News Archives
Nov 29, 2006 |
Press Release: Level Playing Field Institute receives a $100,000 grant from The Education Financing Foundation of California. Release. |
Oct 27, 2006 |
IDEAL Scholar, Demetrius Camarillo, featured in UC Berkeley Engineering News. Read article here. |
Oct 16, 2006 |
Press Release: Level Playing Field Intitute hosts fundraising reception, IDEAL on the Rise!, on Oct 25 in San Francisco. Release. |
Sept, 2006 |
Level Playing Filed Institute Board Member, Marsha Simms is featured as a "Woman on Top" in Essence Magazine. Read article here (PDF). |
Aug 18, 2006 |
SMASH students featured on Jet Set Show. Watch it here. |
July 20, 2006 |
Press Release: SMASH students present at Blogher Conference. Release. Also read more on Blogher. |
July 12, 2006 |
Press Release: SMASHCAST wins Best Educational Podcast Award. Release. |
May 24, 2006 |
SMASHCAST featured in TechSoup. Read article here. |
May 10, 2006 |
Press Release: IDEAL doubles with $1 million gift. Release. |
May 10, 2006 |
Press Release: IDEAL Graduates 8 Rising Leaders. Release. |
May 7, 2006 |
Level Playing Field Institute cited in Boston Globe article, "Confronting bias at work." Read it here. |
Apr 17, 2006 |
Freada Kapor Klein appears in Wall Street Journal article, "Retaliation Over Harassment Claims Takes Focus." |
Feb 18, 2006 |
Net Squared interviews Mini Kahlon on youth podcasting for social justice and SMASHCAST. Read interview here. |
Feb, 2006 |
Businessweek blog covers SMASH podcasting. Read it here. |
Aug, 2005 |
Boston Globe profiles IDEAL Scholar, Anthony Franco, about his summer internship. Read it here. |
Jun 22, 2005 |
Press Release: SMASH Academy begins 2005 program on July15th. Release. |
May, 2005 |
IDEAL scholars praise program at Chancellor's reception. Read it here. |
May, 2005 |
Level Playing Field Institute releases its first e-newsletter. Read it here. |
Apr 30, 2005 |
Level Playing Field Institute presents on "Hidden Barriers" at Social Venture Network's annual meeting in Tarrytown New York. |
Mar 8-15, 2005 |
Freada Kapor Klein is quoted in articles about the firing of Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher by the Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, San Jose Mercury News, Chicago Tribune, (London) Observer, and Cash Magazine (Zurich). |
Mar 8, 2005 |
NBC Nightly News features Freada Kapor Klein as expert in story about the firing of Boeing CEO Harry Stonecipher over an affair with a coworker. Watch it here. |
Mar 8, 2005 |
Michelle Thomas quoted in Inside Bay Area article, 'Challenges remain, glass ceiling slowly cracking: Successful women in business gather at UC for conference'. Read it here. |
Mar 1, 2005 |
Oakland Tribune: Level Playing Field Institute letter to the editor published . The letter talks about the situation for African-American and Latino/a students at UC Berkeley and our IDEAL Scholars Fund. Read it here. |
Jan 9, 2005 |
IDEAL Scholar profiled in San Francisco Chronicle Magazine article highlighting 'The High Cost of Higher Education' and those that against all odds are making it through the system. Read it here. |
Jan 1, 2005 |
Press Release: Level Playing Field Institute Launches the Fairness Fund. Release. |
Jun 1, 2004 |
Press Release: IDEAL Scholars Fund selects 12 African-American and Latino students for scholarships to UC Berkeley. Release. |
May 16, 2004 |
San Jose Mercury News: Dan Gillmor talks about the Level Playing Field Institute as an example of social investing in a recent column. Read more. |
Apr 2004 |
Our Op-Ed: Thoughts on the finding of bias against women at Merrill Lynch, as reported in a front page story in the New York Times, April 21st. |
Apr 1, 2004 |
Press Release: Equal Justice Society releases Higher Education Compliance Manual. Link to release. |
Mar 25, 2004 |
Press Release: The Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation releases Newsroom Diversity Toolkit. Release. |
Feb 2004 |
Our Op-Ed: Thoughts on the finding of bias against women at Merrill Lynch, as reported in a front page story in the New York Times, April 21st. |
Sep, 2003 |
Article of Interest: Wall Street Journal, Classroom Edition: After Supreme Court ruling, businesses must rethink their policies on diversity. Article. |
Nov, 2002 |
Article of Interest: Boston Magazine: Business behaving badly. Article. |
Jan 2004 |
Our Op-Ed: On MLK day we reflected on what HOW-FAIR, a survey of 2400+ workers and 400 bosses told us about the state of the workplace. |
Jan 9, 2002 |
Article of Interest: New York Times: Surge in bias cases punishes insurers, and premiums rise. Abstract. |