Monthly Archives: May 2009
Poetry Fridays: Peter Cole
May 8, 2009Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry Robert Frost is reputed to have said, “Poetry is what is lost in translation.” Poet and translator Peter Cole told a group of students at a recent Dodge Poetry Festival: “Poetry is what is found … Continue reading
Spotlight On: Marcellus Shale Webinar
May 7, 2009Molly de Aguiar, Program Associate Roughly 15 million people in New York and Pennsylvania get their daily supply of drinking water from the clear streams of the Catskill Mountains and Delaware River watersheds. These watersheds are now being targeted for … Continue reading
Thinking About Philanthropy: Part 3
May 6, 2009David Grant, President and CEO Let me make an abstract idea from the last entry more concrete through some examples. In the previous parts of this series, I used Jim O’Toole’s “Executive’s Compass” (below) to postulate that “The Good Society” … Continue reading
Secrets For Success During Turbulent Times
May 4, 2009Wendy Liscow, Program Officer Non-profit organizations are resourceful, resilient, and let’s face it, a bit scrappy. With their missions acting as both powerful rudder and faithful compass, passionate non-profit leaders and dedicated staff and boards have navigated their ships through … Continue reading
Poetry Fridays: Mark Doty
May 1, 2009Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry In Still Life with Oysters and Lemon, Mark Doty’s book-length meditation on art and poetry, he concludes that poems exist “as advocates of intimacy, as embodiments of paradox, as witnesses to earth, here, this moment, … Continue reading
