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Columbia Journalism Review Announces First Ever "Encore" Fellowship for Journalists
Four Leading Downsized Journalists Will Spend Nine Months Writing for CJR and Preparing for the Next Phase of Their Careers. Civic Ventures is an Atlantic grantee. NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2009 – The Columbia Journalism Review has selected four leading journalists as the first group…
Author: Poynter Online
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Advocacy Group Challenges Major Medicare Coverage Barrier
The Center for Medicare Advocacy is launching a new initiative to eliminate the Medicare “Improvement Standard,” which requires that Medicare beneficiaries be able to improve in order to qualify for coverage. For decades Medicare beneficiaries, particularly those with long-term, debilitating conditions and those who need…
Author: Elder Law Answers
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$10-Million Obama Proposal Hopes to Export Success of Harlem Program
Harlem Children’s Zone is an Atlantic grantee. By Suzanne Perry. Harlem Children’s Zone is one of the most lauded — and emulated — charities in the country. Nonprofit groups and government agencies regularly send emissaries to Harlem to study the organization’s acclaimed poverty-fighting strategy, which…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Guide for principals on helping gay pupils
GLEN is an Atlantic grantee. by Kitty Holland TWELVE YEARS of age is the most common age for a lesbian, gay or transgender young person to become aware of their sexual identity. It is at the age of 17 that a young person is most…
Author: The Irish Times
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Launch of Groundbreaking Guidance for School Principals on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students
GLEN is an Atlantic grantee. Minister Seán Haughey TD today launched a groundbreaking new publication Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students in Post Primary Schools – Guidance for Principals and School Leaders developed jointly by the Department of Education and GLEN. This the first comprehensive guidance…
Author: Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN)
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Philanthropy New York, Foundation Center Report Benchmarks Diversity at New York City Foundations and Nonprofits
While New York City foundations and the nonprofit organizations they support have racially diverse staffs, the diversity decreases at the highest levels of seniority, according to a new report by Philanthropy New York and the Foundation Center. The first study to examine the diversity of…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Age Awareness Week events tackle stereotypes of older people in Northern Ireland
Some unconventional steps were taken to tackle perceptions of older people during Northern Ireland’s fourth Age Awareness Week (28 September-3 October). The Week began with a very special screening of the cult film about life and love in older age. ‘Harold and Maude’ screened at…
Author: Atlantic Philanthropies
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Antenatal HIV prevalence at 'unacceptable' 29%
Original Source HIV prevalence among pregnant women has stabilised at about 29%, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Monday. “The prevalence among women aged 25 and above has stabilised at high and unacceptable levels,” Motsoaledi said in Pretoria, releasing the 2008 results of a survey…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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KIPP featured on NBC Nightly News
KIPP, Knowledge Is Power Program, is an Atlantic grantee. Last night NBC Nightly News aired a segment on KIPP as part of their “What Works” series. Below are the links to the NBC clips. Actual Clip from NBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/33182615#33184467 Dave Levin talks KIPP: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/33182615#33184122 Erin…
Author: KIPP
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USAction to Mark Ten Years of Building National and Grassroots Progressive Leadership
Health Care for America Now is an Atlantic grantee. Tenth Anniversary Progressive Leadership Awards to honor those who have helped build our movement and moved us closer to comprehensive health care reform. USAction will celebrate its tenth anniversary at its annual Progressive Leadership Awards Gala…
Author: USAction
