The Pocantico Center

Investigative News Network Granted 501(c)(3) Status

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The Investigative News Network (INN) has been granted nonprofit 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service. INN's new tax status will allow the organization to receive support directly from foundations and other donors, making it easier for the organization to help its member news organizations in producing and distributing reliable investigative and public service reporting.

The Investigative News Network (INN) has been granted nonprofit 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service. INN's new tax status will allow the organization to receive support directly from foundations and other donors, making it easier to help its member news organizations in producing and distributing reliable investigative and public service reporting. INN was formed during a conference at The Pocantico Center in June 2009.

Publish Date: 
03/20/2012

The Value of Artist Residencies

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Poet Kwoya Fagin reflects on her residency at The Pocantico Center. The impact of the time and setting were invaluable to her as an artist and as an individual, she says.

By Kwoya Fagin

The word stanza is an Italian word, and it literally means “room.” A poem may contain several rooms, each with similar connecting ideas, but each possessing a sense of individuality. Because of its beauty, precision, and original concept, the Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico could be called a poem. Each room is a separate entity and possesses its own influences and ideas. It makes perfect sense that an artist would enjoy living and creating within a work of art.

Publish Date: 
02/08/2012

Media's Evolution Plays Major Role in Political Shifts of the Muslim World, Report Says

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The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University has published a report about the intersection of media and policy in the Muslim world. The report is the product of a retreat held at The Pocantico Center in October 2011, which brought together 22 policymakers, ambassadors, journalists, and media development experts from the Middle East, Pakistan, Indonesia, the United States, and Europe.

The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University has published a report about the intersection of media and policy in the Muslim world. The report is the product of a retreat held at The Pocantico Center in October 2011, which brought together 22 policymakers, ambassadors, journalists, and media development experts from the Middle East, Pakistan, Indonesia, the United States, and Europe.

Publish Date: 
01/25/2012

Poets House, Inc.

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Poets House is a national poetry library and international literary center that celebrates poetry as it is created, read, and heard. Since its opening to the public in 1986, Poets House has been a place where anyone can “step into the living tradition,” as described by Lee Briccetti, its executive director. “There’s no place exactly like this in the world.”

New York City’s sweeping arts and cultural scene is rounded out by Poets House, Inc., a national poetry library and international literary center that celebrates poetry as it is created, read, and heard. Since its opening to the public in 1986, Poets House has been a place where anyone can “step into the living tradition,” as described by Lee Briccetti, its executive director. “There’s no place exactly like this in the world.”

Poets House, Inc.
Poets House, Inc.
Poets House, Inc.

Pocantico Hills School Organic Garden Program

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About 100 third- and fourth-graders at the Pocantico Hills Central School participate in its organic garden program on the grounds of the Rockefeller estate. Established in 2008, the organic garden program is a progressive, agricultural education project based on organic-gardening techniques.

Pumpkin

Muddy, seedy

Glowing, growing, sitting

Waiting to become pie

Delicious

-Travis, a Pocantico Hills Central School fourth grader

Partnership for Public Service, Inc.

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The Partnership for Public Service engages, informs, and mobilizes influential leaders—across government and among the education, philanthropic, and corporate sectors—to promote a more effective public sector.

Government is most effective when its employees are trustworthy, nonpartisan, and fiscally responsible. They must seek to drive change, take strategic risks and deliver results; and promote a culture of learning, leadership, collaboration, inclusion, and respect.

With this in mind, Samuel J. Heyman founded the Partnership for Public Service in 2001, building on the premise that hiring, developing, and retaining the best people in public service results in better government.

Partnership for Public Service, Inc.
Partnership for Public Service, Inc.
Partnership for Public Service, Inc.
Partnership for Public Service, Inc.
Partnership for Public Service, Inc.
Partnership for Public Service, Inc.
Partnership for Public Service, Inc.

Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico is Profiled

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Dwell, a magazine about modern architecture, profiled the Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico in their February issue. Curator Cynthia Altman and Staff Architect and Director of Operations Kimberly Miller discussed restoring the house to Marcel Breuer's original design, while making it habitable for artist residencies and other public programs.

Dwell, a magazine about modern architecture, profiled the Marcel Breuer House at Pocantico in their February issue. Curator Cynthia Altman and Staff Architect and Director of Operations Kimberly Miller discussed restoring the house to Marcel Breuer's original design, while making it habitable for artist residencies and other public programs.

Publish Date: 
03/14/2011

Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.

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Cave Canem Foundation, Inc. cultivates the talents and professional growth of hundreds of African-American poets. Founded in 1996 by poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady, it was created to counter the under-representation of poets of color in writing workshops and MFA programs.

Maya Angelou once said, “I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”

Over the past 15 years, Cave Canem Foundation, Inc. has done just that, by cultivating the talents and professional growth of hundreds of African-American poets.

Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.

Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.

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Cave Canem Foundation, Inc. cultivates the talents and professional growth of hundreds of African-American poets. Founded in 1996 by poets Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady, it was created to counter the under-representation of poets of color in writing workshops and MFA programs.

Maya Angelou once said, “I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”

Over the past 15 years, Cave Canem Foundation, Inc. has done just that, by cultivating the talents and professional growth of hundreds of African-American poets.

Cave Canem Foundation, Inc.

Investigative News Network Partners with Reuters

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Thomson Reuters has announced the addition of Investigative News Network's (INN) long-form investigative journalism to its media platform, bolstering its news content for publishers and broadcasters worldwide. Thirty INN members have agreed to participate, including RBF grantees Center for Public Integrity and Center for Investigative Reporting. INN was formed at The Pocantico Center in 2009.

Thomson Reuters has announced the addition of Investigative News Network's (INN) long-form investigative journalism to its media platform, bolstering its news content for publishers and broadcasters worldwide. Thirty INN members have agreed to participate, including RBF grantees Center for Public Integrity and Center for Investigative Reporting.

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Publish Date: 
05/24/2011
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