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Lawmakers Concerned Executive Action On Immigration Could Mean Legal Limbo For Undocumented
A protester takes part in a demonstration calling for immigration reform at a rally in Chicago, Illinois, March 27, 2014. Jim Young / Reuters By Katie Nocera WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers have pushed the Obama administration to take significant action on deportations of undocumented immigrants…
Author: BuzzFeed
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Teaching the TRC
Shikaya recently held Teaching the TRC, an interactive event for teachers, to support them in exposing a new generation of learners to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The producers of REwind invited Shikaya to create an event for teachers to run alongside the Cape…
Author: Shikaya Newsletter 2011 - Vol. II
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McGuinness backs refugee reform
Former Supreme Court judge and president of the Law Reform Commission Catherine McGuinness has become a sponsor of the Irish Refugee Council, expressing an interest in promoting comprehensive reform of the asylum system. “For many years I have watched with concern how the lack of…
Author: Irish Times
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Paeans of pain-filled hope return
Wrenching cantata based on TRC testimony takes to the stage again, writes Robyn Sassen By Robyn Sassen When a brief season of composer Philip Miller’s REwind was announced in Johannesburg three years ago, the news spread like wildfire – and the performances were all sold…
Author: Sunday Times
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SA frets over World Cup immigrant boom
The Forced Migration Studies Programme at the University of Witswatersrand is an Atlantic grantee. by COURTNEY BROOKS JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Godfrey Smith left his native Malawi last year to hunt for a job in Johannesburg, certain that the Soccer World Cup would bring a…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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South Africa Endorses Interim President
by BARRY BEARAK and ALAN COWELL JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Parliament chose Kgalema Motlanthe as the country’s interim president on Thursday, sealing the political demise of Thabo Mbeki, whose nine-year tenure came to an ignominious end last weekend when the governing African National Congress ousted…
Author: The New York Times
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Troubles past: Northern Ireland conflict remembered
by Stephen Bates As a memorial it may have somewhat lacked the poignancy of a Remembrance Sunday or the sense of devastating loss from the trenches of the first world war, but yesterday, with due ceremony, the longest British military deployment in history – the…
Author: The Guardian (London)
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Announces President and CEO Gara LaMarche to Step Down; Transition Plan Underway
NEW YORK, NY, June 03, 2011 – The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Board of Directors today announced that President and CEO Gara LaMarche has notified it of his intent not to seek a second five-year contract and step down from his position at the Foundation on September…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Warren Buffett Honors His Hero, the Billionaire Who Secretly Gave It All Away
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates share a common hero, the under-the-radar philanthropist Chuck Feeney. By Dan Alexander Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are the two most iconic philanthropists in the world, having given away tens of billions to much fanfare. But their role model is…
Author: Forbes
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10 Americans Over 60 Win The Purpose Prize for Making an Extraordinary Impact in their Encore Careers
News Release From Fighting U.S. Foreclosures to Rebuilding Afghanistan, 10 Social Innovators Receive $750,000 Total for Combining Passion and Experience for Social Good Civic Ventures today announced the 2010 winners of its Purpose Prize. Five $100,000 and five $50,000 prizes will go to social…
Author: Civic Ventures