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January 19, 2021/From Our Grantees

The Maintainers and the Importance of Maximizing Existing Resources

In a world that’s shaped by widespread, technology-driven change, many conversations tend to be dominated by whatever is most groundbreaking. But what can we do to ensure those innovations are built to be resilient and long-lasting?

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January 7, 2021/News

Event Recap: Katy Knight Joins Discussion on the Future of CS Education Funding

This discussion centered on asking why the panelists and organizations they represent choose to make computer science education a major priority in their giving.

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December 21, 2020/News

Our 2020 Year in Review

While the upheaval of the last year has been persistent and far reaching, our years of experience navigating uncertainty have served us well, and set us up to engage with new challenges while continuing to address the long term societal changes that define our work.

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December 17, 2020/

Talking Headways ft. Katy Knight: Infrastructure Only Limited by Our Imagination

Katy Knight speaks to the host of Talking Headways podcast on Siegel’s recent Infrastructure report. Discussion topics include: the importance of governance, the two way conversations we should be having with elected officials, distributing investments intelligently, and elevating social infrastructure.

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December 15, 2020/News

Designing America’s Schools for Equity and Inclusion

Making learning an impactful experience for as many students as possible is much more than a policy issue, and has many component factors – including design.

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December 10, 2020/From Our Grantees

The Aspen Institute on Our Vision for Multidimensional Infrastructure

Jennifer Bradley of the Aspen Institute has compiled a series of key guidelines and priorities for implementing our vision for multidimensional infrastructure in real world contexts. Read the first key insight below, and to see the second two, read the full post on Aspen’s website.

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December 3, 2020/Case Studies, From Our Grantees

MASS Design’s Multidimensional Approach to Architecture, Design, and Infrastructure

By pursuing work that so clearly illustrates the ties between the built environment and social and economic outcomes, MASS Design’s strategic mindset is implicitly aware of the social, physical, and technological factors that inform multidimensional infrastructure.

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November 24, 2020/News

Op-Ed: It’s Time to Unlock Rural America’s Assets

To ensure small towns can recover, funders and policymakers must aggressively pilot innovative solutions, with an eye towards scaling successes across similar regions, that help build a new paradigm for geographically inclusive growth.

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November 12, 2020/From Our Grantees

CORI’s Rural Innovation Network is Advancing Tech in Communities Across the Country

CORI recently released the first installment of their video series “The Rural Edge,” highlighting leaders who love the communities where they live, and want to help more people access and participate in the innovation economy.

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November 5, 2020/News

Report Brief: How the Regional Plan Association is Developing a Multidimensional Plan for COVID-19 Recovery in New York City

The Regional Plan Association is creating actionable policy reports that highlight how critical multidimensional infrastructure is to unlocking greater, more equitable impact for all.

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October 28, 2020/News

Event Recap: Panel Hosted by Siegel and Aspen Digital

Siegel Family Endowment and Aspen Digital convened researchers, local leaders and policymakers, funders, and representatives of the private sector to discuss our new framework for multidimensional infrastructure.

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