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Experience Corps featured on NBC Nightly News "Making A Difference" segment
Original Source “Making a Difference” stories usually air every Friday on NBC Nightly News. The series was conceived in response to viewers who complain that the broadcast features only “bad” news. Last week, in response to frustrated viewers who wanted to hear more good news…
Author: NBC Nightly News
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Task to Aid Self-Esteem Lifts Grades for Some
Original Source By BENEDICT CAREY Some seventh graders who were struggling in class did significantly better after performing a series of brief confidence-building writing exercises, and the improvements continued through eighth grade, researchers reported Thursday. The students who benefited most were blacks who were doing…
Author: The New York Times
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Savvy Schools
Community colleges are taking the lead in helping older adults find new directions — and new jobs by KELLY GREENE Ted English, age 62, a restaurant owner in Rapid City, S.D., had been thinking about changing careers, perhaps taking a job in travel or tourism.…
Author: The Wall Street Journal
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Alliance encourages elderly to highlight needs to candidates
Several Atlantic grantees are mentioned in this article. by ALISON HEALY AN ALLIANCE of groups has launched a campaign to encourage older people to highlight their needs when election candidates come calling in the coming weeks. The Older And Bolder alliance said its “On the…
Author: The Irish Times
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SAHRC: Govt failing in healthcare provision
by QUDSIYA KARRIM Government is responsible for the failures in South Africa’s public healthcare system, and needs to address them so that every citizen’s right to access healthcare services is realised, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said on Thursday. CEO Tseliso Thipanyane said…
Author: Mail & Guardian
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South Africa: Court Bid to Prevent Motlanthe Pardons
by Franny Rabkin Johannesburg — LAWYERS for President Kgalema Motlanthe told the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria yesterday that an application to interdict him from giving presidential pardons to people who had committed politically motivated crimes was “misconceived”. The urgent interim interdict application was…
Author: Business Day
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Richard Boone and the Field Foundation: Beacons of Leadership for Social Justice Philanthropy
On a mellow California afternoon earlier this month, I drove a few hours up the coast from Los Angeles, where I’d been on a panel at the annual meeting of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, to spend some time with one of the most influential…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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The Virus, Vitamins and Vegetables Peers into AIDS Denialism in SA
Original Source Health-e News Service is an Atlantic grantee. Originally posted on March 26th, 2009 by Emily at Jacana Book Blog Book Summary Why were so few people able to declare publicly that the Emperor had no clothes? How was it that a health Minister was…
Author: Jacana Book Blog
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Aging and Community: ASA Presents National Forum on Civic Engagement
Original Source The 2009 ASA-NCOA Aging in America Conference devoted a full day on March 16th to a National Forum on Civic Engagement, which presented best practices in civic engagement inspired by the 2006-2007 winter issue of ASA’s journalGenerations, Civic Engagement in Later Life. A…
Author: American Society on Aging
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Every Child Matters Launches National TV Ad Campaign
Original Source and Video Every Child Matters is an Atlantic grantee. This past weekend, Every Child Matters launched a national television ad campaign aimed at garnering support for the child-friendly investments in President Obama’s budget. The ad, which debuted on Sunday, expresses strong support for the “Child Safety…
Author: Every Child Matters Education Fund