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Declaration of the Civil Society Conference held on 27-28 October 2010, Boksburg, South Africa
The Civil Society Conference held on 27-28 October 2010 was a historic turning point in the history of South Africa. Over 300 delegates from 56 mass-based civil society organisations, with a combined membership of millions of South Africans, came together to rebuild a strong, mass…
Author: The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
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Centre to help foreigners opens
Lee-Anne Butler. FOREIGNERS who have settled in the Eastern Cape can now get help and support from the newly opened Refugee Rights Centre in Central. Housed in the Institute for Sustainable Government and Development at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Bird Street campus, the centre…
Author: Weekend Post
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Foundation Center Launches Tool to Visualize Impact of Philanthropy
The New York City-based Foundation Center has announced the launch of a data visualization tool to help grantmakers, policy makers, researchers, and others better understand the impact of philanthropy around the world. Philanthropy In/Sight allows registered users to create customized Google maps to explore giving patterns,…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Consensus on Learning Time Builds
by Catherine Gewertz Under enormous pressure to prepare students for a successful future-and fearful that standard school hours don’t offer enough time to do so-educators, policymakers, and community activists are adding more learning time to children’s lives. This issue is hot right now, said Bela…
Author: Education Week
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Unstuck in the Middle
By Jay Matthews FOR MANY AMERICAN PARENTS, MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS BECOME SOMETHING TO DREAD. They hear that even the fancy private middle schools that charge $20,000 a year will be one of two things: a lockdown prison or an anything-goes playpen. Educators have mostly given…
Author: The Washington Post
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Lessons on School Discipline, from South Carolina to NYC
By Miaija Jawara and Kesi Foster Mayor Bill de Blasio announcing a contract deal last year with the union that represents school safety agents. (Photo: Rob Bennett/Mayoral Photography Office) When the world saw the recent video of a white police officer brutalizing a young black…
Author: City & State
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Marikana: Civil Society demands justice and truth
The following statement was issued by a group of Atlantic’s Reconciliation & Human Rights grantees in South Africa. Civil Society Statement Regarding the Killings at Marikana We are human rights organisations that seek to protect and promote the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (the…
Author: Daily Maverick
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Doctors Kamiar and Arash Alaei on CNN's "Sanjay Gupta, MD"
Dr. Arash Alaei was released from prison in Iran last month after serving three years of his sentence. He arrived in the U.S. on October 22, when he was reunited with his brother Kamiar, also imprisoned but released in late 2010. During the Alaei brothers’…
Author: Physicians for Human Rights
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Study exposes some some myths about school discipline
By Donna St. George Here’s one myth of school debunked: Harsh discipline is not always a reflection of the students in a particular school. It can be driven by those in charge. In a study of nearly a million Texas children described as an unprecedented…
Author: The Washington Post
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Quinn signs death penalty ban, commutes 15 death row sentences to life
Posted by Ray Long. SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn today signed into law a historic ban on the death penalty in Illinois and commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates to life without parole. The governor said he followed his conscience. He said he…
Author: Clout Street