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Social Change + Pop Culture = Spitfire’s AndACTION
Kristen Grimm, President, Spitfire Strategies I have three pieces of good news. 1) You can now claim binge-watching is an essential part of your day job, 2) The expert opinion and proof that connecting your issues to pop culture is not only fun but a…
Author: Kristen Grimm
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Brexit campaign in North ‘played on racism and emotions’
Immigrants in Dungannon are very concerned about what might change and when by Gerry Moriarty in Dungannon Bernadette McAliskey: the lifelong republican and socialist was conflicted about how to vote in EU referendum but went for Remain based on practical reasons. Photograph: Paula Geraghty Lifelong republican…
Author: The Irish Times
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The Nurture Programme: Making Every Contact Count
The Nurture Programme – Infant Health and Wellbeing is designed to improve the information and professional supports that the Health Service Executive (HSE) provides to parents during pregnancy and the first three years of their baby’s life. It is a partnership between the HSE, the Atlantic…
Author: The Katharine Howard Foundation
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Olin Lecture Reflects on Philanthropy of Chuck Feeney '56
Christopher G. Oechsli, foreground, speaks with President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes, center, and interim President Hunter Rawlings during the 2016 Olin Lecture in Bailey Hall. Photo: Lindsay France/University Photography By Blaine Friedlander In the Olin Lecture – a Reunion weekend highlight – Christopher G. Oechsli,…
Author: Cornell Chronicle
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Obama Administration Signs Historic Health Agreement With Cuba
By Dylan Scott WASHINGTON — The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Cuban government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding to encourage cooperation between the two countries on health matters, another step in the Obama administration’s efforts to normalize America’s diplomatic…
Author: STAT
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Makes New Grants to Cornell
By Jose Beduya The Atlantic Philanthropies, created by Charles F. Feeney ’56, made its very first grant in 1982 to Cornell University. By the end of this year, the foundation will conclude its grant-making, realizing the full impact of the foundation’s largesse within its founder’s…
Author: Cornell University
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A Conversation with Atlantic's CEO Christopher Oechsli
Join Cornell University President Emeritus Frank H. T. Rhodes for a conversation with Christopher Oechsli, CEO and president of The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation created by Chuck Feeney who graduated from Cornell in 1956. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have called Feeney their role model—and…
Author: Cornell University
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Are We Seeing a New ‘Inequality Paradigm’ in Social Science?
Mike Savage is Academic Director of the Atlantic Fellows program at LSE’s International Inequalities Institute. Social scientists have long been concerned with inequality, yet the focus has often been on its theoretical and political aspects. This is now starting to change, writes Mike Savage, co-director of…
Author: LSE British Policy and Politics Blog
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Media Impact Funders Receives Two Transformative Grants to Strengthen Support of Media That Matters
Media Impact Funders is a knowledge network for media funders. PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 31, 2016)—Media Impact Funders (MIF), a member-supported network of funders who seek to improve society through media and technology, has been awarded a two-year, $500,000 matching grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies, a…
Author: Media Impact Funders
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Atlantic Fellows: Advancing Fairer, Healthier, More Inclusive Societies
From their inception, The Atlantic Philanthropies have invested in people and in their vision, opportunity and ability to realize a better world. When Chuck Feeney established the foundation in 1982, its first grant was $7 million to Cornell University to create the Cornell Tradition, a…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
