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Another Letter from South Africa: A Young Man’s Journey Out of Poverty Lifts Others Along the Way
Source: Gara LaMarche
Themba Mngomezulu stood on a hillside on his family’s land, in Ingwavuma, in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, not far from the border of Swaziland, and told us his story. Not far away, his grandmother sat on a straw mat on the floor of her one-room…
Resource type: News
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Atlantic Fellows: Advancing Fairer, Healthier, More Inclusive Societies
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
We’re empowering and connecting thousands of dynamic leaders across the globe to realize a better world.
Resource type: News
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First Named Professorship Established at John Jay With Funding From Ford Foundation and Atlantic
Source: John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Renowned Scholar Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff is appointed as Franklin A. Thomas Professor in Policing Equity [caption id="attachment_75797" align="alignright" width="295"] Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff[/caption]New York, NY – President Jeremy Travis of John Jay College announced the establishment of the Franklin A. Thomas Professorship in Policing…
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Reforming School Discipline Policies to Improve Children's Success
Source: Grantmakers In Health
By Kavitha Mediratta Head of Racial Equity Programmes, The Atlantic Philanthropies In recent months, we have seen an outpouring of protest by communities of color against aggressive policing and the trauma and violence these tactics engender. A similar phenomenon is occurring in our schools, where…
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With Police in Schools, More Children in Court
Source: The New York Times
By Erik EckholmCraig Davis, an officer at E. L. Furr High School in Houston. Officers once issued so many citations that students felt antagonized. Photo: Michael Stravato for The New York TimesHOUSTON — As school districts across the country consider placing more police officers in…
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Police Move to End ‘Stop and Search’ Abuses
Source: The Royal Gazette
By Ayo JohnsonAction is being taken to end abuses of a controversial law giving police powers to stop and search people without cause.Attorney General and Minister of Justice Kim Wilson told The Royal Gazette that she recognised that the law, section 315F of the Criminal…
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Ireland’s UPR
Ireland's UPR was written and produced by award winning film maker Aoibheann O'Sullivan. The film documents the compilation and submission of Your Rights. Right Now-Ireland's UPR Stakeholder Report. On 21 March 2011 the Your Rights. Right Now campaign submitted its joint civil society stakeholder report to the 12th Session of the…
Resource type: Video
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Keeping Memory Alive
Source: Gara LaMarche
It wasn’t easy ten years ago when 19 people from diverse backgrounds in Northern Ireland came together to talk about setting up the Healing Through Remembering (HTR) Project. Intense feelings and bitter memories of the conflict made it sometimes hard to be in the same…
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SA Constitution : A non-racial effort
Source: BusinessDay
FRANNY RABKINSA’s political tumult loomed large at Liliesleaf Farm in Johannesburg on Thursday as a group of business, legal and intellectual leaders came together to form a new civil society body to promote the constitution and guard against what the Congress of South African Trade…
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Oct. 12th Event - Celebrating Financial Reform: What Happened and What’s Next?
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
With President Obama’s signature on 21 July 2010, consumer protections were established and strengthened regulations were put in place that will provide increased oversight and transparency of the financial sector as a whole. Throughout the campaign for financial reform, progressive advocates made sure that the…
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