Let’s Make Pay Inequity A Thing of the Past
March 24th is Equal Pay Day, marking how far into 2021 women in the United States must work to catch up to what their male counterparts earned in the previous year. While this actual date changes every year, there should be no “equal pay day” as there is no justification for women to have to […]
Concordia le da la Bienvenida a Rubicon como Patrocinador Principal de Programación en 2021
A Concordia le complace ahondar su alianza con Rubicon en 2021, en servicio a un futuro sostenible y libre de desperdicios. Rubicon es una plataforma de software que ofrece soluciones inteligentes de reciclaje y residuos para empresas y Gobiernos alrededor del mundo. Utilizando la tecnología para impulsar la innovación ambiental, la compañía ayuda a convertir […]
Concordia welcomes Rubicon as a 2021 Principal Programming Sponsor
Concordia is excited to deepen its partnership with Rubicon in 2021 in service of a sustainable, waste-free future. Rubicon is a software platform that provides smart waste and recycling solutions for businesses and governments worldwide. Using technology to drive environmental innovation, the company helps turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises, and neighborhoods into greener and […]
A Message from Jackie Anselmo
Concordia welcomes Jackie Anselmo as Manager in our Partnerships Department. Working under the leadership of Hanne Dalmut, Jackie will be responsible for advancing membership growth and retention by evaluating the membership program and its benefits, and developing strategies to identify funding opportunities that will grow, enhance, and strengthen our membership community. In addition to driving […]
What are we doing wrong? A new era for convening & collaboration.
2020 brought new challenges to how people convene and, in turn, collaborate as the global pandemic impeded in-person events. As Co-Founder of Concordia, a New York-based nonprofit most known for its Annual Summit, parallel to the United Nations General Assembly, I’ve spent much of my career devising how people can convene in-person to discuss the […]
¿Qué estamos haciendo mal? Una nueva era de convocatorias y colaboración
Debido a las regulaciones impuestas por la pandemia, el 2020 trajo nuevos retos respecto a la forma en la que nos reunimos, convocamos foros y colaboramos como sociedad. Concordia es una organización sin ánimo de lucro basada en Nueva York, principalmente conocida por su Annual Summit, el cual se lleva a cabo la misma semana […]
This Week in Partnerships: Our Favorite Cross-Sector Stories – January 22
National home builder Clayton and non-profit Family Promise join forces to prevent families from becoming homeless. In 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, the partnership helped prevent more than 400 families, including 900 children, from becoming homeless through three core programs: A Future Begins at Home, Partners in Housing, and Housing Leadership. […]
Concordia and Google Partner on the Launch of the Digital Sprinters Initiative
Help us accomplish the unimaginable
It has been a peculiar—and, admittedly, trying—year. We are living through a pivotal moment that is reshaping the world as we know it, and we are acclimating to dealing with uncertainty in almost every sphere of our lives. For us at Concordia, this year has exposed the urgent need to create spaces for dialogue and […]
E-Learning and the Future of Education in Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has, no doubt, accelerated the move to digital learning in Africa, just as it has in other parts of the world. But is Africa ready for e-learning, given a myriad of challenges associated with it? Hardware, software, internet access, skill levels of faculty and students, perceptions around quality, and the effective delivery […]
Ensuring Access to Education for Girls During a Humanitarian Crisis and Conflict
This piece was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations and authored by Anne-Marie Grey, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of USA for UNHCR, and Sherrie Westin, President of Global Impact and Philanthropy at the Sesame Workshop and Concordia Senior Advisor.