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The Asian American Writers' Workshop celebrated the launch of the Open City Project on July 27.

The Center for Public Integrity's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) International News Services have unveiled a nine-month investigation, focusing on the global trade of asbestos.

DesignIntelligence, a bi-monthly report published by the Design Futures Council, has released the results of the 2010 Sustainable Design Survey, ranking 2030 Inc., an RBF grantee, at the top of several categories.

Climate Prosperity Inc., a new national nonprofit that helps communities address climate change through economic development opportunities, has named André Pettigrew as its first executive director.

Dickinson College has announced that they have partnered with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Middlebury College in the Sustainable Investments Initiative.

RBF grantees Ceres and the Rocky Mountain Institute were named in a top-ten list of nongovernmental organizations engaged by companies to make decisions that are best for the environment as well as their businesses.

The Martha Graham Dance Company, an RBF grantee, made it possible for 35 New York City students to perform at the Joyce Theater. The Theater, which is a part of the Joyce Theater Foundation, another RBF grantee, is a premier dance performance venue in New York City.

Dancers from RBF grantee Chez Bushwick performed a choreographic work entitled "Replica" on the Kykuit forecourt at The Pocantico Center. The piece was choreographed by Daniel Arsham, Jonah Bokaer, and Judith Sanchez-Ruiz.

The Investigative News Network (INN), a collaboration of 32 nonprofit news organizations producing public service journalism, has named digital publishing executive Kevin L. J. Davis as its inaugural chief executive officer. INN was formed at The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in 2009.

Last month, the U.S. Embassy in Montenegro awarded grants to four RBF grantees: Fund for Active Citizenship (fAKT), 35 mm, The Network for the Affirmation of NGO Sector-MANS (MANS), and Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR).