On November 10, The Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy sponsored a community conversation in Sumner, MS concerning the future of the Emmett Till Multipurpose Complex in Tallahatchie County, MS.
Read MoreThe Center on Community Philanthropy Announces New Opportunity for Nonprofits
Since 2009 the Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy (The Center) has been a leader in conducting research and writing about philanthropy as an approach to delivering public service.
Read MoreClinton School Center on Community Philanthropy Awarded Major Grant
The Center on Community Philanthropy at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service has received a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation titled, “Building Capacity for Community Philanthropy that Strengthens Sector Effectiveness for the Benefit of Vulnerable Children.”
Read MoreClinton School Center on Community Philanthropy Visiting Scholar Studies the Changing Misrepresentation of Race and Crime in the Media
Read Publication University of Illinois communication professor and visiting scholar at the Center on Community Philanthropy at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Fall of 2013, Travis Dixon, recently published a study of five years of network and cable crime news. The study, co-authored by the Center on Community Philanthropy director…
Read MoreDelta Circles founder and Center on Community Philanthropy Partner Patricia Ashanti Highlighted as 2014 Visionary
Delta Circles, founded by Patricia Ashanti in 2009, is a small nonprofit in Helena with a big mission: fighting poverty in the Delta by helping people help themselves.
Read MoreDelta Circles Graduates Class of Six, Community Members Take Important Steps to Move Beyond Poverty
The Center on Community Philanthropy at the University Of Arkansas Clinton School Of Public Service proudly congratulates all six graduates of the Delta Circles 2014 spring class on receiving their certificates of completion for “Getting Ahead in a Just-Getting-by World” workshop.
Read MoreCenter on Community Philanthropy and Women’s Foundation of Arkansas Announce Externship Opportunity
The Clinton School Center on Community Philanthropy is pleased to announce a new externship opportunity for a Clinton School student to work with our partner, the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas. This position will allow a Clinton School student to work on the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas Girls of Promise Conference, which will be held October 2-3 at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, AR.
Read MorePathways to Racial Healing and Equity in the American South
Read Publication In 2013, the Center published a compendium of essays by its scholars titled: Pathways to Racial Healing and Equity in the American South. This compendium, Pathways to Racial Healing and Equity in the American South: A Community Philanthropy Strategy, highlights the Center’s ability to bring together a diverse group of scholars, experienced public…
Read MorePathways to Racial Healing and Equity in the American South
In 2013, the Center published a compendium of essays by its scholars titled: Pathways to Racial Healing and Equity in the American South.
Read MoreCommunity Gathers for Conversation about Race and Media in Pine Bluff
Dixon encouraged discussion on the topic of whether these biases are present in Pine Bluff media outlets.
“Television news is important because we expect it to reflect reality,” Dixon said. “But often it creates its own version of reality. We have not looked directly at Pine Bluff in our research but these images come up everywhere we look.”
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