Results List
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Aging and Community: ASA Presents National Forum on Civic Engagement
Source: American Society on Aging
Original Source The 2009 ASA-NCOA Aging in America Conference devoted a full day on March 16th to a National Forum on Civic Engagement, which presented best practices in civic engagement inspired by the 2006-2007 winter issue of ASA’s journalGenerations, Civic Engagement in Later Life. A…
Resource type: News
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Investing in Effective Approaches to Civic Engagement: An Evaluation Research Project with the Civic Participation Action Fund
Source: Margaret Post and Marti Frank
Commissioned by the Civic Participation Action Fund (CPAF), this research investigated how 501(c)(4) organizations build and sustain capacity through issue and candidate campaigns. Case studies of three grassroots organizations explain how capacities were built, the extent to which campaigns supported their development, and the conditions…
Resource type: Research Report
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A New Story About Later Life: The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Effort to Expand Civic Engagement Among Older Americans
Source: Tony Proscio, Duke Sanford School of Public Policy
A nearly decade-long effort by The Atlantic Philanthropies to promote Civic Engagement of Older Adults — a new field dedicated to developing programmes and policies to provide greater opportunities to work, learn and volunteer after age 60 — yielded six broad lessons, according to this report. The $120 million…
Resource type: Research Report
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Promoting Civic Engagement in Later Life Through the Touchstone Programme
Source: Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUI Galway
Touchstone is a program of the Active Ageing Partnership of Ireland, developed in partnership with the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology at NUI Galway, designed to expand opportunities for older adults to become more engaged in their communities. This publication summarizes results of the program, including what was learned about what influences…
Resource type: Research Report
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Study Examines Civic Engagement Among Teach for America Graduates
Source: Philanthropy News Digest
Teach for America is an Atlantic grantee. While Teach for America has managed to recruit thousands of recent college graduates to commit to teach in the nation's most troubled schools for two years, their dedication does not necessarily extend to other areas of society, a…
Resource type: News
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Increasing the Civic Engagement of Third Age Health Professionals
Source: American Health Initiatives
Taking Action From its inception AHI has worked to build a sustainable platform for public dialogue about a quality system in which every American is assured equitable and affordable access to basic health care. To do that we designed and successfully tested two central platform…
Resource type: News
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ASA's Civic Engagement Program
Source: American Society on Aging
The American Society of Aging has received a three year grant by The Atlantic Philanthropies to explore the developing area of civic engagement by older adults. For more information click here: http://www.asaging.org/civiceng/index.cfm
Resource type: News
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Colorado Civic Engagement Roundtable
$700,000
Resource type: Grantee
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PACE – Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
$400,000
Resource type: Grantee
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Say Hello to the Civic Participation Action Fund
Source: Civic Participation Action Fund
With important social justice movements around the nation gaining momentum, committed advocacy and voter engagement is critical. To continue Atlantic's support for policy change in the United States beyond our limited life, Atlantic has established a new, independent Washington, D.C.-based organization, the Civic Participation Action Fund…
Resource type: Video
