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Oprah, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Jennifer Lopez, Michelle Wolf and other big names attended the Robin Hood foundation’s 30th Anniversary event last night. This followed the announcement of a $4 million grant from the PepsiCo Foundation to the anti-poverty organization to support education and workforce training programs for 20,000 young women and girls in the Bronx, according to a press release.
See how many big names and nonprofit leaders you can spot in this Twitter Moment on the Manhattan event. You can also take a peek at what they all saw, heard and ate – and most importantly who they took selfies with.
Big names abounded #RobinHoodBenefit @RobinHoodNYC ⚡️ “Robin Hood Foundation 30th Anniversary”https://t.co/ImSatTItpY
— NYN Media (@NYN_media) May 15, 2018
The Ford Foundation is showing off what they’ve been up to this past century as the organization commemorates its 105th anniversary.
Actress Kerry Washington co-chaired the annual gala at the Bronx Children’s Museum. Nearly 400 people attended the May 8 event in Manhattan, which raised about $465,000, according to a press release. Honored at the event was Sonia Manzano, who plays Maria on Sesame Street. Elected officials in attendance included Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and City Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson.
There are four new board members at the New York City-based Center for Constitutional Rights. They include development consultant Marjorie Fine, a former executive director of the North Star Fund where she also currently serves on the board. Then there is attorney Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, who focuses on low-wage Latina immigrant workers. Another incoming board member is Amanda Alexander, who is an assistant professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Michigan. The fourth is Leo Aldridge, a criminal defense attorney based in San Juan, Puerto Rico who previously worked at Brooklyn Defender Services.
The New York City Administration for Children’s Services is teaming up with NYC Health + Hospitals to provide health care for youth in juvenile detention. A May 11 press release announcing the partnership states that NYC Health + Hospitals will help manage health care at two facilities where juveniles await adjudication. ACS operates those two facilities and 30 Close to Home sites. The partnership will help the agency implement Raise the Age legislation by an Oct. 1 deadline. There are currently 637 young people in the city’s juvenile justice system, a number that will rise by that date, according to the press release.
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