Interviews & Profiles

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College admissions, post-affirmative action

PeerForward CEO Gary Linnen discusses his work helping students of color into higher education in an interview with New York Nonprofit Media.

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Formerly incarcerated and fighting for prison reform

Jose Hamza Saldana, director of Release Aging People in Prison, in a conversation with New York Nonprofit Media, discusses how to effect change in the face of an Albany scared of seeming soft on crime.

New York City

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How Murad Awawdeh has helped New York City asylum-seekers through the crisis

The New York Immigration Coalition leader talked about what the city, state and federal governments can do differently to best serve the immigrant population.

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Nonprofit ESL program serving New Yorkers for more than half a century seeks financial help to continue

HANAC Director of Programs and Development Andrea Jerves spoke to New York Nonprofit Media about the services the organization is trying to save.

New York City

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Jennifer Raab says goodbye to Hunter College after nearly a quarter century

The exiting college president sat down with City & State to discuss her impact on the school and the legacy she leaves after more than 22 years of service.

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Building a legacy of sports and love for community

An interview with Danielle Madden-Buck, executive director of America SCORES New York

New York City

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You think this is hot?

Two climate experts weigh in on how New Yorkers can stay safe and healthy in our ever more scalding future

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Promoting three pillars of prevention for animal welfare in NYC

Bideawee President and CEO Leslie Granger talks prevention, problem solving and the human-animal bond – and how it prevents animal abuse and homelessness.

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Continuing a legacy of solving food insecurity

An interview with Leslie Gordon, president of Food Bank for New York City

Procurement

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Interview: Conquering procurement reform

A discussion with Jennifer Geiling, former executive director of the Nonprofit Resiliency Committee formed in 2016 by Mayor Bill de Blasio

Nonprofits

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2023 Nonprofit Trailblazers Awards honorees

These leaders have spent their careers improving New York City and state.

New York State

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Slow cannabis market ‘the product of a choice’ says state weed czar

New York has been criticized for a sluggish licensing process, but Chris Alexander said that’s necessary to achieve equity.

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What New York City bus routes should be free?

Check out this unscientific poll by New York Nonprofit Media’s sister news site City & State on where readers want the MTA to see fare-free bus routes, one in each borough, under new pilot program.

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Personality

Denise Rosario Adusei is on a mission

The new executive director of the Bronx Children’s Museum in a Q&A talks about the institution’s top priorities under her leadership.

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Leader to Leader: Nolvia Delgado

A discussion with the executive director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation, an organization that she herself benefited from as an undergraduate

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Helping Black and Brown youth harness their power

Minority Millennials founder Dan Lloyd spoke to New York Nonprofit Media about empowering young people of color to become civically engaged and the upcoming We Are The Future Summit.

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Identifying and confronting LGBTQ hate

Beverly Tillery, executive director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project, discusses findings from a new report on anti-LGBTQ incidents reported by the organization’s affiliates nationwide.