By Gaby España on Tuesday, February, 21st, 2023 in Newsroom.
As we come to the end of Black History Month, we must remember that Black history is not only about reflecting and honoring the past. It is also about the future and safeguarding generations of Black students’ right to learn about their history. Right now, there is an attempt to whitewash African American history across Read more…
By Gaby España on Tuesday, January, 10th, 2023 in Newsroom.
The Edward W. Hazen Foundation is deeply angered that members of Congress failed to forge a compromise that would have protected recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Throughout the country, youth-led organizations are urging lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for two million immigrant youth. “This might’ve been the last Read more…
By Hazen Foundation on Friday, October, 7th, 2022 in Newsroom.
The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is another blow for more than 800,000 young people for whom the United States is home. A decade after President Barack Obama signed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive action, the future for its beneficiaries is still uncertain. DACA recipients have waited patiently Read more…
By Hazen Foundation on Monday, July, 25th, 2022 in Newsroom.
President Biden recently signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, providing $100 million for ‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services Programs,” the same programs that put more than 6,500 police officers in schools since the Columbine school shooting. But we know more police do not make schools safer. Hazen Foundation President, Lori Bezahler calls for restorative Read more…
By Rosio on Thursday, April, 30th, 2020 in Newsroom.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2020 CONTACT: Kari Hudnell, 609-668-0560, kari@abpartners.co EDWARD W. HAZEN FOUNDATION FAST TRACKS $2.8 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT GRANTEES RESPONDING TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR NEW YORK – Today, the Edward W. Hazen Foundation, a private foundation supporting communities of color fighting for educational equity and racial justice, Read more…
By Rosio on Tuesday, December, 17th, 2019 in Newsroom.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2019 CONTACT: Christina Peña-Brower, 917-584-3530, christina@abpartners.co Edward W. Hazen Foundation announces fall 2019 grants totaling $5.45 million as part of 5 year spend-down plan The grantees are a collection of grassroots organizations working across the United States, with a focus on youth, educational justice, and racial justice NEW Read more…
By Rosio on Tuesday, October, 29th, 2019 in Newsroom.
Statewide education advocacy organization the Alliance for Quality Education announced today that Jasmine Gripper will be taking on the role of executive director in January 2020. Gripper will be taking over from Billy Easton, who is stepping down after leading the organization since 2005. Gripper currently serves as legislative director of AQE, and will be Read more…
By Rosio on Monday, October, 28th, 2019 in Newsroom.
Last legislative session, the state’s newly minted Democratic majority vowed to follow through on campaign promises to boost education funding through foundation aid. But to the disappointment of advocates, such as the Alliance for Quality Education, the group that backed the 2007 lawsuit against the state, the funding increase remained static from the year before. Read more…
By Rosio on Monday, October, 28th, 2019 in Newsroom.
The Alliance for Quality Education put out a new report on Foundation Aid ahead of today’s state Senate round table discussion on the issue at Yonkers Riverfront Library from 10 am to 2 pm. State lawmakers have so thoroughly ignored the Foundation Aid funding formula that it exists “in name only,” according to a report released Wednesday by Read more…
By Rosio on Monday, October, 28th, 2019 in Newsroom.
Kim McGill, an organizer with the Youth Justice Coalition, an organization that works with families of the incarcerated youth, told the Guardian that parents were were worried and struggling to get information as the fire spread. “There’s just not the same urgency when people are locked up. It seems county officials aren’t thinking about the Read more…