About the New Americans Campaign via YouTube From Nov. 17-19, more than 600 immigrant rights supporters, elected officials, faith leaders, businesspeople and others from across the country will gather in Miami. They are convening to help define the direction of immigrant inclusion in the United States by attending the Sixth National Immigrant Integration Conference. At […]
Article · November 15, 2013 by Marc Fest
Knight Foundation supports the New Americans Campaign, a bipartisan national coalition working to modernize and streamline access to naturalization services. Above: Want citizenship? There’s an app for that! Today is Citizenship Day (aka “Constitution Day”), which commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 and recognizes the efforts of people who have made the decision to […]
Article · September 17, 2013 by Marc Fest
Mega Workshop Miami from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Marc Fest is a consultant for Knight Foundation and the New Americans Campaign, a Knight-funded project to modernize naturalization assistance in the United States. Below, he writes about a recent “mega workshop” held in Miami to help 1,000 green card holders begin the complex citizenship process. The […]
Article · June 28, 2013 by Marc Fest
New software, mega workshops and non-profit collaboration to innovate naturalization assistance; two former INS Commissioners join effort, lending bipartisan support LOS ANGELES — (November 13, 2012) – An unprecedented national network of more than 80 legal-service providers, businesses, faith-based organizations, community leaders and foundations has launched The New Americans Campaign, a nonpartisan project to modernize the system […]
Article · November 13, 2012 by Marc Fest
Photo Credit: Flickr user ccho Within hours of Sandy hitting the Northeast this week, the team at Recovers.org was on the ground, helping communities organize their response through its new web and mobile platform. To date, four communities in New York – including hard hit Staten Island – are using the 2012 Knight News Challenge winner’s […]
Article · November 2, 2012 by Marc Fest
Practitioners, academics, public officials, funders, and others are gathering in downtown Boston today for the Third Annual Conference in Civic Studies at Tisch College, Tufts University. Its title is “Frontiers of Democracy: Innovations in Civic Practice, Theory, and Education.” The event is being organized by Peter Levine of CIRCLE/Tisch College, Nancy Thomas of the Democracy […]
Article · July 22, 2011 by Marc Fest
Today in Washington, the FCC is unveiling a new report that offers practical ways public policy can improve the environment for local accountability journalism, which has suffered significant cutbacks in recent years as traditional media struggle to make the transition to the digital age. We’re proud that the FCC’s effort was inspired by the Knight […]
Article · June 9, 2011 by Marc Fest
O’Miami, a county-wide poetry festival, is under way. Its ambitious goal: for every single person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem during the month of April. Produced by the University of Wynwood and funded by Knight Foundation, O, Miami is a month-long series of events and projects with the simple goal of every person […]
Article · April 3, 2011 by Marc Fest
Israel’s Ambassador Michael Oren, Knight Foundation CEO and President Alberto Ibargüen, Israel’s Consul General in Miami Ofer Bavly Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, spoke to an audience of 190 South Florida leaders Wednesday at a Knight Foundation-sponsored breakfast in Miami. Oren touched on a wide range of subjects including Iran, the peace […]
Article · January 19, 2011 by Marc Fest
Good Magazine has included Knight Foundation in its list of “30 places we want to work.” Knight made the cut for existing “at the intersection of creativity and impact” and for “caring as much about the planet and people” as about “efficacy.” Needless to say, we’re proud. And yes, Knight is a great place to […]
Article · November 1, 2010 by Marc Fest
Knight Foundation is advertising an open program director position in its Detroit office. Quoted from the job posting: The Director co-develops and manages multi-million-dollar initiatives in partnership with local and national leaders as well as other Knight Foundation colleagues. While the primary assignment is in Detroit, program directors also play a vital role in advancing […]
Article · October 5, 2010 by Marc Fest