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Happy 30th Birthday Alliance for Justice!
Hundreds of supporters gathered today to celebrate 30 years in which Alliance for Justice has been leading the fight for a more equitable society on behalf of a broad constituency of environmental, consumer, civil and women’s rights, children’s, senior citizens’ and other groups. The Vision…
Author: Alliance for Justice Blog
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Alliance for Justice and Council on Foundations Release New Publication, Words to Give By: Leading Voices in Advocacy Funding
November 20, 2008, Washington, DC—In today’s uncertain financial climate, people everywhere have been forced to reevaluate their budgets and foundations are no exception. With less money available to support their program work, many foundations are looking for ways to target their grants in order to…
Author: Alliance for Justice / Council on Foundations
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Field Dispatches: Voices in Action: National Youth Summit
On 26 February 2011 at Howard University in Washington DC, over 350 youth from across the country convened at the “Voices in Action: National Youth Summit” to help the United States’ Department of Education shape its strategies to achieve President Obama’s goal of having the…
Author: Elev8 and the Alliance for Educational Justice
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Improving access to justice through Public Interest Law Alliance
By Larry Donnelly. “PUBLIC INTEREST law . . . what’s that, an oxymoron?” So remarked broadcaster and Irish Times columnist Vincent Browne at a Dublin conference held by the Public Interest Law Alliance (Pila) last April. We in Pila, and in our parent organisation the…
Author: Irish Times
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Government Promises to End the Detention of Minors in an Adult Regime
Statement from Children’s Rights Alliance By Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of Children’s Rights Alliance The Children’s Rights Alliance congratulates the Government’s promise to end the detention of 16- and 17-year-old boys in St. Patrick’s Institution. This is a momentous achievement for the Minister for Children…
Author: Children's Rights Alliance
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Sit Down, Stand Up: Social Justice Philanthropy Revisited
by Christopher Harris Last summer, Alliance magazine editor Caroline Hartnell asked me if I thought it would be good to write another special feature on philanthropy and social justice. As she put it, was there something new to say? While there is still much to do to…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Top Cops and Prosecutors Form Alliance to Battle Crime and Prison Crowding
By Simone Weichselbaum Leaders of the nation’s major police departments announced on Wednesday that they have joined forces with current and former federal, state and local prosecutors in an alliance to reduce crime as well as the country’s swollen prison population. The group, which calls…
Author: The Marshall Project
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Using the Film "The Help" to Help Domestic Workers
The National Domestic Workers Alliance, an Atlantic grantee, is using the success of the movie The Help to draw attention to the issues domestic workers face across the country. In association with TakePart they interviewed domestic workers from around the country about the issues facing…
Author: TakePart and the National Domestic Workers Alliance
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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
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CSI and social justice: towards partnership with northern donors?
South African corporates have traditionally shied away from investment in human rights and social justice programmes. In this feature article, Colleen du Toit and Gerald Kraak from the Atlantic Philanthropies propose co-operation between northern donors and local companies to enhance the impact of mutual investments…
Author: Published in The CSI Handbook, 10th edition, published by Trialogue, 2007