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February 25, 2021/News

Event Recap: Building the Sustainable Future We Deserve at MozFest 2021

Siegel Family Endowment asks practitioners from a wide range of diverse fields to reconsider the ways that they rely on and intersect with one another.

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February 16, 2021/News

Event Recap: Panel on Innovative Learning Programs for NYC

The group discussed a wide range of topics including New York City students, parents, and school communities.

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February 4, 2021/News

Event Recap: Conversation on Digital Technology and Democratic Theory

As we develop new frameworks for understanding the ways that digital and social infrastructure overlap and rely on one another, it’s important to make sure we understand how new and emerging technologies impact all areas of everyday life.

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January 28, 2021/From Our Grantees

Equity, Access, and the Long Term Benefits of Innovative Pod Learning with Creo College Prep

We recently partnered with Creo College Prep to expand their COVID-safe pod learning program in order to reach under-resourced students, and to challenge the idea that these structures are only available to those with expansive resources at their disposal.

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January 19, 2021/From Our Grantees

The Maintainers and the Importance of Maximizing Existing Resources

In a world that’s shaped by widespread, technology-driven change, many conversations tend to be dominated by whatever is most groundbreaking. But what can we do to ensure those innovations are built to be resilient and long-lasting?

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January 7, 2021/News

Event Recap: Katy Knight Joins Discussion on the Future of CS Education Funding

This discussion centered on asking why the panelists and organizations they represent choose to make computer science education a major priority in their giving.

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December 21, 2020/News

Our 2020 Year in Review

While the upheaval of the last year has been persistent and far reaching, our years of experience navigating uncertainty have served us well, and set us up to engage with new challenges while continuing to address the long term societal changes that define our work.

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December 17, 2020/

Talking Headways ft. Katy Knight: Infrastructure Only Limited by Our Imagination

Katy Knight speaks to the host of Talking Headways podcast on Siegel’s recent Infrastructure report. Discussion topics include: the importance of governance, the two way conversations we should be having with elected officials, distributing investments intelligently, and elevating social infrastructure.

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December 15, 2020/News

Designing America’s Schools for Equity and Inclusion

Making learning an impactful experience for as many students as possible is much more than a policy issue, and has many component factors – including design.

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December 10, 2020/From Our Grantees

The Aspen Institute on Our Vision for Multidimensional Infrastructure

Jennifer Bradley of the Aspen Institute has compiled a series of key guidelines and priorities for implementing our vision for multidimensional infrastructure in real world contexts. Read the first key insight below, and to see the second two, read the full post on Aspen’s website.

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December 3, 2020/From Our Grantees

MASS Design’s Multidimensional Approach to Architecture, Design, and Infrastructure

By pursuing work that so clearly illustrates the ties between the built environment and social and economic outcomes, MASS Design’s strategic mindset is implicitly aware of the social, physical, and technological factors that inform multidimensional infrastructure.

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