Who knows better how to heal a community than those who inhabit it? America Bracho’s Latino Health Access trains local promotoras to teach neighbors and friends how to be healthy. What happens when patients become leaders on the health team? What happens when communities, not … More >
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Watch Birmingham and the Children’s March on PBS. On May 2, 1963, “The Children’s March” began. Students left their classrooms mid-day and gathered in Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. They came out marching and singing, row after row after row of them, some as young … More >
The 37th edition of the State of Black America, Redeem the Dream: Jobs Rebuild America commemorates the milestones that have occurred in black history in the 50 years since the height of the civil rights movement. This year’s publication features essays by an esteemed group of thought-leaders from … More >
When former White House domestic policy adviser, board member of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, and Chair of the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions, Melody Barnes stood before 300 community leaders at the 2013 Ready by 21 Conference in Atlanta, to talk about the Opportunity Youth movement, she … More >
While most states are struggling with underfunded pensions, Wisconsin is sitting pretty thanks to its unique multilever retirement machine. In March edition of the Institutional Investor, David Villa, chief investment officer for the state of Wisconsin Investment Board and board member of Marguerite Casey Foundation, … More >
Angela Diaz, MD, is the Director of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In this video, Dr. Diaz discusses the tremendous … More >
2013 Journalism – Fellowship The Marguerite Casey Foundation Journalism Fellowship on Poverty aims to increase the public’s understanding of poverty. Recipients of the 2013 Journalism Fellowship will write at least one in- depth story or short series that illustrates how language, culture and race influence … More >
March 22, 2013 Chicago, IL ‒ Luz Vega-Marquis, president and CEO of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, was honored by Mujeres Latinas en Acción on Friday for her exceptional leadership in empowering families. “Luz has positioned the foundation as a leader in movement building by shaping … More >
FRESNO, Calif. ‒ At a time in our country when diverse communities are powerfully raising their voices to shape politics and policies, few organizations have been as effective as South by Southwest Experiment in uniting black and brown communities in a shared vision of economic … More >