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‘Shared Value’ Gains in Corporate Responsibility Efforts

August 15, 2011 by Steve

Shared value is an elaboration of the notion of corporate self-interest — greed, if you will. The idea that companies can do well by doing good is certainly not new. It is an appealing proposition that over the years has been called “triple bottom line” (people, planet, profit), “impact investing” and “sustainability” — all describing corporate initiatives that address social concerns including environmental pollution, natural-resource depletion, public health and the needs of the poor.

August 15, 2011 by Steve

From Azeem Azhar, founder and CEO of Peer Index, on gigaom.com:

August 10, 2011 by Tommer

Poet Philip Levine is to be named the next US Poet Laureate.

“He’s the laureate, if you like, of the industrial heartland,” said James Billington, librarian of Congress. “It’s a very, very American voice. I don’t know that in other countries you get poetry of that quality about the ordinary workingman.”

August 10, 2011 by Steve

Barry's second question for the policy panel:

Many contend that arts education advocacy has largely been a failure. Others disagree. Where are the successes? Where will funding come from in the future to implement policy?

Read the responses.

August 10, 2011 by Steve

Full details of the GIA 2011 Conference Sessions are now available from the conference website. You can now see when individual session will occur and who the presenters will be, as well as any online resources associated with them.

conference.giarts.org/sessions.html.

August 8, 2011 by Steve

Violinist and MacArthur Fellow Sebastian Ruth is profiled on the String Visions website. In 1997, Ruth founded Community MusicWorks, a non-profit based in the West End neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island. For fourteen years, CMW and Sebastian Ruth have empowered the lives of urban youth and families through classical music.

August 8, 2011 by Steve

From a Lawrence Journal-World editorial:

August 8, 2011 by Steve

Barry Hessenius's blog at Westaf has spent the past two weeks focused on Arts Education in the context of Practice and Fieldbuilding. This week the discussion turns to Policy with a new panel of respondents:

Janet Brown, Executive Director, Grantmakers in the Arts
Cyrus Driver, Program Learning and Innovation, Ford Foundation
Bob Lynch, President and CEO, Americans for the Arts
Narric Rome, Senior Director for Federal Affairs and Arts Education, Americans for the Arts
Laurie Schell, outgoing Executive Director, California Alliance for Arts Education

Special Series: For the Love of Radical Giving Podcast

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Each episode explores radical, innovative, community-driven approaches that challenge traditional philanthropic models, highlighting the voices and experiences of those actively working to democratize philanthropy and create equitable, impactful change.

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From the GIA Reader: FLOW with Dr. Durell Cooper

In this specially commissioned web series co-produced by Grantmakers in the Arts, Dr. Cooper dives into conversations with practitioners and influential people from the global majority who are leading in arts philanthropy. The overarching question this series investigates is what narratives exist that harm us and how are we intentionally developing strategies to mitigate the harm to foster healing in communities of color?

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