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Ted O’Malley, Jr., retired Flinn Foundation board member, passes away
Edward (Ted) O’Malley, Jr., a longtime Flinn Foundation board member and dedicated businessman, civic leader, and volunteer, died July 9 at his Phoenix home. He was 90. O’Malley joined the Flinn board in 1982 and served for more than two decades, including in the role of treasurer, before retiring in 2005. He served as an […]
Civic Leadership
Flinn-Brown Fellow Kevin Bonine: The intersection of environmental stewardship and science education
Flinn-Brown Fellow Kevin Bonine (2014) is director of education at Biosphere 2 and a science faculty member in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona. At Biosphere 2, he helps design learning experiences for 100,000 annual visitors and 10,000 K-12 school children, […]
Civic Leadership
Arizona Center for Civic Leadership names 31 Flinn-Brown Fellows for 2020
The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation has selected 31 civic leaders for its Flinn-Brown Fellowship seminar series that will focus on public policy development within the national, state and local political landscape to address Arizona’s pressing socio-economic issues. Four counties from across Arizona will be represented in the new cohort, with […]
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On the pursuit of racial justice and equity
The Flinn Foundation stands with all who speak and work to defeat racism and violence in our nation, especially the scourge of systemic violence against the Black community. George Floyd’s killing by police officers in Minneapolis, following so many tragedies like it before, has rightfully galvanized a movement for justice, a movement that today requires protest […]