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by Gara LaMarche Joseph Carens’s proposal is so eminently humane and sensible, and so thoughtfully put, that it is possible to forget while reading it just why it is extremely controversial. Amid the anti-immigrant ravings of Lou Dobbs, the immigration debate in the United States…

By Tammerlin Drummond In Oakland and in other cities around the country, students have been dropping out of high school in droves. The numbers for African-Americans are especially dire: Those leaving school versus those graduating have been virtually neck and neck. That was before the…

by Susanne Bleiberg Seperson and Paul Arfin Susanne Bleiberg Seperson is director of the Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice at Dowling College. Paul Arfin is president and chief executive of Intergenerational Strategies, a nonprofit charitable organization. President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel,…

Most foundations are not making the changes that they and their grantees say are essential to supporting nonprofit success, a new survey of staffed foundations commissioned by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations finds. The survey, Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter: A National Study of Philanthropic Practice (16…

Foundations can make a lasting impact by funding United Kingdom charities to carry out social campaigns, such as lobbying, letter writing and protesting, according to this report by New Philanthropy Capital. London, UK – New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), the charity think tank, has today published Critical masses, a…

Original Source Letter To the Editor: A Dec. 8 editorial argues for inclusion of adolescents in the new administration’s public works projects. This is a good idea and would be much better if it is designed to include the development of civic responsibility and academic…

Original Source  In a rousing call to action at the Encore Careers Summit, Gara LaMarche (at right) urged older Americans to heed the call to service that was a hallmark of President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign as well as push for policy changes that will help…

Original Source By Heather Joslyn Six nonprofit workers in their 60s and 70s today have been announced as the winners of the third annual Purpose Prizes, given by Civic Ventures, a nonprofit group in San Francisco that promotes projects that use the skills and experience of older…

Original Source This year’s historic presidential campaign has evoked feelings of change and new possibilities, as our country explores the roles of gender and race not only in politics, but in society. Communities In Schools, long familiar with racial disparities in education, participated in a dialogue…

Dear Friends and Colleagues: As the chair of the Board of Directors of the Center for Community Change, I'm very proud of the investment the organization is making in leadership development in the nonprofit sector. Cultivating potential leaders who are passionate about social justice is…