The Ford Foundation is opening a new art gallery

The Ford Foundation is opening a new gallery for multidisciplinary art. The gallery will be located within the philanthropy’s eponymous Center for Social Justice in Midtown. The 1,900-square foot space will open its first exhibition, “Perilous Bodies,” on March 5, according to a press release.

“‘Perilous Bodies’ explores the inhumanity and injustice created by divisions of gender, race, class, and ethnicity,” Lisa Kim, director of the Ford Foundation Gallery, said in the press release. “The artists in the exhibition offer a raw and honest look at the issues we must address head-on to ensure dignity for all.”

Black Veterans for Social Justice has retroactively received a four-month contract with the New York City Department of Homeless Services. The $358,459 contract will fund hotel housing for homeless people in the Flatlands area of Brooklyn from March 1, 2017 through June 30, 2017, according to the City Record. Legal Services NYC received a three-year, $1.88 million contract from the Department of Social Services to fund through June 2021 programing related to the Homelessness Prevention Law Project in Staten Island. Bronxworks will provide $3.79 million in congregate supportive housing on behalf of the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

There are dozens of free webinars available this month. The Wild Apricot blog has a listing of nonprofit-related discussions. Topics include what to do about “fundraising” being the “f word” to boards, fundraising with social media, and the ins and outs of managing cash flow. See the whole list here.

New York state has joined an ongoing effort in federal court to prevent the potential deportations of people holding Temporary Protected Status. State Attorney General Letitia James announced on Feb. 8 that she and 22 other attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in Ramos v. Nielsen. They want the U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals to uphold a prior ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending immigration protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Sudan who currently live in the U.S.

TPS holders would not be the only people who would suffer if they were deported, James said in a press release. Family members, the economy, and public revenues would also suffer, she said.