Categorized as: Education, Middle East, Our Partners, Stories, Youth & Tagged as: Bilingual, Hand in Hand, Middle East conflict, Peace on March 19, 2016.
Related Grantees:
Dayton International Peace Museum,
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation,
Teach North Korean Refugees,
Tomorrow’s Youth Organization,
Wahat al-Salam–Neve Shalom through American Friends of Wahat al-Salam–Neve Shalom.
By Suzanne Skees Read the latest updates on our Board Collaborative Partner, or scroll down to view the videos below. If you want peace, put your country’s future in the hands of children. That’s what a group of Israeli and Palestinian parents did nearly...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Job Creation, Latin America, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, U.S. & Tagged as: MY JOB book, Publishing, TitleTown Publishing, Tracy Ertl on January 23, 2016.
Editor’s Note: The MY JOB: Real People at Work Around the World team has worked diligently to identify a publisher that aligns with our values and goals. We’re proud to announce a partnership with TitleTown publishing for the release of the MY JOB book in late...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Education, Girls & women, Grantee, Job Creation, Latin America, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Social-impact investments, Stories, Storytelling, U.S. & Tagged as: 2015, Annual report, MY JOB book on January 9, 2016.
We’re thrilled to share with you a year of compassion in action by our U.S. and global family and grantee partners. — Suzanne Skees, Founder/Director Skees Family Foundation 2015 Annual ReportRead more
Categorized as: Africa, Asia, Education, Grantee, Leadership, Middle East, Our Partners, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling, U.S., Youth & Tagged as: Anniversary, Fundraiser, Human rights, Oral history, Story collection on June 20, 2015.
Voice of Witness celebrates ten years of impact by releasing a volume of narratives from over the years, edited by cofounder Dave Eggers. Our foundation fervently believes in the power of strong storytelling. Last year, we were fortunate enough to begin supporting...Read more
Categorized as: About us, Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Job Creation, Latin America, Middle East, MY JOB book and community, Our Partners, Pacific Islands, Poverty Alleviation, Stories, Storytelling & Tagged as: Book project, California, Colorado, Fundraiser, Google, Korea, Maui, My Internet Scout, OneSquareWorld, Suzanne Skees, The School Fund, Third Plateau, Thriive, Vietnam, VoType, Zambia on February 21, 2015.
Editor’s Note: Our family and foundation team are thrilled to announce the launch of our book project. Here, we disclose the what, why, who, when, and how of MY JOB. While you clock in each day to a job you may love or hate, our director, Suzanne, along with a...Read more