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Vision Zero Network: Putting Pedestrian Safety First Vision Zero Network held a webinar, “Changing Deadly Streets: Learn the Facts in Prioritizing Safety for People Walking”, on August 12. Dr. Robert Schneider, Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dr. Rebecca Sanders, Founder and Principal Investigator Safe Streets Research & Consulting, LLC; and Seleta Reynolds, General Manager […]

The Council for Global Equality: August Edition of Global Equality Today The Council for Global Equality (TCGE) just published the August issue of Global Equality Today, its newsletter intended to keep everyone informed on LBGTQI news.  TCGE is working closely with the Biden administration to ensure leadership is on board with the advancement of equality for the LBGTQI […]

The Carpentries: Introducing The Carpentries Director of Community, Alycia Crall The Carpentries is excited to welcome their new Director of Community, Alycia Crall. Alycia has extensive experience serving diverse communities. Most recently, she was at the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, an organization that collects and provides environmental data to advance the field of ecology) where […]

Mission Science Workshop: Exciting News! Despite making the shift to virtual classes during the 2020 school years, Mission Science Workshop (MSW) managed to reach more than 7000 students through approximately 720 online classes. Exploding homemade bath bombs, painting with kitchen spices, and experimenting with static electricity are examples of experiments that were conducted during the virtual classes. […]

North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance: Six Chimpanzees Taken to New Home in Washington State The North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance helped re-home six chimpanzees that were abandoned when a Sylmar, CA, sanctuary, Wildlife Waystation, closed in 2019. Their new, happier home, where they will live out the rest of their lives, is located in ­­­the Cascade Mountains of […]

Project Homeless Connect: Managed Homeless Camping Facility Coming To Hillsboro in June Project Homeless Connect will supervise Hillsboro, Oregon’s first-ever managed camping facility for unhoused people on city-owned property. The camp, located on the outskirts of Hillsboro, is expected to open in mid-June and remain open until winter shelters are available. At the camp, thirty residents will […]

Black Funders Network: 1st Anniversary Celebration Watch Black Funders Network of the Bay Area’s (BFN) four-minute video celebrating their first anniversary. (You can catch glimpses of Community Initiatives’ President & CEO, Ruth Williams, and board member, Steve Barton, in the video.) BFN’s goal is to foster “an aligned support network of Bay Area Black philanthropic professionals to connect, align, and […]

Attendance Works: Attendance Campaign 2021  To help spread the word about their 2021 attendance awareness campaign, Attendance Works has developed a series of digital badges that can be downloaded for display on websites, blogs, email signatures, and social media profile pictures.  In addition, Attendance Works has developed a selection of evergreen badges (separate from their […]

The Carpentries: Library Carpentry Blog The Carpentries’ most recent blog post focuses on the expansion of their Library Carpentry project, which began with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). This funding, and additional funding from the IMLS, has allowed The Carpentries to expand its collaborative community and make computational skills […]

Happy Earth Day! The theme of this year’s Earth Day is Restore Our Earth. Community Initiatives is proud to support projects doing meaningful work in environment-related fields. Two such projects are The Predistribution Initiative and The Business Council on Climate Change. The Predistribution Initiative is a multi-stakeholder effort to improve investment structures so that, among […]