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40 mayors and 80 senior city leaders representing more than 24 million people
around the world make upthe seventh class of the Bloomberg Harvard City
Leadership Initiative.
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15 finalists working on groundbreaking climate and environmental solutions
will be named atthe second annual Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in
September.
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17 cities are in the running for up to $1 million in support from the
Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge.
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More than 123 million people in the U.S. were under active National Weather
Service extreme heat advisories, watches, and warnings recently.Here's how
cities are adapting in an era of extreme temperatures.
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Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide.
There are simple steps we can take to save lives.
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Black homeownership in Cincinnati is 40% lower than white homeownership. A
new blueprint generated with support from the Greenwood Initiative
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tackle that and other racial wealth inequities.
Training Mayors to Take On Cities' Biggest Challenges
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As cities find themselves at the forefront of addressing increasingly national
and global issues, from public health and housing to climate change and
education,the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative announced the
seventh class of 40 mayors
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— who come from nine countries and six continents — participating in the
yearlong professional management training program. A first-of-its-kind program,
the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative equips mayors and their senior
team members with new tools and expertise to expand their problem-solving
capacity, strengthen their city halls, and improve outcomes for residents.
Learn more about the Initiative
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, andhear from the some of the mayors who spoke to us at the program kick off
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work to support mayors over the years — through the Bloomberg Harvard City
Leadership Initiative and other efforts — ina recent story in TIME Magazine
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Save the Date: The Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit
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The next great climate innovators will gather together with HRH Prince William
and Mike at the second annual Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit on September
19, 2023, in New York City. This year's Earthshot Prize finalists will be
announced for their work around five "Earthshots" where cutting-edge solutions
can help repair our planet this decade: Build a waste-free world; revive our
ocean; protect and restore nature; clean our air; and fix our climate. To
foster broad collaboration and urgent action, the Summit will bring the
innovators together with business leaders, philanthropists, and policy makers.
Save the date to tune-in to the 2023 Summit
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, thencheck out highlights from the 2022 Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit
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Public Art Challenge Finalist Cities
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Great public art can be transformative, adding new energy to communities,
bringing people together, and sparking conversations about important issues. To
help bring public art to more places, the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art
Challenge offers U.S. cities grants of up to $1 million for temporary art
projects that address a significant civic issue. For the most recent Challenge,
more than 150 cities applied from 40 states. Of those, 17 finalists were
chosen, and up to 10 winners will be awarded grants later this year. Take a
moment to watch our video, where you'll see incredible work from previous
winners, and find out which cities are in the running for this year's Public
Art Challenge. And for more on public art as a social good,watch this panel
from the 2023 Aspen Ideas Festival, moderated by Kate Levin, who leads our Arts
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Cities in an Age of Extreme Heat
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With record-breaking heat affecting millions of people around the world this
summer, we wanted to share a previously released video,"Cities vs. Rising Heat,"
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from our Building the Future series. While climate change is pushing heat to
extreme levels, many design choices in cities' built environment are causing
even higher temperatures in local communities. Find out how cities are
responding to this growing challenge.
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WATCH NOW
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Simple Steps to Protect Millions from Drowning
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More than 2.5 million people have died from drowning in the last decade,
making it the third leading cause of unintentional injury deaths globally. Many
of those losses are children, including in the U.S., where drowning is the
leading cause of death for kids one to four years old. Bloomberg
Philanthropies' investments insurvival swim instruction
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andday-care facilities
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have shown that simple interventions can make a big difference in preventing
drowning. Take a moment to read the message we posted for
#WorldDrowningPreventionDay this week, and help spread the word on how to save
lives from drowning.
Learn more →
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A Blueprint for Tackling Racial Wealth Inequity
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The City of Cincinnati released a Financial Freedom Blueprint
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racial wealth inequities in the city and "ensure every resident in Cincinnati
has the opportunity to achieve financial freedom." As part of the Cities for
Financial Empowerment Fund's CityStart Initiative, which is supported by our
Greenwood Initiative
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, the City received a $75,000 planning grant, as well as extensive CFE Fund
technical assistance. The resulting blueprint outlines the history and current
state of racial wealth equity, and makes recommendations for investments and
policies that can improve the lives of Cincinnati residents.
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Photo Spotlight
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Mike and Sir Paul McCartney tour an exhibition of McCartney's photos, taken
during the height of Beatlemania, at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Explore more about the show by downloadingthe free Bloomberg Connects app
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and checking out the National Portrait Gallery UK digital guide.
More Stories
Editorial: Charleston leads on analyzing data to gauge what works
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Cities paint the way to safer streets
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Bloomberg Philanthropies invests in 700 cities and 150 countries around the
world to ensure better, longer lives for the greatest number of people. The
organization focuses on five key areas for creating lasting change: the Arts,
Education, Environment, Government Innovation, and Public Health.
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including his foundation, corporate, and personal philanthropy as well as
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world. In 2022, Bloomberg Philanthropies distributed $1.7 billion.
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