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The Atlantic Philanthropies and its network of partners are using advocacy and communications to end capital punishment in the United States once and for all. By Annmarie Benedict & Eric Brown The use of the death penalty in the United States is arguably one of…

Stacey Easterling is a Programme Executive for Ageing at The Atlantic Philanthropies. In 2007, The Atlantic Philanthropies began funding a national pilot in which success depended on engaging, and helping shift society’s perceptions of, people over age 60. This pilot needed to take hold in a range…

The 1998 Belfast Agreement stressed the centrality of protecting human rights to building a better future for Northern Ireland. The Agreement made explicit commitments to producing a Bill of Rights (BOR) for Northern Ireland. This process of achieving a Bill has been beset with political…

The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS), based in the Dublin Institute of Technology, is an innovative three-year media initiative (2007-2010) to produce broadcast, photographic and print stories on immigration and integration. The seven project partners aim to influence public opinion and shape immigration policy…

FOMACS web site Launched in March 2007, The Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) is a collaborative public media project, producing film, photographic, digital storytelling, radio, animation and print stories on the topic of immigration and integration in Ireland, with the aim of reaching and…

Two new journalism scholarships established in honour of the late Irish Times journalist Mary Holland were presented at a reception in Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) yesterday evening. The awards are aimed at encouraging prospective students who are living in Ireland - but who were…

The Memory Box', produced by Atlantic Grantee Forum On Migrations and Communications, has won the audience prize for 'Best Irish Documentary Short' at the 'Stranger than Fiction' Film Festival, held at the Irish Film Institute September 13-16, 07. The film was also profiled on RTE,…

This evaluation of Atlantic’s grantmaking to support the economic security of low-income elders identifies elements most likely to help advance a policy agenda when working in a politically charged environment:  Use a state-by-state approach and target multiple levels of government to show incremental progress for national results…

How can we achieve more impact through partnerships between philanthropy and government? What does philanthropy need to do differently to better work with government groups to address the 21st century’s most pressing problems? And how can better communication play a part in achieving these goals?…

Bruce S. Trachtenberg, Advisor, Communications NetworkBy Bruce S. TrachtenbergThe idea of time-limiting foundations seems to be gaining more traction. As counterpoint, a recent Philanthropy New York program asked: “What Is the Case for Foundations Living in Perpetuity?”PNY gathered a group of three leaders of foundations…