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A Room of Her Own
Source: StoryCorps
Rosalie Berkowitz almost died when Medicare denied her home health care and nursing aides stopped their visits. In 2012, Rosalie was part of a class-action suit pursuing protection of Medicare benefits for people with chronic illnesses. Learn More The Center for Medicare Advocacy provides education,…
Resource type: Video
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School-Based Health Services Help Students Develop to Their Full Potential
Oakland sixth-grader Carlos Mazariego took his first trip away from home when he travelled to Washington, D.C., for a national Elev8 youth advocacy trip. He and nine other students met with staff from the offices of California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and advocated…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Some 'big ideas' from the left
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Policy proposals are worth checking out. Original Source By Chris Satullo Inquirer Columnist Conservatism's long heyday in national politics is grinding to an ugly halt. The demise may have been inevitable; cue in Eric Hoffer's oft-quoted line that every cause begins as a movement, turns…
Resource type: News
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The Ethical Argument for Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination of Health Workers
Source: The Atlantic Fellows
Dr Tharani Loganathan, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity in Southeast Asia Recently, an unvaccinated employee set off a COVID-19 outbreak in a nursing home in Kentucky, USA with dozens of residents infected and several deaths. COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals in Malaysia have brought home with…
Resource type: News
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10 Americans Over 60 Win The Purpose Prize for Making an Extraordinary Impact in their Encore Careers
Source: Civic Ventures
News ReleaseFrom Fighting U.S. Foreclosures to Rebuilding Afghanistan, 10 Social Innovators Receive $750,000 Total for Combining Passion and Experience for Social Good Civic Ventures today announced the 2010 winners of its Purpose Prize. Five $100,000 and five $50,000 prizes will go to social entrepreneurs over 60…
Resource type: News
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'Professionals are flogging unregistered HIV remedies'
Source: Cape Times (South Africa)
The University of KwaZulu-Natal and the Treatment Action Campaign are Atlantic grantees. by Sonya Bell Sales of unregistered medicines to HIV patients are being made by medical professionals, according to academics, activists and medical practitioners across the country. "This is a problem and I think…
Resource type: News
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Obama praises nonprofit, including N.H. group
Source: The Boston Globe
Harlem Children’s Zone and Teach for America are Atlantic grantees, and Bonnie CLAC is an Atlantic grantee via the Purpose Prize. by Foon Rhee President Obama this afternoon praised a New Hampshire nonprofit that helps poor people buy fuel-efficient reliable cars in a White House event designed to highlight innovative programs…
Resource type: News
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Babies & Boomers
Source: Mail Tribune (South Oregon)
'Engaging Boomers in Early Childhood' grants help area nonprofits attain more older volunteers to assist children Original Source The Family Nurturing Center in Medford, Oregon is one of three Community Experience Partnership pilot sites. CEP is an Atlantic grantee. By Sanne Specht Becky Walsh sits…
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Six Entrepreneurs Over 60 Win $100,000 Purpose Prizes for Innovation, Extraordinary Contribution in Encore Careers
Source: Civic Ventures
Nine Others Win $10,000 Each, as Experienced Adults Prove to be an Unexpected Source of Social Innovation SAN FRANCISCO - One winner put his mechanical know-how to work and invented a $28 machine to help rural African villagers shell peanuts more efficiently. Another, in Fargo,…
Resource type: News
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Retired Job Seekers Swell Unemployment Rolls
Source: New America Media
Original Source and Video New America Media, News Report//Video, Story: Leslie Casimir//Video: Josue Rojas and Lesile Casimir Editor's Note: Many elderly people from minority and low-income communities are coming out of retirement to look for full-time jobs. But as the unemployment rate soars and the…
Resource type: News