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The story behind The Atlantic Philanthropies’ embrace of social justice is recounted in this speech by Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, at the Ford Foundation Convening on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace in February 2009 in Cairo, Egypt. It is bracing…

Newspaper reporters, baseball pitching scouts, art dealers and movie studio casting agents all provide models for philanthropy to follow in finding and cultivating talented programme officers, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech to the Foundation Impact Research Group, Terry…

We are now 15 years into our democracy and we have yet to remove one of the most important barriers to access to health by the poor - money. The 1994 National Health Plan of the ANC called for ensuring that all South Africans, rich…

South African corporates have traditionally shied away from investment in human rights and social justice programmes. In this feature article, Colleen du Toit and Gerald Kraak from the Atlantic Philanthropies propose co-operation between northern donors and local companies to enhance the impact of mutual investments…

Inez McCormack, the well known local trade union, women's and human rights activist, has collected the prestigious Irish Tatler Women of the Year Award 2008 (NI category). Nominations for the accolade were made by readers of the Irish Tatler magazine and a judging panel, chaired…

The Aids Law Project, the Legal Resources Centre and Lawyers for Human Rights are Atlantic grantees. by Louise Flanagan Destitute people who were arrested while sleeping outside the Methodist Church in central Joburg a week ago say police beat them, insulted them, gave them electric…

Original Source By Lauren Foster Ann Beeson has tackled some tough issues in her career as a human rights advocate and litigator, including challenging the National Security Agency's illegal surveillance of Americans without a warrant and the constitutionality of the Patriot Act. Now, as executive…

The roots of the global financial crisis, and the paths out of it, are matters for debate. But what no one disputes is that the landscape in which foundations like Atlantic are working has been dramatically altered, and likely will be for some time to…

By Morris Arvoy Albie Sachs, an internationally known human rights activist and top judge in South Africa, suffered solitary confinement and exile and survived a bomb attack by South African security agents during the arduous fight to end apartheid. Sachs, 78, went on to help…

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…