February 2014

HEAF— Building Human Resources to Facilitate Higher Learning in Urban America

Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF) is an educational construct designed to facilitate higher learning in the schools and communities of urban America. “It’s official,” said HEAF president and CEO, Ruth Rathblott. On February 1st, HEAF launched its first class in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn — with 11 families attending the event. “We have learned a lot

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Philanthropy vs Charity: America’s “Third Sector”

International House is an example of American philanthropy at its best. It provides an important service that the free market cannot provide as inexpensively and that government cannot or will not. And it provides that service competently and imaginatively for over 700 scholars from 100 countries who could not find it elsewhere. Many Americans feel

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Neil deGrasse Tyson: Urgent Need for Science Literacy

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, cosmologist, and celebrated science author and educator. Tyson recently talked with the Harlem Times on a number of topics — including the importance of science literacy, the upcoming sequel to Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, and the enigma of dark energy that keeps him blissfully scratching his head each morning.

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