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How the Labor Movement Built New York
December 11, 2019
A great review that really deepens the reader’s understanding of the role organized labor has played in New York. Take a read about this Puffin Sponsored exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. Peter Hopkins’s Riot at Union Square, 1947. (Courtesy of the Museum of the City Read More
Happy Thanksgiving from Puffin
November 26, 2019
The Puffin Foundation & Cultural Forum wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving. We’re thankful for your continued supports of the arts and activism! Our offices will be closed for the weekend staring Thursday and reopening Read More
How The Labor Movement Built New York
November 12, 2019
A great review that really deepens the reader’s understanding of the role organized labor has played in New York. Take a read about this Puffin Sponsored exhibit at the Museum of the City of New Read More
Younger Americans are getting a bad deal. How?
October 18, 2019
Read all about it in this NY Times article by Astra Taylor. She’s a Puffin Foundation/Economic Hardship Reporting Project Fellow. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/18/opinion/old-age-president-2020.html Evan Hunt, 9, argued for lowering the voting age at a city council hearing in Hyattsville, Md., in 2015. Jabin Botsford/The New York Read More
Another Great Review of the Puffin-Supported Exhibit City of Workers at the Museum of the City of New York
September 17, 2019
The exhibition City of Workers, City of Struggle: How Labor Movements Changed New York, mounted at the Museum of the City of New York, does almost everything it needs to do in telling the story of a critical mass movement that microcosmically mirrors the large forces that have shaped the Read More
Puffin is proud to support the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
September 10, 2019
The voices of the poor, marginalized and financially struggling are rarely heard in the mainstream media. Puffin is proud to support the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and articles like these: Read More
Review: New York City’s labor history at the Museum of the City of New York
September 8, 2019
The New York Times and In These Times agree. Check out their reviews of the Puffin sponsored exhibit on New York City’s labor history at the Museum of the City of New York. Labor Day Art Guide: Summer Shows to See Before They Close (NY Times)https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/arts/design/labor-day-art-guide.html A Worker’s Place Read More
Atlantic Puffins Thriving on Remote Nesting Islands Off Maine
August 22, 2019
Good news for Puffins! Let’s hope that concerted efforts to battle global warming will lead to more good years. Read this article from PressHerald.com! “One of the most beloved birds in Maine is having one of its most productive seasons in years for mating pairs on remote islands off the Read More
Puffin Gallery for Social Activism at the Museum of the City of New York
June 26, 2019
Current exhibition: RACIAL JUSTICE TODAY: The Movement for Black Lives 2012-2017. “In 2013 #BlackLivesMatter first appeared on Twitter as a rallying cry to “recognize the humanity of all black life.” Organized by three women of color—Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi—in the aftermath of the murder of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, Read More
Pride: Photographs of Stonewall and Beyond at MCNY
June 20, 2019
Pride: Photographs of Stonewall and Beyond by Fred W. McDarrah is now on display at the Museum of the City of NY. The exhibit features Fred W. McDarrah’s historic images of the initial Stonewall uprising, portraits of significant figures in the LGBTQ rights movement, and photographs of pride marches, protests, Read More