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Ethnic Seniors Avoid End-of-Life Talk, but Want More Options
New America Media/Northwest Vietnamese News, News Feature, Julie Pham,Part 2 of 2. Read part 1 here. At the Vietnamese Senior Association (VSA) in Seattle, Marie Thu Le, 75, confessed that “When my time comes, I don’t want to be dependent on machines. I don’t want to…
Author: The Immigrant Magazine
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Declaration of the Civil Society Conference held on 27-28 October 2010, Boksburg, South Africa
The Civil Society Conference held on 27-28 October 2010 was a historic turning point in the history of South Africa. Over 300 delegates from 56 mass-based civil society organisations, with a combined membership of millions of South Africans, came together to rebuild a strong, mass…
Author: The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
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Giving more than the "Giving Pledge"
By Conor O’Clery Editor’s note: Conor O’Clery is the author of the biography of Chuck Feeney, “The Billionaire Who Wasn’t.” Chuck Feeney DUBLIN, Ireland — Chuck Feeney, one of the world’s major philanthropists, has some reservations about The Giving Pledge, an effort by Warren Buffett…
Author: GlobalPost
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Health reform's six-month checkup
By DREW ALTMAN Six months after its enactment, there are two totally different stories to tell about the health-reform law. The public remains split on the law largely along traditional partisan lines. Confusion and misperception are rampant, with more than a third of seniors still thinking…
Author: The Washington Post
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Death Penalty Goes on Trial in North Carolina
By NATHAN KOPPEL Kenneth Bernard Rouse was sentenced to death after a jury found him guilty in 1992 of fatally stabbing 63-year-old Hazel Colleen Broadway. Police found her body in a North Carolina convenience store, the knife still in her neck. Nearly two decades later, Mr.…
Author: The Wall Street Journal
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Centre to help foreigners opens
Lee-Anne Butler. FOREIGNERS who have settled in the Eastern Cape can now get help and support from the newly opened Refugee Rights Centre in Central. Housed in the Institute for Sustainable Government and Development at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Bird Street campus, the centre…
Author: Weekend Post
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The opposite of greed
By Carol Paton. Jay Naidoo, co-founder of investment holding company J&J Group, has given away a third of his wealth to charitable causes — echoing the “giving campaign” of US billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. Naidoo, who with fellow former trade unionist Jayendra Naidoo,…
Author: Financial Mail
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Leaders of 2 Foundations Reflect on the Process of Giving It All Away
By Caroline Preston. Atlantic Philanthropies, a multibillion-dollar foundation that supports a variety of causes including progressive priorities such as changing the U.S. health-care system, and the Avi Chai Foundation, a $593-million fund dedicated to strengthening Judaism, might not seem to have all that much in…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Activism 'academy' to focus on young people's role in politics
By Lorna Siggins. YOUNG IRISH people are turning away from political parties for more complex reasons than a general “despair and disillusionment”, according to the founder of a Galway-based national youth website. Advocacy and activism are seen as far more appealing than the “long, slow,…
Author: The Irish Times
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New building boost for African research
By Caitlin Ross. A state-of-the-art Life Sciences building – the best of its kind on the continent – was officially opened on Tuesday at the University of the Western Cape. Speaking at the opening ceremony, attended by an illustrious guest list including figureheads in education…
Author: West Cape News