http://blog.tides.org Written by and for people interested in infrastructure for social change Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:28:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://blog.tides.org/2013/04/03/un%e2%80%99s-new-treaty-on-mercury-a-breakthrough-opportunity-for-reduction-of-mercury-globally/ http://blog.tides.org/2013/04/03/un%e2%80%99s-new-treaty-on-mercury-a-breakthrough-opportunity-for-reduction-of-mercury-globally/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:01:08 +0000 Michael Bender http://blog.tides.org/?p=3769 In January, representatives from more than 140 nations met in Geneva and approved a new treaty to reduce the use and release of mercury worldwide and minimize its effects on people all over the world.  Yet the need for tighter regulations on mercury have been on the civil society agenda of social and environmental organisations [...] ]]> http://blog.tides.org/2013/04/03/un%e2%80%99s-new-treaty-on-mercury-a-breakthrough-opportunity-for-reduction-of-mercury-globally/feed/ 0 http://blog.tides.org/2013/03/06/tides-awards-2013-pizzigati-prize-to-fair-elections-pioneer-micah-altman/ http://blog.tides.org/2013/03/06/tides-awards-2013-pizzigati-prize-to-fair-elections-pioneer-micah-altman/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:40:13 +0000 Tides http://blog.tides.org/?p=3765 Open source champion wins public interest computing’s highest honor for his work to open up the legislative redistricting process San Francisco, March 6th, 2013 — Politicians have been gerrymandering legislative districts — and distorting democracy — for almost as long as the United States has been a nation. But average American citizens now have a powerful [...] ]]> http://blog.tides.org/2013/03/06/tides-awards-2013-pizzigati-prize-to-fair-elections-pioneer-micah-altman/feed/ 0 http://blog.tides.org/2013/02/20/stop-global-warming-an-interview-with-dawn-woollen/ http://blog.tides.org/2013/02/20/stop-global-warming-an-interview-with-dawn-woollen/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:44:11 +0000 Hannah Russin http://blog.tides.org/?p=3757 PROJECT DETAILS: The Stop Global Warming Virtual March, initiated in 2005, is a non-partisan effort to bring citizens together to declare that global warming is here now and that it is time to demand solutions. We are all contributors to global warming and must all be part of the solution. Speaking with Dawn Woollen, Director [...] ]]> http://blog.tides.org/2013/02/20/stop-global-warming-an-interview-with-dawn-woollen/feed/ 0 http://blog.tides.org/2013/02/19/the-talent-agenda/ http://blog.tides.org/2013/02/19/the-talent-agenda/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:54:26 +0000 Rusty Stahl http://blog.tides.org/?p=3752 The Talent Agenda is a monthly column where Rusty Stahl–Idealist board member and joint fellow at the Tides Foundation and the Research Center for Leadership in Action at NYU Wagner–will share his thoughts on how organizations and foundations can do more to support the careers and development of nonprofit professionals. Photo credit: Leo Reynolds, Creative [...] ]]> http://blog.tides.org/2013/02/19/the-talent-agenda/feed/ 0 http://blog.tides.org/2013/02/19/nicholas-kristof-and-sheryl-wudunn-announce-half-the-sky-movement-the-game-to-help-empower-women-and-girls-around-the-world/ http://blog.tides.org/2013/02/19/nicholas-kristof-and-sheryl-wudunn-announce-half-the-sky-movement-the-game-to-help-empower-women-and-girls-around-the-world/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:08:00 +0000 Tides http://blog.tides.org/?p=3746 EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY GAMES FOR CHANGE, THE GAME WILL LAUNCH ON FACEBOOK ON MARCH 4TH Support from Zynga.org, Ford Foundation, Intel Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, The Rockefeller Foundation, Pearson Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the United Nations Foundation; Game will benefit The Fistula Foundation, GEMS, Heifer International, United Nations Foundation, ONE, Room to [...] ]]> http://blog.tides.org/2013/02/19/nicholas-kristof-and-sheryl-wudunn-announce-half-the-sky-movement-the-game-to-help-empower-women-and-girls-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/23/the-2012-jane-bagley-lehman-award-ceremony-a-successful-event-and-two-phenomenal-awardees/ http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/23/the-2012-jane-bagley-lehman-award-ceremony-a-successful-event-and-two-phenomenal-awardees/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:39:37 +0000 Rosa King http://blog.tides.org/?p=3739 In November 2012, Tides Foundation awarded the Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Excellence in Public Advocacy to Brenda Dardar- Robichaux and Marylee Orr, for their innovative approaches to social change in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Excellence in Public Advocacy is [...] ]]> http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/23/the-2012-jane-bagley-lehman-award-ceremony-a-successful-event-and-two-phenomenal-awardees/feed/ 0 http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/22/in-memoriam-jill-benderly/ http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/22/in-memoriam-jill-benderly/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:47:14 +0000 Tides http://blog.tides.org/?p=3734 http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/22/in-memoriam-jill-benderly/feed/ 1 http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/18/celebrating-martin-luther-king-jr-day/ http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/18/celebrating-martin-luther-king-jr-day/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:19:09 +0000 Toby Thompkins http://blog.tides.org/?p=3728 “They are an American people who are geared to what is, and who yet are driven by a sense of what it is possible for human life to be in this society.” Ralph Ellison April 6, 1970 Oh well it's that time again in the calendar year to take a moment and think about the [...] ]]> http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/18/celebrating-martin-luther-king-jr-day/feed/ 0 http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/17/don%e2%80%99t-get-mad-get-even-challenge-prosecutors-not-scapegoats/ http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/17/don%e2%80%99t-get-mad-get-even-challenge-prosecutors-not-scapegoats/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:29:45 +0000 Shahid Battar http://blog.tides.org/?p=3725 http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/17/don%e2%80%99t-get-mad-get-even-challenge-prosecutors-not-scapegoats/feed/ 0 http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/16/womens-community-clinic/ http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/16/womens-community-clinic/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:43:32 +0000 Hannah Russin http://blog.tides.org/?p=3719 Get Inspired The mission of the Women’s Community Clinic is to improve the health and well-being of women and girls within the context of their values:  “We believe preventive, educational care is essential to lifelong health and that all women deserve excellent health care, regardless of their ability to pay and that “We work hard [...] ]]> http://blog.tides.org/2013/01/16/womens-community-clinic/feed/ 0