We’ve Built A Foundation On Investing in Positive Outcomes
Three grantee partners, JustLeadershipUSA, College & Communities Fellowship, and Bard Prison Initiative teamed up to launch The Bard Microcollege for Just Community Leadership, the nation’s first tuition-free college dedicated to advocacy, arts and sciences. To complete its simple, human-focused application, click here.
The Tow Foundation stands in solidarity with the Black community and its allies to dismantle the systems that have contributed to the racial injustice and deep, violent oppression in our country. We encourage our peers in philanthropy to do the same, using both their words and actions. Staying silent is not an option. The Tow Foundation is committed to highlighting the work of our grantee partners in support of a more safe, just and equitable society for all. Please tune in to their social media channels to learn more.
We feel it is our obligation to help others achieve success in their own lives, to alleviate pain and suffering, and to offer opportunities for joy. We hope to provide leverage and make possible far greater things than we could achieve alone.
Our investments focus on the support of innovative programs and system reform in the fields of juvenile and criminal justice, medicine, higher education and culture. Learn more about our vision.
There's still time to explore the #RefocusProject from @RoundaboutNYC! Zora Neale Hurston's play "Spunk" is available through Monday.
While you're at it, check out the literary ancestry essay series... from Tow Playwright-In-Residence @StayDancingDave.
https://bit.ly/3tqzW2T
Nearly 4,500 federally incarcerated people released to their homes during the #COVID19 pandemic may soon be forced to return to prison. @NBCNews and @MarshallProj's @lawbartley take a look at their ...lives at home and the uncertainty that lies ahead. https://nbcnews.to/3o5KkM8
The Bard Microcollege for Just Community Leadership in Harlem is now accepting applications for the inaugural cohort!
Full time, tuition-free AA from @BardCollege! Seeking applicants directly ...impacted & those aspiring to careers in advocacy. Apply!
https://microcollege.bard.edu/harlem/admissions-info/
Did you know that epidemiologist Dr. Ian Lipkin of @Columbia_CII at @ColumbiaMSPH was the chief scientific consultant for the 2011 film "Contagion"? A year into the #COVID19 pandemic, he reflects on ...the film's message and staying power. #PublicHealth
I couldn’t bear to watch ‘Contagion’ last year, but I rewatched it recently and asked the screenwriter what he would change
"Could you Trojan horse important information about the world around us and life on earth into something that went really well with popcorn?"...
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Google and Facebook both announced a tripling of their annual budgets directed towards journalism, from $100M to $300M. In a recent edition of @CJR, Leonard Tow Professor of Journalism @emilybell ...asks, "Is that such a good thing?" https://bit.ly/33m961i #journalism #bigtech
"Escaping Eritrea" investigates allegations of torture, arbitrary detention and indefinite forced conscription by one of the world’s most repressive regimes. STREAM NOW: https://to.pbs.org/330xVje
This time TOMORROW we'll be well into the #MISCAST21 broadcast! So 1 day away means sharing from 1 year ago. The FIRST Virtual #MISCAST to ever be produced gave us MANY treats like #IsaacPowell ...taking on #LesMiserables. Full video here: https://mcc.theater/powell
"The essential hospitals that are in urban markets, they're always living hand-to-mouth." –@paulkeckley, healthcare analyst. FRONTLINE & @NPR investigate the growing inequities in American ...healthcare in "The Healthcare Divide." Tune in or stream 5/18. https://to.pbs.org/3uM7nhJ
“Un(re)solved” is an examination of the federal effort to investigate more than 150 cold case murders that date back to the civil rights era. The multi-platform effort includes a web interactive,... a podcast, an installation & a film. Starting in June: https://to.pbs.org/3wcbKDf
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@mcctheater’s #Miscast21 is tomorrow (Sunday May 16) at 8pm EST and it’s free on YouTube this year. Miscast is always THE theater event of the year and this year is no different!
Oh, and ...TikTokers are especially gonna wanna watch this year…😎
🎟: http://mcctheater.org/tix/miscast21
