Tag Archives: Cory Booker
Jersey Give Back Guide: Leadership Newark
December 17, 2014Throughout December, we are highlighting each of the organizations featured in our Jersey Give-Back Guide, an online portal for year-end giving that makes it easy to donate to some of New Jersey’s most effective nonprofits. Today we feature Leadership Newark. Organization name: Leadership … Continue reading
Giving Thanks for a Successful 2012 Dodge Poetry Festival
November 9, 2012From October 11th through the 14th, the city of Newark was full of people from thirty-four states and several foreign countries who’d come together to celebrate the written and spoken word. During those four days and in the weeks since, we’ve received … Continue reading
Exciting 2012 Poetry Festival Announcements
April 10, 2012At today’s 2012 Festival Press Conference, we had some big announcements to make with the help of NJPAC and Newark’s Mayor Cory Booker. It was a wonderful day with a lot of exciting updates about the 2012 Poetry Festival. Who … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Save the Date!
March 9, 2012The Board of Trustees and the staff of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation are pleased to announce that the Dodge Poetry Festival, the largest poetry event in North America, will return to Newark October 11th to October 14th, 2012. The … Continue reading
The Quiet Side of Philanthropy in Newark
September 14, 2011By Nina Stack President, Council of New Jersey Grantmakers What is missing amidst the headlines of extraordinarily generous private donors investing in Newark is the quieter story of what a group of local funders seeded 5 years ago. It started … Continue reading
A Successful 2010 Dodge Poetry Festival!
October 11, 2010We had an amazing time at the 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, and for those who were able to come, we hope you did too. Who could forget performances by US Poets Laureate Kay Ryan, Rita Dove, Billy Collins … Continue reading
