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Celebrating Financial Reform in the U.S. – An Advance for Social Justice
Vivien Labaton, Director of Strategic Programme Initiatives at The Atlantic Philanthropies, reflects on the recent passage of financial reform in the United States and the activities of Atlantic grantees to help bring it about. The recent passage of the financial reform law—the Dodd-Frank Wall…
Author: Vivien Labaton
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Social Justice Grantmaking Seeing a Resurgence, Report Finds
Original Source After a number of years of declining faith in the efficacy of social justice philanthropy, grantmakers and practitioners are showing renewed interest in the field, a new report from the Foundation Center finds. A follow up to a 2005 report, Social Justice Grantmaking II (highlights, 12 pages,…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Super Congress Committee Member Fred Upton: No Cuts to Social Security Benefits
By Elise Foley WASHINGTON — Deficit super committee member and Republican Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said Tuesday he will oppose any Social Security benefit reductions for current seniors. “It’s critical … that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they…
Author: The Huffington Post
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Philanthropy for social change: a response to Michael Edwards
By Gara LaMarche Michael Edwards, in his openDemocracy essay ” Philanthrocapitalism: after the goldrush” (20 March 2008), raises an important and necessary voice of concern about trends in philanthropy that have received too little scrutiny to date – either because, as is often the case…
Author: OpenDemocracy
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Social welfare appeals process not fit for purpose
SAOIRSE BRADY Thu, Feb 07, 2013 Opinion: With a national unemployment rate of 14.6 per cent – the fourth highest in the EU – it is no surprise that more people are turning to the social welfare system for basic assistance. It is also unsurprising that,…
Author: The Irish Times
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AARP: Strengthen the Social Security program
By Sy Larson. Social Security celebrated its 75th birthday on Saturday, offering us the opportunity to reflect on the importance of the nation’s most successful social program. The Social Security Act was signed into law on Aug. 14, 1935, and since then has become the…
Author: Daily Record
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Atlantic Mourns the Death of Patrick Johnston, Dynamic Leader of Queen's University Belfast
Professor Patrick (Paddy) Johnston was a dynamic leader of Queen’s University Belfast and a leading oncologist. He was deeply and personally committed to raising a new generation of thinkers, researchers and leaders. Atlantic Founder Chuck Feeney, and all of us at the foundation who knew…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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TILDA Celebrates Ten Years of Research Into the Challenges of Ageing in Ireland
The study, which has 8,500 participants from across the country, has been internationally recognised for its wide focus of the issues facing older people. By Simon Foy, Senior Editor Photo: Sinéad Baker for The University Times The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, which is based…
Author: The University Times
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Five Social Innovators in Encore Careers Win $100,000 Purpose Prize
The Purpose Prize and Civic Ventures are Atlantic grantees. SAN FRANCISCO – This year’s winners of The Purpose Prize, a $100,000 award for social innovators in their encore careers, are using a new stage of life to do extraordinary things to improve life for millions…
Author: Encore Careers / Civic Ventures
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Older adults subjected to abuse or self-neglect at greater risk of mortality
Original Source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/rumc-oas073009.php Older adults who are subjected to abuse or self-neglect face a greater risk of premature death than other seniors, according to a study published in the August 5 issue of JAMA. Moreover, contrary to widely held views that elders who are physically…
Author: Rush University Medical Center