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The non-profit voice that needs to be heard | Zach Wood | #Connection2015
Zachary D. Wood is an advocate for social change and marginalized populations – a public advocacy crusader, if you will. He has a passion for analyzing social issues and finding new solutions, which has contributed to his constant quest for a deeper knowledge about the complexities of our most challenging social crises. Zach is the founder of Groundwork Partners, a firm that develops non-profit capacity and visionary policy solutions. He is also a PhD candidate and lecturer in Public Affairs at Rutgers University, where his research explores the role of non-profits as advocates for social/policy change.
-Via ManyNet Youtube channel
https://www.manynet.org/2015/10/01/connection2015-the-experience-reviewed/
CURE receives 2016-2017 Conference and Symposium Funding Grant!!
We are thrilled to announce that we received funding for our proposed conference “Urban Policy at the Crossroads: What Have We Learned? Where Are We Going?” to be held in Spring 2017! Our prospectus was selected among several competitive proposals for a Conference and Symposium Funding Grant by a committee comprised of the Dean and Associate Deans of the College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University-Camden.
Healing in Action Film Screening and Discussion on May 9th
Please register for this event through the Healing10 website: www.healing10.org
Next CURE seminar: May 6, Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment
Please join us for our next seminar:
“Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment”
Michael Javen Fortner, PhD
Assistant Professor and Academic Director of Urban Studies
Murphy Institute for Worker Education an Labor Studies,
City University of New York
Friday, May 6, 2016
12:15pm – 1:30pm
Faculty Lounge, 3rd Floor, Armitage Hall
Lunch will be served
Free and open to the public
Professor Michael Fortner will be discussing his book, Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment, with Professor Jane Siegel.
Review of Professor Michael Fortner ‘s book by the New York Times available at https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/books/review/black-silent-majority-by-michael-javen-fortner.html
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CURE seminars are free and open to the public. No registration is required.
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