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Community Pulse: Oakland School District is building eight school-based health centers
By Erica Mu. The Pulse pulls together the week’s community health, healthcare, medical and health research headlines. Below is an excerpt. Community Pulse It takes a village to keep a clinic open – at least that’s the case with Lyon-Martin Health Services, San Francisco’s Castro-based…
Author: KALW News
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National Native American Substance-Abuse Prevention Program Named Best Practice by First Nations Behavioral Health
The National Indian Youth Leadership Project is an Atlantic grantee. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Indian Youth Leadership Project’s substance-abuse prevention program, Project Venture, has been named as one of nine Tribal Best Practices among other nationwide substance-abuse programs for Native American children by the…
Author: National Indian Youth Leadership Project
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Youth group opens centre in former drug den in North Hamilton
By TAURIA RAYNOR A building once used for illicit activity has been completely transformed by a grassroots organisation that provides free assistance to entrepreneurs. Youth on the Move (YOM) was founded on the principle that the ability to achieve something positive, is within everyone’s reach.…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Obama to Sign Landmark National-Service Measure on Tuesday
Original Source By Suzanne Perry The nonprofit world will take a break from its economic woes and celebrate a big political victory on Tuesday when President Obama signs landmark legislation that boosts national service, volunteerism, and innovative social projects. The president, fulfilling a campaign pledge…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Funding Community Organizing: Social Change through Civic Participation
In this guide by GrantCraft, U.S. funders and organisers discuss what makes community organising effective, how to manage grantee relationships over time, understanding the value of process, and the grantmaker’s special role in fostering change. Grantmakers who fund community organizing say it’s the best option…
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Barack and the guru of Belfield
Obama’s economics expert is in UCD researching pre-schoolers Original Source By Kim Bielenberg He is the economics guru who could help to shape the future of America — and he is currently carrying out research on pre-school children in Dublin. As he plans to solve…
Author: Irish Independent
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2008 Fred Rogers Award Honoree: Debra Delgado
Original Source At the 2008 Annual Conference in Chicago, Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families awarded the 2008 Fred Rogers Leadership Award in Philanthropy for Children, Youth and Families posthumously to our beloved friend and colleague Debra Delgado. Debra was a wonderfully fun and compassionate…
Author: Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families
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Civil rights groups file suits on voter harassment
by HEATHER CLARK Two civil rights groups have filed separate lawsuits to stop members of the Republican Party from obtaining and making public private voter information and intimidating voters ahead of Election Day. The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, filed a…
Author: The Associated Press State & Local Wire
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How Will We Reach the 'Tipping Point' in a New Movement for Older Americans?
At the beginning of every nonprofit movement – whether it succeeds or fails – the founders probably feel like Odysseus. No matter how much momentum you start with, and how many battles you win in creating an idea and whipping up enthusiasm for it, actually…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Major Grant Expands Center for the Study of Inequality
By Linda B. Glaser A recent, $10 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to Cornell’s Center for the Study of Inequality (CSI) will support new research and educational opportunities focused on the causes and consequences of inequality. Center for the Study of Inequality at Cornell…
Author: Cornell Chronicle