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Justice & Opportunity
Communities Vote on State and Local Ballot Measures
This election cycle, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative stood alongside diverse coalitions of advocates, community and business...
Education
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Supports Eruditus In Increasing Access to Education Across the Globe
The Eruditus group, consisting of Eruditus Executive Education (www.eruditus.com) and its online division EMERITUS...
Science
Inside Philanthropy: Why Chan Zuckerberg is Devoting Millions to Open Source Software for Scientists
This piece was published in Inside Philanthropy on June 24, 2020. To an important degree, scientific research advances as a...
Justice & Opportunity
STAT: Striking Down DACA Would Eliminate Thousands of Health Care Workers, Thwarting America’s... STAT: Striking Down DACA Would Eliminate Thousands of Health Care Workers, Thwarting America’s Pandemic Response
This piece was published in STAT on May 1, 2020. The health care community has a responsibility to anticipate worst-case...
Science
Fast Company: Why Patients Have Begun to Lead the Way in the Fight Against Rare Diseases
This piece was published in Fast Company on February 26, 2020. Several years ago, I was working in the White House Office of...
Education
Fast Company: How Technology Can Amplify Great Teaching
This piece was published in Fast Company on December 18, 2019. Great teachers have always used all the tools available to...
Justice & Opportunity
Bay Area Housing Partnership Celebrates First Year Progress
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF — Bay Area elected officials, community, faith, and business leaders, and philanthropic funders...
Justice & Opportunity
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Backs Community Land Trust Model
Redwood City, CALIF. (October 25, 2019) — As part of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Housing Affordability Program,...
Housing
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces New Funding to Protect, Preserve, and Produce Housing i... The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces New Funding to Protect, Preserve, and Produce Housing in California
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. — Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced a wave of new funding — including grants...
Justice & Opportunity
Strengthening Coalitions in California
Time and time again, we see that the most successful campaigns and social change initiatives–in the U.S. and around the...
Science
Watch Priscilla Chan on Good Morning America
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Co-founder and Co-CEO Priscilla Chan spoke on ABC’s Good Morning America about CZI’s Rare As...
Justice & Opportunity
The Center for Effective Philanthropy: Four Promising Practices for Philanthropies to Advance... The Center for Effective Philanthropy: Four Promising Practices for Philanthropies to Advance Advocacy and Policy Change
This piece was published in The Center For Effective Philanthropy on May 30, 2019 In an era when government has become less...
Justice & Opportunity
UC Berkeley Terner Center Launches First-of-its-Kind Housing Lab
BERKELEY, CA — Today, the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley — in...
Justice & Opportunity
Partnership for the Bay’s Future Launches Challenge Grants Program
SAN FRANCISCO — The Partnership for the Bay’s Future has announced the launch of its inaugural Challenge Grants for...
Justice & Opportunity
Bay Area Philanthropy, Business, and Community Advocates Unite to Launch Landmark Regional Housing... Bay Area Philanthropy, Business, and Community Advocates Unite to Launch Landmark Regional Housing Partnership
SAN FRANCISCO — Today, Bay Area community and faith leaders, housing advocates, business leaders, and philanthropists...
Ventures
Quartz Africa: Andela’s Latest $100 Million Funding Round is Led by a Former US Vice President
This piece was published in Quartz Africa on January 23, 2019. Software developer training and outsourcing company, Andela...
Ventures
Fortune: Byju Education Startup Backed By Mark Zuckerberg Starts Global Expansion With Acquisition
This piece was published in Fortune on January 16, 2019. India’s leading education app developer, Byju, is tapping a war...
