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Senate Hearing on Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline Shows Need for Federal Action to Reform School Discipline
Edward Ward, a youth leader with Chicago-based community organization Blocks Together, testified at the hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, on the school-to-prison pipeline. >>Watch the full hearing Positive Discipline Approaches Should Replace Suspension, Expulsion and Arrest…
Author: Dignity in Schools Campaign
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Anti-apartheid Veterans Left in the Lurch
BILL CORCORAN in Cape Town The South African government has introduced a Bill that will give pension and healthcare rights to the 56,000 registered veterans of the struggle against apartheid, but critics say the scheme does not go far enough IT IS 25 YEARS since…
Author: The Irish Times
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Vivien Labaton Appointed Director of Strategic Programme Initiatives at The Atlantic Philanthropies
New York, June 9, 2009 Vivien Labaton has been appointed Director of Strategic Programme Initatives at The Atlantic Philanthropies effective May 28, 2009. Labaton will work with Atlantic’s four programs in seven countries to develop and implement their grantmaking strategies to achieve social justice and…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Letters to the Editor: Philanthropy and Racism
Original Source To the Editor: Structural-racism training programs have helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations and community foundations, many of which are administered or operated by white people but primarily serve people of color, learn how to orient their theories of change from charity to empowerment…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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International Women's Day
In honour of International Women’s Day, we pulled out this article from our Atlantic Currents archives in which Gara LaMarche reflects on the importance of supporting women to achieve social justice and describes some of the remarkable projects we’re honoured to support. Supporting Initiatives By and For…
Author: Atlantic Currents
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As 2009 Nears, Stresses Vie with Opportunities for Atlantic and its Grantees
As 2008 draws to a close, organisations, just like individuals, should take a moment to reflect on the challenges and accomplishments of the year that is ending, and prepare for the one ahead. I’d like to do that, in this final column of an eventful…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Should Children Pay the Price for Inhumane U.S. Immigration Policies?
Every so often a story serves as a wake-up call that something is very wrong with the way the United States government deals with things. So it was with Saturday’s New York Times article about the actions of federal immigration agents last month in Ohio…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Finished, But Not Done
The last two months of 2016 marked the convergence of two critical events for The Atlantic Philanthropies and the people and communities we serve. The first was the completion this month of Atlantic’s grant commitments. We are bringing to conclusion $8 billion in grantmaking over 35…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Philanthropy's Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline
By Kavitha Mediratta Last year, at the beginning of ninth grade, my son’s friend Emmanuel was suspended from school for bringing a brick to class. Emmanuel had found the brick in the schoolyard, and with the satirical wit of a 14-year-old, named it “Softie” and…
Author: American Educator
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Department of Education Data Show Urgent Need to Address Racial Disparities in School Discipline
Today Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, announced the results of the latest Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) – a national survey of 72,000 schools – which shows that racial disparities in school discipline, including suspensions, expulsions and arrests, remain alarmingly high in districts and states across the…
Author: Dignity in Schools Coalition