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As the COVID-19 pandemic continued into 2021, extending and intensifying its reach into communities, particularly in the global South, a number of concerned Atlantic Fellows came together to discuss the issue of the unequal availability of vaccines to certain populations.  After a number of discussions…

This guide explores how can funders can support activities and initiatives designed to end conflicts and promote peacebuilding. While many foundations are understandably wary about intervening in conflicts, Funding in Conflicted-Environments offers guidance on how to help mitigate some of those concerns. Included are the…

Program will empower and connect dynamic individuals committed to working together across disciplines and borders to advance fairer, healthier, more inclusive societies. [caption id="attachment_78814" align="aligncenter" width="650"] “At a time when issues of race and identity are at the forefront of intense debates in South Africa,…

[caption id="attachment_78624" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (left) and University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis. Photo: University of Melbourne[/caption] Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, delivered these remarks at the launch of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity on October 14th. Well thank you Glyn,…

[caption id="attachment_77806" align="alignleft" width="150"] Kristen Grimm, President, Spitfire Strategies[/caption] I have three pieces of good news. 1) You can now claim binge-watching is an essential part of your day job, 2) The expert opinion and proof that connecting your issues to pop culture is not…

Touchstone is a program of the Active Ageing Partnership of Ireland, developed in partnership with the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology at NUI Galway, designed to expand opportunities for older adults to become more engaged in their communities. This publication summarizes results of the program, including what was learned about what influences…

In funding advocacy, foundations sometimes confront questions such as What’s a promising strategic focus?, How to integrate grassroots and grasstops advocacy?, or How to empower advocates in planning and funding decisions? Over the course of a 10-year effort to comprehensively reform the U.S. immigration system, Atlantic faced similar choices. The decisions it…

By Niall O'Dowd San Francisco: Chuck Feeney whose Atlantic Philanthropies foundation has given away $7.2 billion to worthy causes, many of them Irish, was honored by the American Ireland Fund at an emotional and deeply deserved event in his honor on Friday night. It was…

[caption id="attachment_54151" align="alignright" width="300"] The video shows a South Carolina school officer grabbing a high school student from her chair, knocking her to the floor and dragging her across the classroom.[/caption] As a native of South Carolina, I watched with complete horror and sadness the…

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Shay McAleer waiting for class to start at the School of Speech and Drama, a program that takes place at the Millenium Forum, Derry/Londonderry.[/caption] In a region still healing from political conflict, shared spaces for culture and education promote reconciliation and…