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In Memory of David Sanders - Champion of Health Equity
Professor David Sanders: 1945 – 2019. A champion for health equity in South Africa and internationally. We mourn the loss of David Sanders, Emeritus Professor at the University Western Cape and founding member of the People’s Health Movement and Tekano. David passed away on August…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Journalist, Billionaire and Rugby Legend, All Queensland Greats
Chuck Feeney has been named one of Queenslands Greats, an honour bestowed as part of the annual Queensland Day celebrations. By Lydia Lynch Charles (Chuck) Feeney is, by global standards, a major philanthropist. His contribution to Australian philanthropy in general, and to the development of…
Author: Brisbane Times
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announces 20 Impact-Driven Leaders as its 2019 Atlantic Fellows
Photo: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Selected from across the United States and South Africa, the new Fellows will join an enduring transnational network of leaders working across issues, approaches and geographies to challenge anti-Black racism and build the policies, institutions and narratives needed…
Author: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity
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George Washington University Announces Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 11, 2019) – The George Washington University (GW) today announced the renaming of the GW Health Workforce Institute to the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. The action was taken to honor Fitzhugh Mullan, MD, a professor of health policy and management…
Author: The George Washington University
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LSE Announces Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies
The London School of Economics and Political Science is seeking an outstanding scholar and leader for the newly created Amartya Sen Chair in Inequality Studies, whose holder will serve as Director of the International Inequalities Institute. Applications for the post are open now, and close on 18 May…
Author: London School of Economics and Political Science
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GW Health Workforce Institute Announces 2019 Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity
The George Washington University (GW) Health Workforce Institute, based at Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH), announces the 2019 fellows of the year-long Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program. The program honors health sector professionals with a commitment to health equity and…
Author: The George Washington University
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Four Lessons on Connecting Leaders of Social Change
By Kavitha Mediratta Kavitha Mediratta is the founding executive director of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (@AfreGlobal) and formerly chief strategy advisor at The Atlantic Philanthropies. A few weeks ago, I had the chance to sit with a gender justice activist in a…
Author: Stanford Social Innovation Review
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Chuck Feeney's Legacy Lives on as Philanthropic Fund Winds Down
By Ailish O’Horaand Programme leaders from Trinity College Dublin met their benefactor – philanthropist and former billionaire Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney – at the Global Brain Health Institute conference in San Francisco last week. They were among 70 programme leaders who gathered together from across the…
Author: Irish Independent
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Pursuing Profits in Elder Care Puts Us All at Risk
By Beverley Skeggs Professor Skeggs Professor Beverley Skeggs directs the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity Program at the International Inequalities Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science I was upset and angry about my mother’s death. But I became…
Author: Inequality.org
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Atlantic Celebrates the Life and Music of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
In this 2011 video, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin and students at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance reflect on the Academy, music and their relationship with Atlantic’s founder Chuck Feeney. We share this video in celebration of the life of Irish composer, musician and…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
