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Melanie Hartzog, a former New York City deputy mayor, discussed the arc of her career and moving back to the nonprofit world.

Strike a balance between this futuristic, you know, sci-fi storytelling yet at the same time pay homage to and respect the history of these incredible individuals, these american heroes, especially at a time when so many classrooms, so many school districts, states, are now disputing the value of teaching black history? >> yeah. no, its a wonderful challenge that me and greg, we co-write the story, so we constantly have this conscious effort where were trying to make it not feel like were teachi...

They are not blood descendants, but we say theyve inherited the legacy and are being trained by a fictional deskcendant we made up, of the tuskegee airmen. hes giving them wonderful information and training them in the ways of being fighters. and that is where they look up to, and of course the tuskegee airmen and everything they do. the look, everything from the gear they wear, to uniforms to practicing in the p-51 mustangs, the same that the airmen flew. >> greg, how did you all do your resear...

Barriers during world war ii. now a new comic book series aiming to inspire the next generation by paying homage to their legacy is called "tuskegee airs" and follows a young group of black pilots fighting in a futuristic action sci-fi adventure. joining me now greg berman and marcus williams. good to see you. >> very good to see you. thanks for having us on. >> fantastic. perhaps, greg, you first. what was the inspiration behind creating this? >> honestly, just the tuskegee airmen, we were so e...

Balance that we struck generally, as soon as we were contacting, we started pushing towards the future. i love technology. i love anime, japanese animation, comics. greg, a lot of the same. so that balance comes in to where if we wanted to make it feel entertaining but also educational, but its very subtle. we introduce concepts, locations around the world as their mission takes them around the world, but everything from putting, you know, technology where, you know, their jets transform into gi...

Airmen did, and that is at the heart of the book that really me and greg want to push is that young people can look back at all of the greatness thats got them to where they are today, and actually see, you know, being inspire and being encourage and then actually rise above any kind of thing push it down to using all of the information, and all of the tools that you, but some of the best tools are our family, and a these are the lineage, so that is one of the things that me and greg strive, a e...

The COVID pandemic has presented massive challenges for almost every nonprofit organization in New York. Even the most experienced leaders have struggled to keep pace with the growing needs of service recipients, the shifting guidance about how to protect staff and the constantly changing political and funding landscape.If COVID has been difficult for long-time executives, imagine how hard it would be to start running an organization in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime global health crisis.

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The president and CEO of The New York Foundling discusses stepping down from the child welfare organization.

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