Results List
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Justice Delayed: An Examination of the Ken Burns Film Central Park Five
Source: A Philanthropy New York Special Event with Media Impact Funders
The story of the Central Park Five is one scarring New York history; a case of injustice for five teenagers of color being wrongly convicted of raping a Central Park jogger. This tragic story showcases many issues addressed by philanthropy for decades, including: race, class,…
Resource type: News
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¡Salud! the Film-Trailer
Source: MEDICC
Produced in 2006, this documentary offers an examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, and looks at the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls 'one of the world's best health systems.' From the shores…
Resource type: Video
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New Leadership Needed to Address White Nationalism in U.S., Stalled Progress in South Africa
In recent articles, the Executive Director and South African Programme Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity called for a renewal in civil rights leadership in the U.S. and in South Africa. America’s Rising White Nationalism Calls for a New Type of Civil Rights…
Resource type: News
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Giving While Living: Chuck Feeney’s Role in This World
Source: Daily Maverick
The term “Giving While Living” is globally associated with Chuck Feeney, the Founding Chair of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a major international philanthropic foundation. He is the “anonymous donor”, a man who lives to give away billions. [caption id="attachment_79484" align="alignnone" width="849"] Photo: Charles Feeney –…
Resource type: News
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Anti-apartheid Veterans Left in the Lurch
Source: The Irish Times
BILL CORCORAN in Cape TownThe South African government has introduced a Bill that will give pension and healthcare rights to the 56,000 registered veterans of the struggle against apartheid, but critics say the scheme does not go far enoughIT IS 25 YEARS since Trevor Ngengemane…
Resource type: News
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Activists tackle defence lawyers in lesbian's murder
Source: Cape Times (South Africa)
by NATASHA JOSEPH GENDER activists say they are to lodge complaints with the Law Society of South Africa against several lawyers representing nine men accused of beating a lesbian to death more than two years ago. On February 4, 2006, Zoliswa Nkonyana, 18, was kicked,…
Resource type: News
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Hope Alive Africa Charities
$61,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Brooklyn Film Networks
$400,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Checkerboard Film Foundation
$408,908
Resource type: Grantee
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Using the Film "The Help" to Help Domestic Workers
Source: TakePart and the National Domestic Workers Alliance
The National Domestic Workers Alliance, an Atlantic grantee, is using the success of the movie The Help to draw attention to the issues domestic workers face across the country.In association with TakePart they interviewed domestic workers from around the country about the issues facing nannies,…
Resource type: News
