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This Short Film Explores the Challenges LGBT Refugees Face Living in South Africa
Source: Buzzfeed
By Sarah KarlanMany LGBT Africans seek asylum and refuge in South Africa, where the constitution – put into effect in 1996 by President Nelson Mandela – promises equal rights to all.A new video from Atlantic Philanthropies, a foundation focusing on human rights around the globe,…
Resource type: News
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Gay and Lesbian Refugees in South Africa: ‘We Thought You’d Accept Us’
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and inter-sex Africans seek asylum and refuge in South Africa, where the Constitution promises equal rights. Tolerance and acceptance, however, does not come easily. Find out how gay rights activism has helped challenge and overcome xenophobia and homophobia. Learn More PASSOP…
Resource type: Video
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Grantees Welcome New Federal Guidelines Addressing Discipline in Schools
Atlantic grantees working for school discipline reform welcomed the federal government's announcement of new school guidelines that discourage the use of zero tolerance school discipline polices. Daniel J. Losen, director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, called the action “huge.” "The guidelines put all…
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The 50 Philanthropists Who Have Given Away the Most Money
Source: Forbes
Atlantic’s Founding Chairman, Charles "Chuck" Feeney, is number 9 on Forbes' list of America's 50 top givers in 2012.When Centre College in Kentucky declared in July that it had received a $250 million donation from its former trustee chair, Houston entrepreneur Robert Brockman, via a trust created…
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A Bad Ruling on Stop-and-Frisk
Source: The New York Times
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was unwise to put a stay on the necessary remedies Judge Shira Scheindlin of Federal District Court in Manhattan ordered in August in response to the civil rights violations of New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy.And it overreached in taking…
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When High School Students Are Treated Like Prisoners
Source: Rolling Stone
Advocacy groups are calling for a reduction in the use of police officers in schools. Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBy Molly KnefelAs students in New York City return to school for the fall, a coalition of youth and legal advocacy groups, including…
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Older Adults as Community Assets, or Taking an Encore in Maine
Source: Community Experience Partnership
Meredith Jones is President & CEO of the Maine Community Foundation, and a participant in the national Community Experience Partnership, an Atlantic grantee.Last week a member of U.S. Senator Susan Collins’ staff called to ask for my help. Senator Collins, who is the ranking member…
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As Population Ages, Hospital Nurses Increasingly Finding their NICHE
Source: ElderBranch
By Chris LundPeople over the age of 65 are expected to grow from 13.3% of the US population today to 20.3% by 2030, and those over the age of 85 are projected to increase from 5.7 million in 2011 to 8.9 million people in 2030.…
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Albie Sachs: From Freedom Fighter to Justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court
Source: Charles Steward Mott Foundation
By Morris Arvoy Albie Sachs, an internationally known human rights activist and top judge in South Africa, suffered solitary confinement and exile and survived a bomb attack by South African security agents during the arduous fight to end apartheid. Sachs, 78, went on to help…
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Judge Rules NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Practices Unconstitutional, Racially Discriminatory
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
In a historic ruling on 12 August 2013, a federal judge found the New York City Police Department (NYPD) stop-and-frisk practices — which entail temporarily detaining people on the street, questioning them, and possibly also frisking or searching them — unconstitutional and racially discriminatory. This legal victory…
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