Hillary Pennington, the vice president of Ford Foundation, an independent, nonprofit grant-making organization, recently visited Nigeria. In this interview, she explains what her foundation is doing to end gender based violence, strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement.
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from the continent have passed a landmark they never thought they d see from the air, the white cliffs of dover. brown: then, marcia coyle of the national law journal details today s supreme court ruling striking down a ban on videos of animal cruelty. warner: kwame holman covers the questioning at today s congressional hearing on last year s collapse of the investment firm lehman brothers. brown: paul solman tells the story of some homeowners who ve stopped paying their mortgages, even though they can still afford them. warner: we look at community colleges struggle to educate and graduate more students. brown: and gwen ifill remembers civil rights icon dorothy height, who died this morning at age 98. early in life, i learned it was important to have some goals, and i chose to put my life s work in the direction of equality and justice. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoin
white cliffs of dover. brown: then, marcia coyle of the national law journal details today s supreme court ruling striking down a ban on videos of animal cruelty. warner: kwame holman covers the questioning at today s congressional hearing on last year s collapse of the investment firm lehman brothers. brown: paul solman tells the story of some homeowners who ve stopped paying their mortgages, even though they can still afford them. warner: we look at community colleges struggle to educate and graduate more students. brown: and gwen ifill remembers civil rights icon dorothy height, who died this morning at age 98. early in life, i learned it was important to have some goals, and i chose to put my life s work in the direction of equality and justice. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and. this program was made possible by t
. . pat mcguire, what s it like running trinity washington university? it s the best job anybody could ever have. it s new and exciting every single day. i chose to work in education because i love seeing students blossom in the care of great teachers like the faculty we have at trinity. it s a challenge every day, but it is the best possible kind of work because we literally change lives. how long have you been doing it? i ve been at it for i m in my 21st year. i started in 1989, and yet i still feel new and fresh every day. so the length of time has not diminished my enthusiasm one bit. why do you do it? i do it because i think education is one of the best ways to change our society, to help people improve their lives, to help improve the fate of the children, of the young women and older women who come to us. you know there s a saying if you educate the mothers, you ll educate the children and the families of the world. and that s what trinity s been doing fo
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