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Black Caucus highlights disparages and suggests philanthropic solutions
Source: The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
Original Source By Robyn Skinner The community's health can be gauged by how black men and boys are doing and philanthropic organisations need to understand why there are still barriers to helping them. That's why last week a group of leaders in their fields met…
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NCLR Annual Conference in San Diego to Feature Prominent Speakers and Current Newsmakers
Source: National Council of La Raza
On July 15, 2008, Gara LaMarche, President of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and The Atlantic Philanthropies received the Raul Yzaguirre President's Award from the National Council of La Raza. Below is the press release. NCLR ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO TO FEATURE PROMINENT SPEAKERS AND CURRENT…
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Letters to the Editor: Philanthropy and Racism
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Original Source To the Editor: Structural-racism training programs have helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations and community foundations, many of which are administered or operated by white people but primarily serve people of color, learn how to orient their theories of change from charity to empowerment…
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Paul Steiger's ProPublica Opens For (Non-Profit) Business
Source: paidContent.org
Original Source By Staci D. Kramer While his former colleagues at the Wall Street Journal deal with the reverb from News Corp's (NYSE: NWS) acquisition of Dow Jones, long-time WSJ managing editor Paul Steiger has been crafting a new journalism venture that went live today:…
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The Best Poverty-Fighting Bet
Source: Slate
The Google IPO event of the nonprofit world Original Source By Georgia Levenson Keohane If any good comes out of the misguided farm bill passed last month, it will be the recognition that Americans are hungry. Amidst the egregious agricultural subsidies, the bill earmarks billions…
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Advocacy – Often the Most Direct Route to Social Change
Source: Gara LaMarche
Supporting advocates who work to persuade members of the U.S. Congress of the necessity of allocating more federal money for children’s health programmes... Backing public interest lawyers whose arguments convince the U.S. Supreme Court that capital punishment for youth is unconstitutional.... Convincing lawmakers to…
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Inspiring Tomorrow's Philanthropists
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies Hosts 'Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work' Day 24 Apr 2008. April 24, 2008 -- New York. The sons and daughters of Atlantic Philanthropies' staff convened in the New York office today to learn about the organization and the various professional…
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Should Children Pay the Price for Inhumane U.S. Immigration Policies?
Source: Gara LaMarche
Every so often a story serves as a wake-up call that something is very wrong with the way the United States government deals with things. So it was with Saturday’s New York Times article about the actions of federal immigration agents last month in Ohio…
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Way to Grow
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Charities use business practices to rapidly expand their programs Harlem Children's Zone, in New York City, works with 10,000 children a year, up from just 1,500 in 1990 - and it plans to grow by another 50 percent in the next four years. Teach for…
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ASP Receives $4.5 Million Grant to Support Second Phase of T. Franklin Williams Scholars Program
Source: Association of Specialty Professors (ASP)
Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) extends funding to offer awards through 2010 Press Release Contact:Irene S. Sonu Telephone: (202) 861-6900 Email: isonu@im.org The Association of Specialty Professors (ASP) is pleased to announce that it has received a renewal grant of $4.5 million from the Atlantic Philanthropies (USA),…
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