Results List
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Litigating for Social Change Conference
October 19 – 21, 2016 Belfast, Northern Ireland This international conference will bring together NGOs, community activists, litigators, academics and funders to reflect on how strategic litigation can transform lives and enable people and communities to realise their rights. Register Now A joint project of…
Author: Law Centre NI
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ECRE Launches Asylum Information Database (AIDA) Website
The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) has launched the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) website, mapping asylum procedures, reception conditions and detention in 14 EU countries. The website is part of a project funded by EPIM and carried out in partnership with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee,…
Author: European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM)
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Foundations Giving Voice to the Voiceless
By Kimberley Chin, Programme Executive, The Atlantic Philanthropies Sound policy can only be effective if it represents the experiences and voices of the people it is trying to benefit. The theme for the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) annual meeting this year, The Power of Voice,…
Author: Grantmakers In Health
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Five $100,000 Purpose Prizes Awarded to Americans Making an Extraordinary Impact in their Encore Careers
2011 Winners Work to Create Jobs, Fight Climate Change, Help Immigrants in the U.S. and Improve the Lives of Orphans, Women and Children in China, Latin America SAN FRANCISCO – Civic Ventures today announced the 2011 winners of its Purpose Prize. Five social entrepreneurs over 60…
Author: Civic Ventures
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Social Justice: A Guiding Vision for Atlantic’s Final Chapter
All healthy institutions must from time to time take a look at what they are doing to see what’s working and what isn’t, to re-examine assumptions in light of changes in the environment – political, social, economic and philanthropic – and make any necessary adjustments.…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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New Senior Staff Hires Strengthen Atlantic for Social Justice Mission and Spending Down Assets
I don’t usually use this space for organisational announcements, but we have recently made three new appointments to Atlantic’s senior staff, who together bring enormous strengths to our mission and each of whom illustrates something important about where the foundation is going in its final…
Author: Gara LaMarche