Journalist and novelist Dina Nayeri, author of The Ungrateful Refugee releases her new book, Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough. Weaving stories of asylum seekers, prisoners, ... [Read More]
Other Projects
The Chanua Dada Project is launched!
The Chanua Dada Project is launched! The Chanua Dada project in Kenya empowers women through sustainable, community based entrepreneurial education initiatives. The mission of Daughters of Kenya is to ... [Read More]
Meet the 2021 Nina Stulp Memorial Scholarship Recipients
Meet the 2021 Nina Stulp Memorial Scholarship recipients, Isabel Salsbury, Landon Sibley, Madison Reichert, and Nathan Carlson, all share a commitment to and passion for science, math and ... [Read More]
Nokor Tep Women’s Hospital
The de Groot Foundation, gave one of the initial challenge grants to launch the creation and building of the Nokor Tep Women’s Hospital to facilitate access to health care services for all Cambodian ... [Read More]
PEN/MAN/SHIP opens April 16
Written by Christina Anderson, directed by Lucie Tiberghien Performed live with breakthrough technology and expansive visuals that put the audience aboard a troubled vessel, pen/man/ship is a ... [Read More]
Global Potential becomes YES Akademia
In 2016, Global Potential changed its name to YES Akademia. YES Akademia provides high-potential urban and rural youth from low-income communities with the leadership and social entrepreneurial skills ... [Read More]
Library in Nianiar
2016 updates from Nianiar | Photos - July through September The Project (content used from a document Louise Huang, from Yes Akademia, wrote to Clydette de Groot) Nianiar is a village of around ... [Read More]
Born Into This
In addition, Born Into This won an Audience Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival and has been selected to be part of the Columbia University Showcase at DOC NYC. Sean Ryon and Lea Zora Scruggs are ... [Read More]
From a Nina Stulp Recipient
I challenge my students almost every day with something new and exciting. My high school students actually built most of my demos for their middle school counterparts, and I am proud to tell people ... [Read More]
A Timely and Powerful Project
The Men’s Story Project is in its early stages as a movement-building project. We’re clearly onto something timely and powerful with it, and believe it has the potential to become a widespread ... [Read More]
Saving Capitalism
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich meets with Americans from all walks of life as he chronicles a seismic shift in the nation's economy. ... [Read More]
Seven films. One day.
Seven films. One day. Come for one, stay for all. Join us for DOCFEST '17, the annual celebration of the graduating class of documentary filmmakers from the Columbia Journalism School. The morning ... [Read More]
Through the Fire
Nyasha Kadandara and Olivia Lace-Evans received the second annual Joyce A. de Groot Memorial Award for THROUGH THE FIRE. Nyasha is a Zimbabwean-born multimedia journalist based in New York and was ... [Read More]