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Young People Demand: Where Is My Public Servant?
Source: UK Authority
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…
Resource type: News
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How Did This High School Student Go From Being Suspended 20 Times to Graduating Valedictorian?
Source: The Nation
[video src="https://youtu.be/fM-nO7muBrg"] High school student Damon Smith had been suspended more than 20 times before entering Ralph Bunche High School in Oakland, an alternative high school for chronically expelled students. After working with Eric Butler, a restorative justice counselor at the school, Damon left behind…
Resource type: News
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Philanthropy Without End
Source: The Intrepid Philanthropist
Illustration: Flickr user Martin FeemsterBy Tony ProscioThe idea of limiting the lifetime of a foundation has become so popular (at least in the financial media, and evidently among many newer philanthropists) that the foundation trade group Philanthropy New York recently felt it worthwhile to hold a seminar…
Resource type: News
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Oakland Schools Help Parents Sign Up for Covered California
Source: The California Report
Antonia Briones (left), an Alameda County Social Services Agency eligibility technician, helps Gabino Pablo (right) with Covered California enrollment as the deadline approaches. (Rachel Dornhelm/KQED)The robocall went out this week to every parent of an Oakland public school student:“Hello! This is the Oakland Unified School…
Resource type: News
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When School Discipline Is Unfair: Four Ways to Do Better
Source: Christian Science Monitor
A new set of reports dives deep into the complex causes of inequities in school discipline and offers details on what schools can do to create a climate that is both orderly and fair. A student gets his books from his locker at Alisal High School…
Resource type: News
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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,…
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Raising Dementia Awareness
Source: Irish Times
By Claire O'ConnellDr Kate Irving, Elevator project lead, Prof Brian MacCraith, President of DCU and and Kathleen Lynch TD at the Dementia Elevator launch.An initiative is “walking the lives” of people with dementia to assess their needs and to increase public awareness of how to…
Resource type: News
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Ireland Well Placed to Become a Global Leader in Digital Healthcare
Source: Silicon Republic
Ireland well placed to become a global leader in digital healthcare. Photo: ShutterstockBy John Kennedy, Silicon RepublicIreland – with its concentration of ICT giants, pharmaceutical and medical device makers – is strategically placed to become a world leader in digital healthcare technologies, a conference in…
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Telling a Good Story
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] Open mic nights at The Chewstick Foundation feature performances by artists like Joy who help to raise awareness of social issues in Bermuda and amplify voices for change. Atlantic seeks to strengthen key social organisations on the island. Photo: The Chewstick…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Nursing in SA Is in Crisis
Source: The Times
By Katharine ChildNursing in South Africa is in crisis, with a third of nurses admitting they moonlight and half saying they feel exhausted at work. There is a severe shortage of nurses, leaving those in the system overworked. Patients in the central corridor of Charlotte…
Resource type: News