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Puffin Women’s History Month Online Gallery
April 7, 2014
A selections of photos from our March gallery exhibit are available to view online at the Puffin Cultural Forum website here. “Photographs taken by Bev Grant, one of the original activists who participated in the September 6, 1968 Miss America Protests, a watershed moment that pushed the Women’s Liberation Movement Read More
Perry and Gladys Rosenstein of the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. honored at ACLU of New Jersey Dinner
April 1, 2014
On Tuesday, March 25, The ACLU of New Jersey hosted The Lights of Liberty Awards Dinner. They presented the Roger N. Baldwin Award to Perry Rosenstein and Gladys Miller-Rosenstein of The Puffin Foundation Ltd. for making social activism and human rights priorities in their philanthropy and the Honorable Virginia Long Read More
Statement of the Puffin Foundation on the City at the Crossroads of History Mural by Mike Alewitz
March 27, 2014
Statement of the Puffin Foundation Regarding The City at the Crossroads of History Mural And the Museum of the City of New York February 10, 2015 The Puffin Foundation is a proud supporter of artistic freedom. One of the many artworks we have funded is the mural The City at Read More
NRDC Petitions Federal Government to List Tufted Puffin Under Endangered Species Act
February 18, 2014
Petition Seeks “Endangered” Protections for the Seabird’s Ailing U.S. Pacific Coast Population NEW YORK (February 12, 2013) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) seeking Endangered Species Act listing for the California, Oregon, and Washington population of the Read More
Bryan Stevenson wins ALBA/Puffin Award
February 6, 2014
Bryan StevensonwinsALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism New York — On Sunday, April 27, 2014, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the fourth ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Bryan Stevenson, the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative. ALBA and the Puffin Foundation, which Read More
ACLU Annual Report: Puffin Foundation Spotlight
December 23, 2013
Gladys Miller-Rosenstein spent her childhood in Manhattan, paging through books about labor unions and marches for justice. Perry Rosenstein spent his in the Bronx, taking part in demonstrations hoisted on his father’s shoulders. For the Rosensteins, the seeds of social activism planted in their childhood continue to blossom years later Read More
Perry Rosenstein: WSJ Donor of the Day
December 9, 2013
Donor of the Day Grants for Artists Outside Mainstream The Puffin Foundation Teams Up With the Nation Institute By Melanie Grayce West connect Dec. 8, 2013 8:51 p.m. ET From protecting ancient trees to supporting artists, musicians, dancers, peace activists and investigative journalists, Perry Rosenstein is supporting work outside the Read More
2013 Barry W. Lynn
The Nation Institute and The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. are pleased to award the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Executive Director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, with the annual $100,000 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. This prestigious award was presented to Lynn on Monday, December 9, 2013, at Read More
Honoring the Memory of Newtown Victims
December 6, 2013
One year later- Come Honor the Memory of the Victims of the Newtown Massacre held by the Bergen County Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence Help to remember the 20 children and 6 adults who lost their lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School Saturday December 14th at 5:30pm Teaneck Town Green Read More
Climate Change Spells Peril for Puffins
November 27, 2013
Red full article at:http://blog.nwf.org/ With its distinctive appearance, the Atlantic puffin has been endowed with colorful names—from “sea parrot” to “the clown of the sea,” and even “sea rooster.” Nicknames aside, these tuxedoed waddlers are causing increased concern and sounding a now all-too-familiar alarm from the natural world about the Read More
