted: Jun 05, 2013 – 01:34 PM EST

NEW YORK and SAO PAULO, Jun. 05 /CSRwire/ - Some 500,000 children are expected to gain access to early childhood education in low-income areas of Brazil following a commitment by PUPA to the Business Call to Action (BCtA). The educational company has also...

Somerville, MA Partners with the H(app)athon Project to Build First Ever Sensor-Based Happiness Measurement Technology

Posted: Jun 03, 2013 – 07:00 AM EST

SOMERVILLE, Mass., Jun. 03 /CSRwire/ - The H(app)athon Project (www.happathon.com), an organization leveraging emerging technology and global happiness metrics to improve human well-being, announced today a partnership with the city of Somerville, Mass., to build out its sensor-based Happiness survey platform to measure...

MGM Resorts and Clark County School District Celebrate At-Risk Youths’ Success in Overcoming Challenges to Graduate

Posted: May 30, 2013 – 05:50 PM EST

LAS VEGAS, May 30 /CSRwire/ - Through perseverance, community support and targeted study programs, more than 700 County School District (CCSD) students, who were at risk of dropping out, will graduate this year. MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) today sponsored a special event...

Rippling by Beverly Schwartz wins 2013 Nautilus Book Award

Posted: May 29, 2013 – 03:25 PM EST

WASHINGTON, May 29 /CSRwire/ - Rippling: How Social Entrepreneurs Spread Innovation Throughout the World by Beverly Schwartz, VP of Global Marketing at Ashoka, has won a 2013 Silver Nautilus Book Award in the Social Change category. Deemed one of todays most innovative books...

Volkswagen Group of America Supports Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts

Posted: May 22, 2013 – 12:35 PM EST

HERNDON, Va., May 22 /CSRwire/ - (Marketwired) - The Volkswagen of America Foundation, which was created by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., announced today that it will make an immediate donation of $250,000 to the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity to...

Points of Light's Civic Accelerator Invests in 10 Startups that Put People at Center of Change

Posted: May 17, 2013 – 04:31 PM EST

ATLANTA, May 17 /CSRwire/ - Points of Lights Civic Accelerator the first national startup accelerator dedicated solely to investing in civic ventures announced today the 10 nonprofit and for-profit start-ups selected to participate in its summer program. The ventures participating in the Civic...

The Zermatt Summit: Two Days to Share Expertise and Insights on Creating More Effective Partnerships between Business and Civil Society

Posted: May 10, 2013 – 08:04 AM EST

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 10 /CSRwire/ - On the 20 21 June 2013, the Zermatt Summit Foundation will welcome 200 participants from about 20 countries for its fourth edition. During two days, senior business executives, leaders from civil society and public personalities will engage...

Collaboration Leads to Innovation as the GE Foundation Team Partners with CDPH and Northwestern on New Heart Initiative

Posted: May 09, 2013 – 05:20 PM EST

FAIRFIELD, Conn., May 09 /CSRwire/ - The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) has partnered with the GE Foundation and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to launch Keep Your Heart Healthyan innovative plan to identify the Chicagoans most at risk. This initiative...