Given the chance to advocate collectively, direct-care workers have been personally empowered to become influencers of public policy.
Carol Regan, PHI
What We're Learning
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Report: Advocacy Capacity Training Assessment: An Overview of the Field
The Headwaters Group -
Speech: Social Justice and the Life Course
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Report: South African Civil Society and Xenophobia
Strategy & Tactics -
Report: Winding Down the Atlantic Philanthropies: The First Eight Years: 2001-2009
Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society - More >
Atlantic Currents
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A “Life Course” Approach Breaks Down Silos to Strengthen Social Justice
I am just concluding almost a month working from Atlantic’s offices in Ireland. Among the many terrific experiences I’ve had was a visit to the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), where last week my colleagues and I met with the faculty of the Life Course Institute. The Institute, established with Atlantic’s support, is an innovative effort to advance an integrated approach to research on policy and services for older people, children and families, and people with disabilities.
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