Feb 27 2015
Perspective
Cross-posted with special permission from Foundation grantee CityLab. Just ten years ago, living in Chicago without an automobile was considered eccentric behavior. In 2002, a food writer friend moved there from …
Feb 23 2015
Perspective
Despite the economic recovery, young Americans continue to face significant challenges to gaining a foothold in the labor market. As of early 2015, the unemployment rate for youth ages 16-24 …
Feb 13 2015
Perspective
In December 2013, I attended a workshop organized by the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI), a grantee in The Rockefeller Foundation's Waste and Spoilage Initiative. At one point, a workshop participant arrived …
Feb 05 2015
Perspective
By the time Tom Brady kneeled down on the field to bring an end to Super Bowl XLIX, the game had become the most-viewed U.S. television event in history. Over …
Feb 02 2015
Perspective
Tonight, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx is sitting down with Google's Eric Schmidt for a fireside chat, livestreamed on YouTube, to discuss DOT's "Beyond Traffic," which looks at the …
Jan 15 2015
Perspective
"The youth unemployment epidemic has no easy solution; the disruptions emerging today can either exacerbate the problem, or we can harness them to improve the lives of young people."
Today, IFTF …
Dec 03 2014
Perspective
People should pay attention to today's statement from the White House, announcing its first cohort of "Climate Action Champions," 16 cities, counties, and tribal communities whose work to identify and …
Dec 02 2014
Perspective
Today I was in Singapore, a city whose first 50 years has served as a model for building urban resilience, to announce the next 35 cities to join the 100 …
Nov 18 2014
Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Rockefeller Foundation is hosting the "National Disaster Resilience Competition Summit" on November 18th in Washington, DC to help eligible jurisdictions prepare for the $1 billion National Disaster Resilience …
Nov 18 2014
Speeches
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Kick-Off Summit for the National Disaster Resilience Competition—truly a landmark occasion in the movement to build resilience in communities across the United States. Before …