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SpunOut.ie’s Ruairí McKiernan talks about promoting positive mental health and booking the Dalai LamaWhy did you start SpunOut.ie? It started in my bedroom in Ballyshannon, in rural south Donegal, in 2004. I’d been an activist with ambitions to change the world. But I became tired of being anti-everything.…

The Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Bermuda is more than an organisation – it is a way of life. The programme is an emerging, grassroots initiative that provides youth with the opportunity to explore their ideas, identity and future among peers, with the support and guidance from elders.…

 Night and a Day in QueenstownPosted by Gara LaMarche  | 18 March 2011, South AfricaAs Jack has chronicled, we arrived in Queenstown, the final leg of our journey in the Eastern Cape, in the dark, around 7 p.m.  This was a problem for two reasons.  First, we’d…

by Christopher HarrisLast summer, Alliance magazine editor Caroline Hartnell asked me if I thought it would be good to write another special feature on philanthropy and social justice. As she put it, was there something new to say? While there is still much to do to increase…

Perhaps because America is a nation of immigrants, immigration has always been a fraught political issue. How immigrants define themselves and how the laws determine who is welcome and who is not have played out in various ways throughout American history. Yet immigrants are among…

By Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent. An organisation which works with asylum seekers in Limerick has hit out at the living conditions in hostels. Doras Lumni, set up 10 years ago, provides a wide range of services, including English language classes to up to 700 asylum seekers,…

Atlantic Philanthropies has awarded $12 million to help implement the Elev8 program in Baltimore, the Baltimore Examiner reports. Administered by East Baltimore Development Inc., the Elev8 Baltimore project is designed to improve educational and social outcomes for middle grade youth and their families. The grant…

A program new to Baltimore is aiming to help nearly 500 families on the east side succeed by focusing specifically on its young people. City, school system and community leaders welcomed a $12 million grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies yesterday to implement Elev8 [pronounced "elevate"].…

National Council on Aging is an Atlantic grantee. Atlantic has supported the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for more than 3 years. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the availability of $27 million to help older individuals with chronic conditions to improve their health and reduce…

I returned this weekend from an extended visit to South Africa, where Atlantic has long been engaged in supporting organisations and leaders working on human rights, reconciliation and health issues. Ordinarily in a column, I try to drill down on some particular aspect of our…