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Remembering Franklin Thomas

Candid

Many will remember Franklin Thomas as the president of Ford Foundation, fewer will realize that he was the first Black foundation president in America, but I knew him as my boss and mentor. I was hired to work for Ford Foundation in 1991 as a program officer in Brazil, when Frank was still President. Negotiate, I did not.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

They came from the favelas of Brazil, from Alaska, from the Bronx, immigrant women from the Bronx. We trained them in how to use their cell phones for rapid response, and how to write Op-eds, feature stories, and front line journals. We had the BBC pick up some of those stories, the UN Wire, and The Huffington Post.

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