Results List
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Call for measures to include immigrants in politics
Source: Irish Times
ELAINE EDWARDSCAMPAIGN: THE NEXT government must put in place measures to increase the participation of migrants and new communities in political life, immigrant representatives urged. The Count Us In campaign was opened by the Immigrant Council of Ireland at Leinster House yesterday. It is supported by…
Resource type: News
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GLEN bid for the ILGA-Europe Annual Conference 2012
This video is part of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN)’s successful bid to host the 2012 International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) annual conference in Dublin. GLEN presented the bid at the 2010 ILGA-Europe conference in The Hague on October…
Resource type: Video
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Obama Era Offers Opportunity for Philanthropy to Push for Racial Equity
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
By Sterling K. Speirn. The election of our first African-American president gave many Americans hope that the United States was ready to make significant and genuine progress in the area of racial equity. Some commentators even suggested that this milestone meant we now live in…
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Migrant Workers Hold Demonstration at Batt O'Keeffe's Office
Source: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Dublin, Ireland - Over 200 migrant workers from across the country, along with trade union, community sector and employer allies, held a demonstration outside the offices of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe, T.D., calling on him to give workers employed through…
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Launch of MCRI 'Tools for Social Change' resource guide
Source: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Original Source In association with the Centre for Applied Social Studies, NUI Maynooth and the Community Workers Cooperative, MRCI has developed a resource guide for community work with migrant workers and their families. The aim of ‘Tools for Social Change’ is to illustrate a community…
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Law Professor Elected President of the A.C.L.U.
Source: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The American Civil Liberties Union elected a new president on Saturday, choosing a constitutional law scholar who said she would reach out to African-Americans and to religious communities where the group has often been viewed more as foe than friend. The selection of Susan Herman,…
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Atlantic Quietly Closes Its Doors in Ireland After 30 Years of Philanthropy
Source: The Irish Times
Chuck Feeney's 'historic act of extraordinary generosity' financed transformational change.
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Finished, But Not Done
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
As Atlantic wraps up its work, including completing our grantmaking this year, one of our final acts is to invest in a community of emerging leaders whose efforts to build a better world will outlast the foundation.
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity FAQ
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
If you have questions about the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity program, hopefully they've been answered below. Why did Atlantic and its partners launch the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity? What is anti-black racism? Why does it matter? What is the Atlantic Fellows for Racial…
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Why are some students subjected to harsher discipline than others? How can we fix this problem?
Source: Kavitha Mediratta and M. Karega Rausch
This post is an excerpt from Kavitha Mediratta's and M. Karega Rausch's introduction to Inequality in School Discipline, a new book that fills a critical void by providing the most current and authoritative information on what is known about disciplinary disparities.
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