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Kennedy files national service bill
Source: The Boston Globe
by SUSAN MILLIGAN WASHINGTON - Senator Edward M. Kennedy, ailing from a brain tumor but determined to pass a series of pet legislative priorities, formally introduced a major national service bill yesterday, asking Congress to fund programs to draw another 175,000 Americans of all ages…
Resource type: News
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Trickle-down financial crisis hits neediest
Source: The Washington Post
by ROBIN SHULMAN For Citymeals-on-Wheels, a nonprofit group that delivers food to homebound New Yorkers, the Wall Street crisis already means 100,000 fewer meals will be delivered to people who need them. One day this spring, the group lost about $500,000 it expected from employees…
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AAFP FOUNDATION RECEIVES $2.9 MILLION GRANT TO FOCUS ON ENSURING HIGH-QUALITY GERIATRIC CARE
Source: States News Service
The following information was released by the American Academy of Family Physicians: Family physicians and America's seniors stand to benefit from a $2.9 million grant recently awarded by The Atlantic Philanthropies to the AAFP Foundation. The three-year grant is to help the Academy develop and…
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The Role of Foundations in Immigrant Rights
The rights of immigrants must be protected and foundations can use their unique strengths to play a leading role such as funding public education and civic engagement, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies' President and CEO, in this speech at the European Foundation Centre Meeting…
Resource type: Speech
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High Schools Train Students to be Entrepreneurs
Source: PBS Newshour
NewsHour Special Correspondent for Education John Merrow reports on a program that trains high school students to be entrepreneurs. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june07/entrepreneurs_01-15.html JOHN MERROW, Special Correspondent for Education: Seventeen-year-old high school senior Yesenia Mercado lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Ahead of her is a very important day.…
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Cornell Tech campus to name ‘Feeney Way’
Source: Cornell Chronicle
By Joe Wilensky There will soon be a second “Feeney Way” at Cornell: a central thoroughfare at Cornell Tech to be named in honor of the transformative impact and legacy of Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney ’56, the university’s most generous donor. The former East Avenue…
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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.
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Charitable Giving Is Soaring — But Is It Effective?
Source: MintPress News
Philanthropic donations are booming, but post-Great Recession poverty and inequity remain.By Martin MichaelsYear after year, the citizenry of the U.S. continues to be one of the most altruistic on earth, volunteering an average of 7.85 billion volunteer hours according to a report by the Corporation for National and…
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Proposed California Law Designed to End Religious Discrimination in the Workplace
Source: The Sikh Coalition
February 23, 2012 (Fremont, CA) - California Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada (AD-8), in collaboration with the Sikh Coalition's Western Region office, has taken steps toward introducing a California version of the Workplace Religious Freedom Act (WRFA). If this bill becomes law, it will make it harder…
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Special Invitation: View the Groundbreaking Documentary "Growing Up Gay in Ireland" with Speaker Christine C. Quinn
Source: Belong To
New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn invites you to spend an evening with Irish LGBT Organisation BeLonG To who are doing fantastic work to make Ireland a safer place for gay young people.The evening will include a screening of the groundbreaking documentary Growing…
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