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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announces Inaugural Class of Fellows
Source: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity
[caption id="attachment_80972" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Twenty-nine advocates, organizers and artists selected from across the U.S. and South Africa will work to tackle anti-Black racism and white supremacy. Photo: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity[/caption] NEW YORK, NY — The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) named its…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity: Leading the Way to a More Just Future
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
[caption id="attachment_78849" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo: Getty Images[/caption] Dismantling anti-black racism to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies for all The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity is one of an interconnected set of fellowship programs – the Atlantic Fellows – launched by The Atlantic Philanthropies…
Resource type: News
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Investment to Build New Generation of Leaders
Source: Pursuit
Fellowship program, driven by $US50 million grant, will drive change from grass roots up to redress social disadvantage
Resource type: News
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Prevention and Early Intervention Programme in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Source: Mathematica Policy Research
Children and youth organisations on the island of Ireland are building a strong body of prevention and early intervention practices, according to an evaluation of Atlantic's investments by Mathematica Policy Research. Meanwhile, research organisations are acquiring new expertise in evaluating children's prevention and early intervention…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Promoting Dignity, Equality and Opportunity for All People
In October 2008, days before the U.S. presidential election, the American Constitution Society released “Human Rights at Home: A Domestic Policy Blueprint for the New Administration.” The Blueprint addresses “the gap between the promise and practice” of human rights in the United States and proposes…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Keeping Older Adults On the Move
One of the major obstacles to older adults’ participation in society is their lack of access to activities outside their homes. Also, older drivers face the highest fatal crash rate of any age group in the country. Not surprisingly, an estimated one million people age…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Sara Gould Joins the Foundation Center as Visiting Fellow
Source: The Foundation Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Cheryl LoeCommunications Project ManagerThe Foundation Center(888) 356-0354, ext. 701communications@foundationcenter.orgNew York, NY — February 15, 2011. Sara K. Gould, former president and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, has joined the Foundation Center in the role of The Atlantic Philanthropies Senior Fellow. During this…
Resource type: News
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Newsmakers: Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Original Source KIPP and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees. Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation The Obama administration has thrown down the gauntlet to educators and legislators to fix "an education system that used to be...the best in the world, and no longer…
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Communities In Schools Receives Major Grant From the Walmart Foundation to Expand Performance Learning Centers
Source: Walmart Foundation (Release)
Communities In Schools is an Atlantic grantee. ARLINGTON, Va., July 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Communities In Schools, the nation's largest dropout prevention organization, has received a major grant from the Walmart Foundation to improve educational opportunities for young people through its network of Performance Learning Centers…
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The Perfect Storm
Source: The Nation
The intensifying economic crisis slams the world of nonprofit organizations. Original Source By Eyal Press In the days between Christmas and New Year's Eve, Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, sat at his desk in Lower Manhattan and reached out to people…
Resource type: News