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The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Calls on the Government to Develop 'A Comprehensive and Robust National Dementia Strategy'
Source: The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
Maurice O’Connell (left) CEO of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland & Dr. Diarmuid O'Shea, HSE Clinical Director for the ElderlyNational Dementia Strategy needed urgently as dementia demographics in Ireland set to treble by 2041.The Alzheimer Society of Ireland has called on the Government to honour…
Resource type: News
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Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program Now Accepting Applications
Source: Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program
Dear Colleague, I am pleased to announce the 2nd year of the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program, a unique professional fellowship opportunity. Supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies and directed by Harold Alan Pincus, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University (in collaboration with the…
Resource type: News
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20 Years On, South Africa's Remarkable Constitution Remains Unfulfilled
Source: GlobalPost
By Christopher Oechsli and Darren WalkerCommentary: Realizing Mandela’s vision of a democratic future is a collective global responsibility.A statue of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first democratic president and Nobel Laureate is pictured outside the parliament. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images)Over a year after the death of Nelson…
Resource type: News
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Influencing Policy at All Levels of Government
Source: Insight Magazine
By Gara LaMarcheNot too many years ago, it was a hard sell to convince most foundations that involvement in public policy, and particularly the support of advocacy, was an essential element of carrying out their philanthropic mission, whatever that happened to be. Many had concerns…
Resource type: News
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Public Policy, Philanthropy and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland
Source: Palgrave Macmillan
This book by Colin Knox and Padraic Quirk, Atlantic's former Country Director, examines Atlantic's role in helping to build peace and promote reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
Resource type: News
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Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education
$800,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Stephen McConnell Appointed to Advocacy and Policy Position With The Atlantic Philanthropies Ageing Program
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
New York, June 9, 2008 -- Stephen McConnell, currently Vice President for Advocacy and Public Policy at the Alzheimer's Association, will join The Atlantic Philanthropies to lead its Ageing Program's policy and advocacy work in the U.S.As Ageing Program Policy and Advocacy Program Executive, McConnell…
Resource type: News
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Cornell University – Program on Science Technology & Society
$25,000
Resource type: Grantee
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James B. Hunt Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy Foundation
$4,307,900
Resource type: Grantee
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The Role of Foundations in Immigrant Rights
The rights of immigrants must be protected and foundations can use their unique strengths to play a leading role such as funding public education and civic engagement, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies' President and CEO, in this speech at the European Foundation Centre Meeting…
Resource type: Speech
