John,
Did you know that parent groups are mobilizing to keep kids safe from gun violence, and taking on Big Tobacco? Have you heard how cities are using data to tackle climate change? Do you know what the future of fighting homelessness looks like?
We had a chance to talk with leading experts and passionate advocates on all of these issues recently as part of our Follow the Data podcast. Each episode is an opportunity to learn more about global challenges we face -- and the creative solutions being developed to help solve them.
Want to know more? Check out the playlist we put together:
Listen to the conversation with Shannon Watts, the founder of Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement fighting to protect Americans from gun violence with more than six million supporters, and Meredith Berkman and Dorian Fuhrman, the co-founders of Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes, or PAVE, which educates parents about the dangers of e-cigarettes and advocates for legislative change to protect minors from Big Tobacco.
Jacob Koch, who works on our Sustainability team at Bloomberg Associates, sits down with Alejandro Restrepo-Montoya, the former City Architect of Medellín, Colombia, who helped design the city’s award-winning “Green Corridors” project, and Ilaria Giuliani, the Deputy Chief Resilience Officer of the City of Milan.
We sit down with two co-authors of the book How Ten Global Cities Take on Homelessness. They share what is exceptional about these cities' approaches to homelessness, what successful solutions look like, and assess the new normal of tackling this issue going forward.
Kristine Momanyi of our food policy team talks with Trish Muzenda, Joana Cruz, and Nicholas Guzman – three Vital Strategies Healthy Food Policy Fellows – to discuss promising food policies and the fellowship program.
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Thanks and have a great weekend,
Bloomberg Philanthropies
