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By Kavitha Mediratta Head of Racial Equity Programs The Atlantic Philanthropies As today's reports from President Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative and the Executives' Alliance for Boys and Men of Color make clear, tremendous work has been done in the past year. And much more…

Grants will support and expand pathways to healthcare careers in Oakland The Atlantic Philanthropies and The California Endowment today announced $12.2 million in grants to the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and Alameda Health Care Services Agency (HCSA) to support and expand health career pathways…

By Dan Jellinek Public Achievement chief executive Paul SmythA Northern Ireland-based project helping young people from tough social backgrounds become online political campaigners is looking to expand its model outside the UK, UKAuthority.com has learned. WIMPS - "Where Is My Public Servant?" - was set…

The Washington Post's WONKblog interviewed Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager and chief executive of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), an Atlantic grantee, on its central role in passing health care reform in the United States. Kirsch told the Post it was the "bold" decision by…

Students at Charlestown High School in Boston join a discussion circle on Sept. 27, part of Diploma Plus, a restorative justice program that offers at-risk students guidance, conflict resolution and peer mentoring. Photo: Gretchen Ertl for NBC NewsBy Miranda Leitsinger, Staff Writer, NBC NewsBOSTON, Mass.…

[caption id="attachment_10694" align="alignright" width="250"] Students attend 2012 commencement ceremony. Photo: Cornell University[/caption] The nearly $1 billion investment in Cornell University made by Atlantic and its Founding Chairman has enriched the experience of students and faculty on campus; strengthened its academics, research and athletics; and enabled…

The Roma community in Ireland continues to experience structural discrimination in accessing their basic rights to employment, education, social protection, housing and healthcare.This report from Nasc, the Irish Immigrant Support Centre, an Atlantic grantee, identifies the often subtle and complex barriers to integration that Roma experience…

By Darren EvansOne project in Northern Ireland has been so successful at reconciling Catholic and Protestant schools that other troubled regions of the world are seeking to adopt its methods. Darren Evans reportsIn the seaside town of Ballycastle, on the craggy, windswept coast of County…

Investment in end-of-life care has made Ireland a world leader in advancing palliative and hospice care but regional inequities persist, according to an evaluation by Professor Mary McCarron and colleagues at Trinity College Dublin. The evaluation examined The Atlantic Philanthropies’ End of Life programme –…

Irish billionaire Chuck Feeney is one of a growing number of philanthropists who want to make a difference now not tomorrow and a leading advocate for ‘giving while living’.The trend for giving in one’s lifetime and over a shorter time, rather than in perpetuity, is…