Results List
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Five $100,000 Purpose Prizes Awarded to Americans Making an Extraordinary Impact in their Encore Careers
2011 Winners Work to Create Jobs, Fight Climate Change, Help Immigrants in the U.S. and Improve the Lives of Orphans, Women and Children in China, Latin America SAN FRANCISCO – Civic Ventures today announced the 2011 winners of its Purpose Prize. Five social entrepreneurs over 60…
Author: Civic Ventures
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Social Security Works Speaks Out on Proposed Cuts
Social Security Works, an Atlantic grantee, has been out in the media making a strong case for strengthening social security, not cutting it. Social Security Is Vital for Our Economic Security Fifty-four million Americans depend on Social Security – 1 out of every 6 people.…
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Doctors Kamiar and Arash Alaei on CNN's "Sanjay Gupta, MD"
Dr. Arash Alaei was released from prison in Iran last month after serving three years of his sentence. He arrived in the U.S. on October 22, when he was reunited with his brother Kamiar, also imprisoned but released in late 2010. During the Alaei brothers’…
Author: Physicians for Human Rights
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Purpose Prize Winners Honored by Obama, Oprah
This dispatch is from Civic Ventures’ Encore Careers campaign, an Atlantic grantee that aims to engage millions of people in encore careers – combining personal meaning, continued income and social impact – to produce a windfall of talent to solve society’s greatest problems. This is…
Author: Civic Ventures
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A Letter from the President and CEO
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Now that I am settled into my new position as President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, I wanted to take a moment to tell you how special it is for me to have the opportunity to work with this organisation…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Mental health funding to help break down barriers
A South Tipperary disability and mental health project has received funding which will enable a number of people to receive special care, suited to their needs. The grant, from the Genio Trust, will fund a project in St. Luke’s Hospital in Clonmel, helping them to…
Author: South Tipp Today
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The First Large Scale African It Gets Better Project Launched in Cape Town
Messages of Hope and Solidarity for Gay South Africans Watch the videos of several Atlantic grantees who participated in the project. Equal Education, It Gets Better Gender DynamiX, It Gets Better The Inner Circle, It Gets Better October 11, Cape Town –…
Author: It Gets Better – Cape Town
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UN review puts Irish human rights record under scrutiny
MARK KELLY Thu, Oct 06, 2011 OPINION: MINISTER FOR Justice Alan Shatter and senior officials are in Geneva today, facing a series of tough questions posed by our European neighbours and by other UN member states on Ireland’s human rights record. The hearing forms part of…
Author: The Irish Times
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Migrant bill should deal with violence, say lobbyists
PAMELA DUNCAN AMENDMENTS DESIGNED to protect migrant women experiencing domestic violence should be included in the Immigration and Protection Bill, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday. Representatives of Women’s Aid, migrant network AkiDwA and the Immigrant Council of Ireland said migrant women were in a vulnerable…
Author: The Irish Times
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Not-So Sweet Home Alabama: What Alabamians Are Saying About Their State's New Immigration Law
Kassi Cruz picks tomatoes in Steele, Alabama, on October 3, 2011. Cruz decided to pitch in to help after the majority of migrant workers left after the new Alabama immigration law took effect last week. By Center for American Progress Immigration Team Alabama has reawakened…
Author: Center for American Progress