Results List
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Highlight on Gara LaMarche, Recipient of the 2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award
On 12 May 2010, Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, was honoured with the 2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award at the annual Leadership Conference in Washington, DC.
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Lessons Learned from Health Care Reform – ‘Will They Get It Right?’
In March 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The bill could transform health care in the United States, and expand access for tens of millions. But the hardest part – implementation – still lies ahead. In this brief…
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Lessons Learned from Health Care Reform – ‘How It Happened’
In the yearlong campaign to pass health care reform in the United States, the bill was declared dead by the media over and over again. How did an unlikely coalition of activists win passage of this landmark reform? In this brief video highlight from The…
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Lessons Learned from Health Care Reform – ‘What Was Won’
In March 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. What does the bill actually do? In this brief video highlight from The Atlantic Philanthropies’ recent event, “The Historic Passage of Health Care Reform,” Judy Feder of Georgetown University and…
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Lessons Learned from Health Care Reform – ‘The Politics of Reform’
In the yearlong campaign for health care reform in the United States, politics almost derailed the push for change several times. From the “Tea Party” protests to the election of Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts, political brinksmanship around reform often overshadowed the substance…
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Older and Bolder Presents Report ‘Ageing, the Demographic Dividend and Work’
This video was recorded at the launch of the report commissioned by Older & Bolder and compiled by Professor Des O’Neill at Buswells Hotel, Dublin 2 on 10th May 2010.
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Marchers hit streets calling on Obama to act immediately on federal immigration reform
May 2, 2010 – Chicago Angered by a controversial Arizona immigration law, tens of thousands of protesters, including 50,000 alone in Los Angeles, rallied in cities nationwide demanding President Obama tackle immigration reform immediately.
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Gara LaMarche – Grant Makers Urged to Take An Activist Role
At the Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy conference in Denver on April 25, 2010, Gara LaMarche urged young grantmakers to use their voice to advocate on behalf of the groups they support and issues they care about.
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The Nature of Leadership – Remarks from Stacey Easterling
Atlantic Philanthropies Program Officer Stacey Easterling recently spoke about the responsibility, joys and burdens of true leadership at the 2010 Aging in America Conference in Chicago (March, 2010). Atlantic Philanthropies is a major sponsor of the Direct Care Alliance. Excerpts from her remarks follow: Leadership…
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Grantee Highlight – Inez McCormack Talks with Meryl Streep
Courtesy of The Daily Beast, “Jump Starting an Irish Campaign” Inez McCormack Talks with Meryl Streep After watching herself being portrayed by Meryl Streep, Northern Irish civil rights leader Inez McCormack stood on stage with the actress and talked about the play SEVEN — and…
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