Results List
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Americans of All Ages Are Ready for Citizen Service: Are Politicians Ready to Lead Them?
Source: Gara LaMarche
This morning Senators John McCain and Barack Obama suspended their intense competition for the Presidency to visit Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, in tribute to those who lost their lives on a brilliantly sunny New York morning seven years ago today. And tonight they will…
Resource type: News
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Building Capacity for Maximum Impact
Gara LaMarche delivers the Keynote Address at the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan New York Symposium: Baruch College School of Public Affairs. It’s a little odd that I should be standing here this morning to share some thoughts about the role of evaluation in foundations…
Resource type: Speech
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Older & Bolder: Irish Seniors Organise for Action
Source: Gara LaMarche
On a visit to Ireland last week, I got a glimpse of a compelling example of the power that an organized community can have – “The Older & Bolder Campaign,” a collaborative initiative among five organizations working to improve the quality of life for older…
Resource type: News
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Chuck Feeney, Cornell’s ‘third founder,’ dies at 92
Source: Cornell Chronicle
Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, founding chairman of The Atlantic Philanthropies and Cornell University’s most generous donor, died Oct. 9 in San Francisco. He was 92. Feeney, who quietly devoted his fortune to worldwide causes for decades, invested nearly $1 billion in Cornell through the…
Resource type: News
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Supporting Legal Action
Source: Alliance Magazine
Laws provide the skeletal frame of a social order but while laws in theory and by tradition serve the cause of justice, they can easily be, and often are, used to reinforce a repressive regime. Here James A. Goldston and Martin O’Brien reflect on the…
Resource type: News
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Announces Full Cohort of Atlantic Fellows
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
The first global cohort of Atlantic Fellows includes activists, artists, journalists, health professionals and policymakers collaborating across the globe to build a healthier, fairer future.
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity FAQ
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
If you have questions about the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity program, hopefully they've been answered below. Why did Atlantic and its partners launch the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity? What is anti-black racism? Why does it matter? What is the Atlantic Fellows for Racial…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Fellows: Advancing Fairer, Healthier, More Inclusive Societies
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
We’re empowering and connecting thousands of dynamic leaders across the globe to realize a better world.
Resource type: News
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Creating Change at the Intersection of Philanthropy and Government
Source: The Atlantic Philathropies
How can we achieve more impact through partnerships between philanthropy and government? What does philanthropy need to do differently to better work with government groups to address the 21st century’s most pressing problems? And how can better communication play a part in achieving these goals?…
Resource type: News
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President of Ireland Joins the Bay Area Council In Honoring Marc Benioff and Chuck Feeney
Source: TMG Partners
Salesforce Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff and Duty Free Shoppers Group Founder Chuck Feeney were the guests of honor at the Bay Area Council’s 70th Anniversary Annual Dinner and 2015 Bay Area Business Hall of Fame gathering on Wednesday, October 28, at The Fairmont Hotel…
Resource type: News
