Results List
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Stephen McConnell on the Civic Participation Action Fund
Source: Civic Participation Action Fund (CPAF)
Stephen McConnell, Atlantic’s former U.S. Country Director, discusses the Civic Participation Action Fund (CPAF), a new, independent Washington, D.C.-based organization established with Atlantic’s support. With important social justice movements around the nation gaining momentum, committed advocacy and voter engagement is critical. McConnell describes how the organization…
Resource type: Video
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How Private Wealth Can Change the World
Source: By Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, delivered this speech at an international conference held by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin: The Era of Citizens – How Civil Society and Foundations are Shaping the Future. The conference was opened by German…
Resource type: Speech
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Ireland’s UPR
Ireland’s UPR was written and produced by award winning film maker Aoibheann O’Sullivan. The film documents the compilation and submission of Your Rights. Right Now-Ireland’s UPR Stakeholder Report. On 21 March 2011 the Your Rights. Right Now campaign submitted its joint civil society stakeholder report to the 12th Session of the…
Resource type: Video
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Securing a Bill of Rights
The 1998 Belfast Agreement stressed the centrality of protecting human rights to building a better future for Northern Ireland. The Agreement made explicit commitments to producing a Bill of Rights (BOR) for Northern Ireland. This process of achieving a Bill has been beset with political…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Reasons for Optimism on Immigration and Progressive Reform
In October 2010, award-winning journalist Bill Moyers moderated a discussion between Gara LaMarche, President of The Atlantic Philanthropies, and Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director of the Campaign for Community Change about the road ahead for progressives in the current political climate, and the connection between philanthropy…
Resource type: Video
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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…
Resource type: Video
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2008 Annual Report
The 2008 Annual Report tells the story of The Atlantic Philanthropies and its revised strategy incorporating social justice into the fabric of its grantmaking. It also highlights the outstanding work of 14 grantees to make lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people.
Resource type: Annual Report