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New Profit & America Forward Statement on the Inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris

January 22, 2021 - New Profit and America Forward celebrate the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris. President Biden not only brings with him more than four decades of experience serving the country in the Senate and White House, he also enters office with the most diverse Cabinet in American history. Vice President Harris also makes history as
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Looking into the Future of Pay for Success at the Sorenson Winter Innovation Summit

Written by Roger Low, America Forward Policy Director Earlier this month, at the 2020 Sorenson Winter Innovation Summit in Salt Lake City, innovators and leaders in government, philanthropy, impact investing and the nonprofit sector assembled to discuss how to more effectively deploy capital to drive better outcomes for communities across the country. Jim Sorenson, a leader and visionary in the
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“We See Hope.” 100+ Leading Social Entrepreneurs Urge Presidential Candidates to Invest in Learning, Livelihoods, and Government that Delivers

America Forward’s policy briefing book offers a comprehensive blueprint to advance equity and expand opportunity in America.  January 22, 2020 (Washington) - Problem solvers whose work touches 9 million lives across 15,000 communities in America have released a new vision and policy briefing book for the 2020 Presidential candidates and current policymakers.  The book, entitled “United to Move America Forward:
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What questions would social entrepreneurs ask candidates at this week’s presidential debates?

By Deborah Smolover. Deborah Smolover is a Managing Partner of New Profit and Executive Director of America Forward.  This week, 20 Democratic presidential candidates will debate over two nights in Miami.  Based on debates of the past, we can predict many of the questions the numerous moderators will ask.  But this week we’ve been asking ourselves a different question:  what
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America Forward Announces United to Move America Forward: Campaign Engagement 2020

By Deborah Smolover. Deborah Smolover is a Managing Partner of New Profit and Executive Director of America Forward.  If you had five minutes with each candidate running for President, what would you want them to know? What game-changing policy proposals do our community of innovators want to see signed into law in the first 100 days after the next inauguration?
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