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More Caring, Less Fear
By Robert K. Ross, M.D., President and CEO of The California Endowment, and Tonya Allen, President and CEO of the Skillman Foundation, who are co-chairs of the Executives’ Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys and Men of Color — a growing network of nearly 40 national, regional…
Author: Huffington Post
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Atlantic Joins the White House and Leading Foundations to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color
Over $200 million invested to-date to address racial disparities in life outcomes Additional $70 million earmarked for school discipline, criminal justice and Elev8 grantees February 27, 2014 – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced today that they have joined with the White House and nine other…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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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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Atlantic and Leading Foundations Recommend Collective Action to Advance Opportunity for Young Men of Color
Download the report (PDF) New York, NY – The Atlantic Philanthropies joined 10 of the nation’s leading foundations today in releasing a report, “A Time for Action: Mobilizing Philanthropic Support for Boys and Young Men of Color” outlining recommendations for coordinated action and funding across…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Lives in Limbo: ‘It Affects You As a Parent and a Man’
The direct provision system for asylum seekers has a high human and social cost, and adapting to normal life afterwards is a slow process. VIDEO: Heidar has recently gained refugee status and has left the direct provision system. He speaks about the difficulties he has…
Author: The Irish Times
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NCOA Receives a Major Grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to Enroll Limited Income Beneficiaries in Medicare Part D
Contact: Scott Parkin (202) 479-6975 Scott.Parkin@ncoa.org WASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2006 The National Council on the Aging (NCOA) has received a $7.9 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to bolster its work enrolling Medicare-eligible seniors and people with disabilities who have limited incomes and resources…
Author: National Council on the Aging
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NIYLP: Changing Young Lives in Big Ways
Original Source by H. Haveman The National Indian Youth Leadership Project (NIYLP) is an American Indian-owned and -operated, nonprofit organization that has been working with at-risk youth for over twenty-five years. Though working out of Gallup for the majority of that time, NIYLP’s programs have…
Author: Gallup Journey Magazine