Jersey Give Back Guide: Leadership Newark

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Dodge

Throughout 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 →

Posted in Community Building, Jersey Give Back Guide | Tagged Cory Booker, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Jersey Give Back Guide, Leadership Newark, newark nj, NJ nonprofits, Victoria Foundation, year-end giving | Leave a comment

Giving Thanks for a Successful 2012 Dodge Poetry Festival

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Dodge Poetry Staff

From 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 →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry 2012 Festival | Tagged 2012 dodge poetry festival, aljira, bethany baptist church, bicki paulson, blood dazzler, Clean Water Fund, Cory Booker, donald morris, first peddie baptist memorial church, friends of the festival, Greater Newark Convention and Visitors Bureau, International Youth Corps, Jane Hirshfield, Kurtis Lamkin, MCJ Amelior Foundation, new jersey historical society, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Newark, Newark Boys Chorus, Newark Downtown District, Newark Museum, Newark Police Department, Newark Public Schools, NJ, NJ TRANSIT, NJPAC, NJSCA, North Star Academy, Patricia Smith, Poetry Foundation, Prudential Foundation, PSEG, Raul Zurita, Sagner Family Foundation, Star-Ledger, trinity st. philip's cathedral, Victoria Foundation, YouthBuild Newark | Leave a comment

Exciting 2012 Poetry Festival Announcements

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Rebecca Gambale

At 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 →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry 2012 Festival | Tagged 2012 dodge poetry festival, Cory Booker, newark nj, NJPAC, NJTransit | 3 Comments

Poetry Friday: Save the Date!

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Rebecca Gambale

The 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 →

Posted in Poetry, Poetry 2012 Festival | Tagged aljira, Brick City, brick city development corp., City of Newark, Cory Booker, dodge poetry festival 2012, first baptist peddie memorial church, greater newark area conventions and visitors bureau, Mayor Booker, new jersey historical society, Newark, Newark Arts Council, Newark Museum, newark nj, NJPAC, north star charter school, trinity st. philip's cathedral | 1 Comment

The Quiet Side of Philanthropy in Newark

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Dodge

By 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 →

Posted in Philanthropy | Tagged Cory Booker, government and philanthropy partnerships, Newark, Newark Philanthropic Liaison | 2 Comments

A Successful 2010 Dodge Poetry Festival!

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Dodge

We 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 →

Posted in Poetry 2010 Festival | Tagged Billy Collins, Cory Booker, Sharon Olds | 8 Comments

Tag Archives: Cory Booker