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Re-Imagining Cities After the Age of Oil | Judith Rodin's symposium address--11/7
Rockefeller Foundation Activities

NYC Cultural Innovation Fund 2009
Now Open for Ideas
January 5, 2009
The deadline for this year’s idea submission is 2/9/09.

A Celebration of America at Kennedy Center
December 23, 2008; Press release
Wynton Marsalis, Sandra Day O’Connor to lead 1/19 presentation by Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Rockefeller Foundation. Will be aired live on CNN.

Freelancers Union Pioneers Insurance Model
December 8, 2008; Press release
Health safety net created for 1/3 of America's workforce.

Cost-Effective Production of New TB Drug
December 3, 2008; Press release
InnoCentive Solvers propose innovation.

2008 NYC Cultural Innovation Fund Awards
November 20, 2008; Press release
Grants help to boost City's creative sector.

Oxfam America Awarded Climate Grant
November 17, 2008; Press release
Focus is the preparedness of poor communities.

James Nyoro Named RF MD in Nairobi
October 30, 2008; Press release

An interview with the RF's Nick Turner
Shaping the 2009 Transpo Debate
October 23, 2008; streetsblog

RF Supports Consortium for Capacity Building
September 25, 2008

RF President Judith Rodin, Mickey Glantz, RF VP Maria Blair, President Bill Clinton at Clinton Global Initiative
NY Times story; CCB director interviewed Tiempo

Mobilizing the Next Green Revolution
October 17, 2008: Judith Rodin speaks at World Food Prize

Inaugural Bellagio Arts Fellows Named
October 15, 2008 coverage Judith Rodin's announcement

WNET Series on Crumbling Infrastructure

VIDEORobert Caro Speaks at Jane Jacobs Dinner
September 8, 2008; speech

Stronger Social Security for the Vulnerable
July 23, 2008; NASI Innovation Awards: Press release

MMP radio discussion Building AGRA | Replenishing the Breadbasket

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States, Cities Step Up Climate Change Responses
October 19, 2008; Washington Post Writers Group
Before the fiscal crisis, there was the climate crisis. After the fiscal crisis, we’ll still have the climate crisis.

As Budgets Tighten, Medical Care Can Wait
October 16 2008; Washington Post
'...the number of consumers who...skipped a doctor visit for themselves or a child has risen...'

Adapt or Die: Climate Change and the Poor
September 11 2008; The Economist
Global warming is happening faster than expected...we must learn to adapt. | Brookings Institution:
How Will the World’s Poor Cope with Climate Change?

Annan: Africa Needs a Green Revolution
September 1, 2008; Associated Press
Africa needs to revolutionize the entire food chain, he said. That 'will require one of the largest efforts in human history.'

Rice Crisis: What Needs to be Done?
September 2008; International Rice Research Institute
Rice Today covers global rice markets.

New York's Past on City of Memory Site
Web site offers stories and memories of New York City.

If You Have a Problem, Ask Everyone
July 22, 2008; New York Times; EXCERPT
Encouraging organizations to take novel innovation approaches drew the Foundation to InnoCentive.

Given Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt
July 20, 2008; The New York Times; EXCERPT
Years of spending more than they earn have left many Americans standing at the financial precipice.

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    Executive Summary
    eHealth Call to Action
    Transforming Health Systems
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    America’s Economic Security

    The Rockefeller Foundation/Time Survey, a wide-ranging gauge of Americans’ perceptions regarding their economic security

    2007 ANNUAL REPORT

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