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President of Ireland Joins the Bay Area Council In Honoring Marc Benioff and Chuck Feeney
Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and Duty Free Shoppers Group Founder Chuck Feeney were the guests of honor at the Bay Area Council’s 70th Anniversary Annual Dinner and 2015 Bay Area Business Hall of Fame gathering on Wednesday, October 28, at The Fairmont Hotel…
Author: TMG Partners
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Next Avenue Names the Most Influential People in Aging
Dr. Atul Gawande is Next Avenue’s Influencer of the Year By Liza Kaufman Hogan Today, Next Avenue released the 2015 Influencers in Aging, its first annual list recognizing 50 inspiring thought leaders, innovators, doctors, authors, advocates, experts, executives and others changing how we age and think about…
Author: Next Avenue
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Buildings, Bridges and Big Bets
Chuck Feeney, with Cornell University President Frank Rhodes and Ed Walsh, Limerick president, at Plassey House in 1988. From Elizabeth, N.J., where our founder, Chuck Feeney was born and raised, you can follow the Elizabeth River into New York Bay, all the way across the…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Victory for Texas Families: Legislature Decriminalizes Truancy
On May 30, 2015, the Texas legislature passed groundbreaking legislation, HB 2398, that will end the criminalization of truancy, protecting hundreds of thousands of Texas children from receiving hefty fines and criminal convictions for being absent from school. “We celebrate this monumental victory for Texas…
Author: Texas Appleseed
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The ‘Giving While Living’ Superhero
Chuck Feeney is the biggest philanthropist people know nothing about. The reclusive former billionaire not only decided to give away all his wealth in his own lifetime, but also leads a life of disarming simplicity. By N Mahalakshmi Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do…
Author: Outlook Business
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Universities honour philanthropist Chuck Feeney
A conferring ceremony is under way in Dublin Castle this afternoon to honour the Founder of Atlantic Philanthropies Chuck Feeney. Universities from across the island of Ireland are jointly conferring him with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws. It is the first time ever that all…
Author: RTE News Ireland
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L.A. Schools Moving Away From Zero Tolerance Policies
Students, parents and teachers staged a rally last month in front of the L.A. Unified Schools headquarters to urge the district and School Police Department to overhaul its old system of citations for students committing minor offenses. (Gary Friedman, Los Angeles Times / August 9,…
Author: Los Angeles Times
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Atlantic Grantees Working for Human Rights
International Human Rights Day on 10 December marks the 63rd year of global recognition of our basic human equality and the continuous struggle to gain basic human rights for all individuals. Reconciliation & Human Rights made up the largest portion of Atlantic’s 2010 grantmaking programmes — funding…
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Justice is Too Important to be Left Solely to the Lawyers
At the core of the transitional justice approach is the belief that amnesia is never a solution, and that moving forward can only genuinely occur through coming to terms with the past. – Bill Rolston, Director of the Transitional Justice Institute in the University of…
Author: The Irish Times
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5 Humble Humanitarian Heroes
By Oliver Lee You don’t need to be Angelina Jolie or Bono to be a great humanitarian. Nothing against celebri-tarians, of course. It can’t be easy galavanting across the globe, giving speeches for good causes, paparazzi pouncing every time you hug a malnourished Sudanese child.…
Author: TakePart