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Inspiring Miami-Dade middle schoolers is young teachers' goal
Original Source and Video Breakthrough Collaborative is an Atlantic grantee. BY SUSANA MONTES-DELGADO In her black shirt, jeans and sneakers on campus, one might mistake 20-year-old Yamile Rodriguez for a student. No, she’s a teacher. Rodriguez, a college junior from Hialeah, gave up her summer…
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Robinson awarded highest civilian honour in US
Original Source Mary Robinson is the founder and president of Realizing Rights, an Atlantic grantee. Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson has been awarded the highest civilian honour in the United States – the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Announcing the award at the White House…
Author: Belfast Telegraph
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Morrow-Howell and McCrary win Generations United Award for evaluation of Experience Corps tutoring program
Original Source By Jessica Martin July 31, 2009 — Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ph.D. the Ralph and Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social Work and Stacey McCrary, project manager, both at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, are winners of the prestigious Generations United 2009 Brabazon…
Author: Washington University in St. Louis
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Report - The Strong Field Framework: A Guide and Toolkit for Funders and Nonprofits Committed to Large-Scale Impact
Original Source The Bridgespan Group is an Atlantic grantee, as is the Aspen Institute, one of the examples given in the report. The Bridgespan Group has issued a new report designed to help foundations and nonprofits assess the strengths and needs in fields they seek…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Letter from Belfast: In a Time of Strengthening Peace, Communities and Advocates Raise Their Voices for Social Justice
Time was, not too long ago, that sectarian violence ruled Belfast, but in recent years the bombs have largely fallen silent. The more rare outbursts of violence – such as the March killings of two British soldiers ambushed during a pizza delivery – have been…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Six billion dollar man
Original Source and Video Broadcast: 30/07/2009 Reporter: Kerry O’Brien Quietly spoken American billionaire Chuck Feeney has flown under the public radar for most of his long and very successful life. Over decades he built an international empire of duty free stores, but in the eighties,…
Author: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Nonprofits Face Serious Constraints on Policy Involvement; Charities Engaged in Advocacy Despite Limitations, New Survey Finds
BALTIMORE, July 30 (AScribe Newswire) — America’s nonprofit organizations are widely involved in efforts to influence the public policies affecting them and those they serve, but are constrained by tight budgets, limited staff time and confusing legal restrictions, according to a new survey by the…
Author: Johns Hopkins University Nonprofit Listening Post Project
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Charles Feeney
Famously private, and equally generous, Chuck Feeney helped transform Irish academic research. Original Source by Cormac Sheridan This coming September, the great and the good of Ireland’s government and education sectors will assemble in Dublin as part of a yearlong celebration of the 10th anniversary…
Author: The Scientist (Life Sciences in Ireland supplement)
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U.S. Department of Labor awards $10 million to train older workers for jobs in growing industries
Original Release: http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20090890.htm WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Labor today awarded $10 million in funding to organizations that connect older Americans to career opportunities. The Aging Worker Initiative: Strategies for Regional Talent Development is designed to train workers aged 55 and older for jobs in…
Author: U.S. Department of Labor
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Feeney donation leverages in $402m
Original Source by Guy Healy THE capacity of Brisbane-based universities and research institutes to conduct advanced medical research would be doubled by the record $102.5 million donation by billionaire philanthropist Chuck Feeney, leading immunologist Ian Frazer said this week. In a surprise move, Queensland Premier…
Author: The Australian
