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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…
Resource type: News
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A Meeting of Queer Minds
Source: Karen Martin
This report covers the exchange, key learnings and recommendations of leaders and activists from Irish and South African organisations representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (LGBTIs) at a retreat, sponsored by Atlantic, near Cape Town in March 2010. Introduction In March 2010, The…
Resource type: Research Report
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Announcing the 2010-2011 class of Health and Aging Policy Fellows
Source: Health and Aging Policy Fellows
The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is delighted to announce the 2010-2011 class of Health and Aging Policy Fellows. The goal of the Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program is to create a cadre of professional leaders who will serve as positive change agents…
Resource type: News
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The opposite of greed
Source: Financial Mail
By Carol Paton. Jay Naidoo, co-founder of investment holding company J&J Group, has given away a third of his wealth to charitable causes — echoing the “giving campaign” of US billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. Naidoo, who with fellow former trade unionist Jayendra Naidoo,…
Resource type: News
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The Great Give Away
Source: Sunday Times
When you have as much money as Bill Gates, you have to work damn hard to get rid of it. At least if you want to disposeof it wisely. So in May the Microsoft founder, whose fortune is estimated at $53 billion (¤40 billion), was…
Resource type: News
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Stepping Up To The Lifetime Giving Challenge
Source: Forbes
By Betsy Brill. Last month Bill Gates and Warren Buffett issued a call to action to their fellow billionaires to publicly pledge at least half of their fortunes to philanthropy. The "Giving Pledge" initiative has already triggered generous responses from high-profile donors. In response, Eli…
Resource type: News
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Obama Urges Fix to ‘Broken’ Immigration System
Source: The New York Times
By Peter Baker. WASHINGTON — President Obama pressed Congress on Thursday to adopt a sweeping plan to fix a “fundamentally broken” immigration system, taking on a volatile issue that has inflamed passions in a weak economy heading into the fall midterm campaign. In his first…
Resource type: News
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An Irishman's Diary
Source: The Irish Times
By Conor O'Clery. THE OTHER DAY I saw a man wearing a tie. I had never seen this man wearing a tie before, although he is 79 years old. I have travelled the world with him, eaten out in his company in cities as far…
Resource type: News
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Financial Overhaul Wins Final Approval in House
Source: The New York Times
By David Herszenhorn. WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday adopted legislation to revamp the nation’s financial regulatory system, voting mostly along party lines as partisan acrimony impeded cooperation even on the shared goals of averting future economic crises. The vote in the House was 237…
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Commencement at the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools
Gara LaMarche, Atlantic's President and CEO addressed the 2010 graduating class at the Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools in Haley Farm, Knoxville, Tennessee. I want to start out by saying that I have no recollection of the commencement address when I graduated from St. Bernard’s…
Resource type: Speech