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ICI launches racist incident reporting and support service
The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) will start a new service next week for people who have experienced or witnessed racist incidents. The Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) is an independent, non-governmental organisation working with and for migrants by providing information and support, advocacy and…
Author: The Immigrant Council of Ireland
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Moving Lives
Moving Lives is an interactive portrait and online case study of the Immigrant Council of Ireland – an independent law centre located in Dublin working nationally and internationally. Moving Lives uses character-driven stories to lead you to behind-the-scenes reflection on the Council’s distinctive way of working across…
Author: The Immigrant Council of Ireland
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Advocacy – Often the Most Direct Route to Social Change
Supporting advocates who work to persuade members of the U.S. Congress of the necessity of allocating more federal money for children’s health programmes… Backing public interest lawyers whose arguments convince the U.S. Supreme Court that capital punishment for youth is unconstitutional…. Convincing lawmakers to…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Hate Campaigns Can’t Block Overdue Steps Toward Fair Treatment of Immigrants
Barack Obama’s campaign gave hope to millions of immigrants and their leading advocates. Atlantic has been proud to support and stand with these groups in the long campaign for comprehensive immigration reform. But that hope has been strained of late, and it is time to…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Supporting Initiatives By and For Women Is Critical To Achieving Social Justice
In their new book, “Half the Sky,” Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wu Dunn assert that there can be no social or economic justice, or human rights progress around the world, that does not have women and girls at its core. It’s a…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Older & Bolder: Irish Seniors Organise for Action
On a visit to Ireland last week, I got a glimpse of a compelling example of the power that an organized community can have – “The Older & Bolder Campaign,” a collaborative initiative among five organizations working to improve the quality of life for older…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Not Just a Numbers Game: Budget Cuts Threaten Those Already Struggling
“Oh, I really feel we’ve been led up the garden path…We are the people that worked. We put this country on its feet, and we’re the people that are being hit every which way.” – Diane, age 81, in Dublin, Ireland Across many of the geographies…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Letter from Belfast: In a Time of Strengthening Peace, Communities and Advocates Raise Their Voices for Social Justice
Time was, not too long ago, that sectarian violence ruled Belfast, but in recent years the bombs have largely fallen silent. The more rare outbursts of violence – such as the March killings of two British soldiers ambushed during a pizza delivery – have been…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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The Global Financial Crisis and Philanthropy: Altering Course in a Perfect Storm
The roots of the global financial crisis, and the paths out of it, are matters for debate. But what no one disputes is that the landscape in which foundations like Atlantic are working has been dramatically altered, and likely will be for some time to…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Fritz Schwarz to Head The Atlantic Philanthropies Board; Two New Board Members Named
New York, July 3, 2008 The Board of Directors of The Atlantic Philanthropies has elected Frederick Fritz A. O. Schwarz, Jr., as chairman and appointed two new board members. The two new board members are Cecilia Munoz, Vice President of the National Council of LaRaza,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies