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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New York Newsletter for 2025-02-16 ( 3 items )  
NBA Africa creates annual Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian Award (10)
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 [Category: Sports] -- The National Basketball Association posted the following news release: * * * NBA Africa creates annual Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian Award SAN FRANCISCO - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver today announced the creation of the NBA Africa Dikembe Mutombo Humanitarian Award, a new annual honor that will recognize a person or an organization that works to advance health, education or economic opportunity across the continent of Africa. The award is named after t more PR

NBA announces HBCU celebrations, entertainment and career development activities as part of 2025 NBA HBCU Classic presented by AT&T (10)
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 [Category: Sports] -- The National Basketball Association posted the following news release: * * * NBA announces HBCU celebrations, entertainment and career development activities as part of 2025 NBA HBCU Classic presented by AT&T NEW YORK - The 2025 NBA HBCU Classic presented by AT&T will feature a lineup of celebrations, entertainment and career development opportunities for the HBCU community, the NBA announced today. The weekend of activities during NBA All-Star 2025 more PR

PEN America Condemns Education Department's Threat to Defund Colleges and Universities Over DEI Programs (10)
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * PEN America Condemns Education Department's Threat to Defund Colleges and Universities Over DEI Programs (NEW YORK) - In response to the Department of Education's Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights issuing a "Dear Colleague" letter threatening to withhold federal funds to educati more PR