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Too Close for Comfort? Obama and the Foundations
Foundations should take a stance of engaged and critical discomfort with government no matter who is in charge, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech at the Hudson Institute-Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center. I am always glad to take…
Resource type: Speech
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Robinson awarded highest civilian honour in US
Source: Belfast Telegraph
Original Source Mary Robinson is the founder and president of Realizing Rights, an Atlantic grantee. Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson has been awarded the highest civilian honour in the United States - the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Announcing the award at the White House…
Resource type: News
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The disappearing philanthropists
Source: GlobalPost
Just when a culture of philanthropy takes hold in Ireland, the rich lose their money. Original Source By Conor O'Clery DUBLIN — Just off a two-lane country road south of Dublin, work has been going on for three years on a magnificent modern development set…
Resource type: News
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New Mexico governor abolishes capital punishment
Source: Associated Press
Original Source By DEBORAH BAKER SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Bill Richardson, who has supported capital punishment, signed legislation to repeal New Mexico's death penalty, calling it the "most difficult decision in my political life." The new law replaces lethal injection with a sentence…
Resource type: News
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PM approves foreign aid projects
Source: Asia Pulse Data Source
Original Source Hanoi -- The Prime Minister has given a nod to a list of foreign aid projects. These include a technical assistance and legal framework building project for wind power in Vietnam funded by the German Government. The Ministry of Industry and Trade will…
Resource type: News
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A Growing Chorus In S. Africa Urges Action on Mugabe
Source: The Washington Post
by Karin Brulliard and Colum Lynch Kumi Naidoo joined the struggle against apartheid as a teenager, signing up with a movement that fought for human rights, delivered democracy to South Africa and now governs the country. Last week, he began a hunger strike to pressure…
Resource type: News
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Change Comes to Washington: Will it Come to Philanthropy, Too?
Philanthropy should step up and seize the unprecedented opportunities created by the election of President Obama, said Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, in this speech at the Annual Meeting of Southern California Grantmakers in Los Angeles. When the terrific Sushma Raman –…
Resource type: Speech
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Human Rights for Lesbians and Gays in the New South Africa: Still Much Work to Do
Source: Gara LaMarche
Zoliswa Nkonyana, Zizakele Sigasa, and Salome Masooa helped me to understand the critical importance of Atlantic’s work to support the rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered and intersex people in South Africa. Sadly, these young women were not among the many South Africans I…
Resource type: News
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$1M gift launches Cornell Tech’s Public Interest Tech
Source: Cornell Chronicle
[caption id="attachment_80398" align="aligncenter" width="738"] An aerial view of the Cornell Tech campus, showing the 59th Street Bridge over Roosevelt Island and the Great Lawn, in the foreground.[/caption] By Linda Copman Cornell Tech has announced a $1 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to jump-start its…
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In Memory of Michael I. Sovern
[caption id="attachment_83034" align="alignright" width="250"] Photo: Columbia University[/caption] Atlantic mourns the loss of Michael I. Sovern, who passed away on Monday, January 20, 2020. Sovern served as a Director from 1995 until 2012, and was a long-term Chairman of the Audit and Budget Committee. Sovern was…
Resource type: News