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Grantees Welcome New Federal Guidelines Addressing Discipline in Schools
Atlantic grantees working for school discipline reform welcomed the federal government’s announcement of new school guidelines that discourage the use of zero tolerance school discipline polices. Daniel J. Losen, director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, called the action “huge.” “The guidelines put all…
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It’s All Part of a Whole
By Gretchen Dykstra Gretchen Dykstra Those who toil in the fields of communications know we often graze in the back pastures, far from the main barn, whistled for at the end of day. But we know that every organization and every program needs communications from…
Author: The Communications Network
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The group that got health reform passed is declaring victory and going home
The Washington Post’s WONKblog interviewed Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager and chief executive of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), an Atlantic grantee, on its central role in passing health care reform in the United States. Kirsch told the Post it was the “bold” decision by…
Author: The Washington Post
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The Most Memorable Immigration Moments Of 2013
The Huffington Post’s list of the most memorable immigration reform moments from last year featured efforts by several grantees, including United We Dream and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. Grantees the National Council of La Raza, America’s Voice and the National Immigrant Justice Center were…
Author: Huffington Post
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Celebrating Our Common Journey: CEO Update
Pride isn’t a term we like to associate with philanthropy. Indeed, it’s often considered the worst of the seven deadly sins. But I want to share with you my extraordinary sense of pride recently when the Atlantic Philanthropies staff gathered in New York to reflect…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Purpose Prize Winner Fights for Caregivers
Crusader Barbara Young helped nannies get better pay and benefits. Her new goal: better working conditions for aides to the elderly. When is the last time you worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for total pay of $225? My guess is probably…
Author: Next Avenue
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Atlantic Philanthropies’ $1.1bn is ‘drop in ocean’ next to what State can invest
Vulnerable are being pushed away from central decision-making, says foundation member Atlantic Philanthropies Ireand’s Martin O’Brien will deliver the Dave Ellis lecture – in memory of the activist who worked with community groups in Dublin for more than 20 years – at the Rotunda Hospital,…
Author: The Irish Times
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RIP Nelson Mandela, Courageous Champion of Education, Equality, Democracy and Justice
We mourn the passing of Nelson Mandela, whose example, words and deeds have inspired and consistently reinforced the work of our grantees, colleagues and staff, in South Africa and across the globe, to secure and advance human rights and dignity, peace, reconciliation, restorative justice, and…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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FLAC’s Seventh Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
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Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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C.S. Mott Foundation Partnership with Atlantic Philanthropies Gives South Africa’s Community Advice Offices Long-Term Support
FLINT, Mich. — Supporting the ongoing efforts of the community advice offices that assist underserved South Africans is the focus of a new partnership between the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies that is expected to result in up to $1,936,080 in grants over three…
Author: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation