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Craftsman picks up entrepreneur award
Source: The Irish Times
STEVEN CARROLL AN 18-year-old craftsman has been honoured as Ireland’s young entrepreneur of the year after building a toy-making business following the birth of his son. Kyle McMahon from Coolock in Dublin began hand-making wooden toy trains, jigsaws and clocks as part of his course…
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The Power of the People
Source: The Bermudian
The calling of Gavin Smith and the Chewstick movement WRITTEN BY COOPER STEVENSON | PHOTOGRAPHY BY: SCOTT TUCKERChewstick founder Gavin Djata Smith and Carly Lodge There is a corps of Bermudian creatives that, every Saturday night, makes its way into Hamilton to gather on Court Street and…
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Charlie hunting millionaire angels
Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld)
by Daryl PassmoreAUSTRALIA'S biggest philanthropist will recruit some of Queensland's richest people for a "committee of angels" to raise tens of millions of dollars a year for charity.KEEPS ON GIVING: American billionaire and philanthropist Charles 'Chuck' Feeney. PIC. Rob Maccoll Source: The Sunday Mail (Qld)American billionaire Charles…
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It’s Time to End Zero Tolerance in Schools: A Call To Action
Source: Gara LaMarche
It is too early to know whether the current wave of school reforms in the United States will lead to lasting improvements in student achievement. But it is not too early to note that many of these reforms have a troubling consequence: a doubling-down on…
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Working for Lasting Social Change
A short message from former President & CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, Gara LaMarche, about how Atlantic promotes social justice in the seven countries in which we work.
Resource type: Video
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Nearly 400 National, State and Local Organizations Urge House Leaders to Hold Children Harmless in FY 2012 Budget Resolution
Source: First Focus
Washington D.C. – Today, a coalition of nearly 400 national, state, and local children’s advocacy organizations have joined together to express their deep concern to Congressional leaders about the proposal to drastically reduce funding for the Medicaid program as outlined in the fiscal year 2012…
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Obama risks losing liberals with talk of cutting budget
Source: The Washington Post
By Zachary A. Goldfarb and Peter WallstenPresident Obama faces a growing rebellion on the left as he courts independent voters and Republicans with his vision for reducing the nation’s debt by cutting government spending and restraining the costs of federal health insurance programs.Key liberal groups,…
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Forum calls on citizens to help reinvigorate nation
Source: Irish Examiner
A NATIONAL gathering of concerned citizens is to be held in the summer with a view to re-invigorating Ireland’s democratic institutions and restoring trust in public life.We the Citizens, an independent national forum aimed at showing the benefits of public engagement with national decision making,…
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Independent initiative to help renew trust in public life
Source: We the Citizens
NATIONAL CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY TO BE HELD IN JUNEWe the Citizens, an independent national initiative aimed at showing how Ireland could benefit from citizens coming together in new forms of public decision-making, has been launched in Dublin. The objective is to help to renew democracy and…
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Philanthropy On Trial
Source: Council on Foundations
The Defendant: Philanthropy at large. The Charge: Not fulfilling its mission of advancing the common good.The Sentence if Found Guilty: Loss of specialized tax status.Culminating the conference was Philanthropy on Trial, a courtroom "mockudrama" that sought to answer the question: Is philanthropy meeting its mission of…
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