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Swan presents case for a ‘Commission of Truth and Reconciliation’ for Island
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda in an Atlantic grantee. Members of the House of Assembly took on the issue of racism and the vestiges of institutionalised racism late Friday night. The take note motion submitted by Kim Swan, who was elected under the United Bermuda…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Chuck Feeney winding up charitable operations
PAUL CULLEN CHUCK FEENEY, the reclusive Irish-American billionaire who has given more than €1.25 billion to projects on both sides of the Border, is winding up his charitable operations. Atlantic Philanthropies, which was founded by Mr Feeney in 1982, is to complete grant-making by the…
Author: The Irish Times
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TASC Report: "Courage vital if we are to build flourishing and decent society"
Fergus O’Ferrall OPINION: Those who have power to change have not the will and those with the desire remain powerless ‘Irish society is being challenged to little less than to remould itself.” This was stated by President Michael D Higgins when launching a book of essays…
Author: The Irish Times
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Suspensions To Decrease Under Revised DOE Discipline Code
By Lindsey Christ A public meeting was held in Lower Manhattan Tuesday night about proposed changes to the Department of Education’s discipline code, as the department’s statistics show that 73,000 suspensions occurred in city public schools last year. NY1’s Educational reporter Lindsey Christ filed the…
Author: NY1 News
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It’s Time for Ireland to Follow Obama on Gay Marriage. Here’s Why.
By Kieran Rose, Chair of GLEN, the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network “I think same-sex couples should be able to get married” – these ten simple words spoken by US President Barack Obama last Wednesday have reverberated around the world and provided a watershed moment in…
Author: TheJournal.ie
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Young People Are Not Invincible
by Bob Crittenden, M.D. Co-authored with Aaron Smith, co-founder and executive director of Young Invincibles With the fate of our health care system on the line, one would think that the Supreme Court would base their decisions on clear facts and objective data on the monumental issues…
Author: The Huffington Post
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LA Unified to Collect Suspension Data Down to Classroom, Teacher Level
By Tami Abdollah L.A. Unified plans to begin collecting data on suspension rates at the individual classroom and teacher level starting this summer as part of its effort to improve its schools, a district official said today. “It starts at the classroom level,” said Isabel…
Author: KPCC
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Programmes focus on health of the elderly
VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of elderly people in northern Thai Binh Province’s Tien Hai District have actively contributed to improving public health and curbing the use of alcohol and cigarettes. Their efforts form part of a programme, launched by the Viet Nam Public Health Association…
Author: VietNamNet Bridge
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Four Successful Innovators Earn UCSF’s Highest Honor
By Leland Kim on April 3, 2012 Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will bestow the University’s highest honor to four internationally renowned innovators and leaders for outstanding contributions in areas associated with UCSF’s mission to advance health worldwide. She will present the UCSF Medal at the 2012 Founder’s Day…
Author: University of California, San Francisco
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School discipline: Ringing a bell for reform
By Judith Kaye There are many lessons I took with me from my treasured 15 years as chief judge of the state of New York, principally that there is an “after-life”—meaning, after mandatory retirement from the court at age 70. Always there is opportunity to…
Author: New York Amsterdam News