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Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group Welcomes EU Parliament President
EU Parliament President Hans-Gert Pöttering and Northern Ireland’s Junior Ministers Gerry Kelly and Jeffrey Donaldson met with representatives from Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group(SLIG) this week. The visit was part of a day long programme of EU funded project visits by the President and the Junior Ministers…
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DUP warning fuels threat to power sharing
by Henry McDonald The looming threat to power sharing in Northern Ireland deepened yesterday after the first minister, Peter Robinson, warned that the IRA army council has to be dissolved before policing and justice is devolved to the Stormont assembly. The Democratic Unionist leader was…
Author: The Guardian (London)
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Department of Education Data Show Urgent Need to Address Racial Disparities in School Discipline
Today Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, announced the results of the latest Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) – a national survey of 72,000 schools – which shows that racial disparities in school discipline, including suspensions, expulsions and arrests, remain alarmingly high in districts and states across the…
Author: Dignity in Schools Coalition
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New Senior Staff Hires Strengthen Atlantic for Social Justice Mission and Spending Down Assets
I don’t usually use this space for organisational announcements, but we have recently made three new appointments to Atlantic’s senior staff, who together bring enormous strengths to our mission and each of whom illustrates something important about where the foundation is going in its final…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Indigenous Leader to Direct Prestigious Social Equity Program
Mr Glanville’s appointment was announced following Wominjeka, a Welcome to Country conducted early in the 2017 academic year. Jason Glanville has been appointed as the foundation Program Director for the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity. The Atlantic Philanthropies launched the Atlantic Fellows program in 2016, in…
Author: The University of Melbourne
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Financial Overhaul Wins Final Approval in House
By David Herszenhorn. WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday adopted legislation to revamp the nation’s financial regulatory system, voting mostly along party lines as partisan acrimony impeded cooperation even on the shared goals of averting future economic crises. The vote in the House was 237…
Author: The New York Times
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Immigration Overhaul Advocates Question Troops
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg. WASHINGTON — In deciding to deploy up to 1,200 National Guard troops to bolster security at the Mexican border, President Obama has stepped into one of the thorniest issues facing American presidents — illegal immigration — and has confounded allies who…
Author: The New York Times
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South Africa Journal: Engaged Activism Bends the Arc Toward Hope
I returned this weekend from an extended visit to South Africa, where Atlantic has long been engaged in supporting organisations and leaders working on human rights, reconciliation and health issues. Ordinarily in a column, I try to drill down on some particular aspect of our…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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OIA win case for Argentina's XXY
Original Source Out in Africa is an Atlantic grantee. The Film and Publication Board’s 2008 banning order on Argentinian film “XXY” has been overturned. Out In Africa (OIA) plans to present “XXY”, director Lucía Puenzo and actor Inés Efron, at this years OUT IN AFRICA South…
Author: BizCommunity.com (South Africa)
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The Centre for Cross Border Studies Yearbook - Year 6
The Centre for Cross Border Studies, now in its 6th Year of operation, has had another busy and productive twelve months. Under the leadership of director Andy Pollak, the Centre’s expanded team has taken on a range of new challenges. These range from a major…
Author: The Centre for Cross Border Studies