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Charlotte launches racial equity initiative with $97 million in gifts

Charlotte launches racial equity initiative with $97 million in gifts
Charlotte launches racial equity initiative with $97 million in gifts November 3, 2021 The City of Charlotte has announced a $250 million public-private partnership to advance racial equity, with $97 million in private philanthropic funds raised to date. The Mayor's Racial Equity Initiative aims to address inequities and remove barriers to opportunity through four key workstreams: bridging the digital…
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$30.1 million effort to address malnutrition in Ethiopia launched

$30.1 million effort to address malnutrition in Ethiopia launched
$30.1 million effort to address malnutrition in Ethiopia launched November 2, 2021 The UK-based Power of Nutrition has announced a partnership with the Eleanor Crook Foundation, the END Fund, and Rotary International to fund a five-year, $30.1 million nutrition program in Ethiopia. According to the Power of Nutrition, 5.9 million Ethiopian children under the age of 5 — about 40 percent,…
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No emissions-cutting efforts on track to meet 2030 goals, study finds

No emissions-cutting efforts on track to meet 2030 goals, study finds
No emissions-cutting efforts on track to meet 2030 goals, study finds November 2, 2021 To meet the 2015 Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, every sector must accelerate far-reaching efforts to achieve net zero carbon emissions at a far faster pace than recent trends, a report from the World Resources Institute's Systems…
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Baylor, Harvard launch $43.4 million human flourishing initiative

Baylor, Harvard launch $43.4 million human flourishing initiative
Baylor, Harvard launch $43.4 million human flourishing initiative November 2, 2021 Baylor University has announced that researchers from its Institute for Studies of Religion are partnering with those from the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University's Institute for Quantitative Social Science on the launch of a five-year, $43.4 million initiative to investigate the factors that influence human flourishing. The Global Flourishing…
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