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Public Affairs: People Power
In June, The Atlantic Philanthropies supported a citizens’ assembly organised in Dublin by We the Citizens. The group of 100 participants discussed political and electoral reform, and debated tax increase options, spending cuts and privatisation. Topics were determined by popular issues discussed at seven prior…
Author: Eolas Magazine
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5 Humble Humanitarian Heroes
By Oliver Lee You don’t need to be Angelina Jolie or Bono to be a great humanitarian. Nothing against celebri-tarians, of course. It can’t be easy galavanting across the globe, giving speeches for good causes, paparazzi pouncing every time you hug a malnourished Sudanese child.…
Author: TakePart
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Super Congress Committee Member Fred Upton: No Cuts to Social Security Benefits
By Elise Foley WASHINGTON — Deficit super committee member and Republican Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said Tuesday he will oppose any Social Security benefit reductions for current seniors. “It’s critical … that the people that are benefiting today from Medicare and Social Security that they…
Author: The Huffington Post
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Federation, National Council on Aging Announce Collaboration
By: National Council on Aging CDCUs to Work with Regional Economic Security Centers to Assist Vulnerable Older Adults According to research from the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (Federation) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA), older adults in the United States are…
Author: San Francisco Chronicle
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HIV Treatment Now For 2.5 Million
By Zinhle Mapumulo About 1 million more people are expected to be added on to the government’s HIV-treatment programme, bringing the number of those receiving such medication to at least 2.5 million. Aids lobby groups that had been campaigning for more people to be put…
Author: The New Age
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Senior Housing Issues, Successful Programs Take Center Stage at Atlanta Training Institute
An August 10 symposium on senior housing was the centerpiece of a week-long NeighborWorks Training Institute that attracted 2,100 community development practitioners to Atlanta. Sponsored by The Atlantic Philanthropies, the symposium brought together innovators from the affordable housing field with experts in aging to explore…
Author: Neighborworks America
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DHS sued over jail immigration holds
Chicago – An immigrants’ rights organization has filed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for issuing detaining orders against individuals in custody while their immigration status is being investigated. The Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center used the examples of two Latinos –…
Author: Fox News Latino
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Islanders need to learn to ‘age successfully’
By Jonathan Bell Bermudians need to educate themselves on how to “age successfully”, a seniors advocate has warned. “What we really need is a plan for how to educate people of all ages,” Age Concern executive director Claudette Fleming told Hamilton Rotary Club this week.…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Trio Make History at Gender Studies Programme
By Elizabeth Roberts Three Bermudian women made history by being the first from the Island to attend a prestigious gender studies programme in Barbados. Elaine Williams, Deborah Bradford and Robyn Skinner spent all of July on the intensive course at the Caribbean Institute for Gender…
Author: Royal Gazette
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Authority wants to see gay marriage
By Mary Minihan POLITICIANS ARE out of touch with the public mood on the issue of gay marriage, Equality Authority chairwoman Angela Kerins has suggested. Ms Kerins welcomed the passing of legislation allowing for civil partnerships to take place, but stressed the Equality Authority remained…
Author: The Irish Times
