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Job Posting: Executive Director, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) is an Atlantic grantee through the Population Health programme. Position Description Search for the Executive Director Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) Oakland, CA Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (“MEDICC”), a highly regarded non-profit organization working to enhance cooperation among the US,…
Author: Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group
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Elev8 Baltimore and Chicago Schools Win Department of Education Award
Elev8 Baltimore and Chicago Schools Win Department of Education Award Elev8 Picked as a Model School-Community Partnership As Part of Together for Tomorrow School Improvement Program WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) recognized two sites…
Author: Elev8
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Elev8 Youth Speak for Themselves on Capitol Hill
On April 22, students from 20 Elev8 middle schools across the country filed into legislative office buildings surrounding the nation’s capitol, nervous but prepared to speak out on issues they had selected themselves, including school safety and funding for afterschool programs. The visit to Capitol…
Author: Elev8
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Middle School in the U.S.: Too Often the Missing Link in the Chain of Student Success
The familiar sounds of the famous Mexican songs “Cielito Lindo” and “Los Machetes” filled the air last Wednesday morning at Orozco Community Academy in Chicago, as eighth grader Adan Ramirsez strummed his guitarron with fellow students in the school’s new Mariachi band before an invited…
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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MEDICC Names New Executive Director
Nassim Assefi, a physician serving vulnerable communities, human rights advocate and former content director at TEDMED, will lead organization to expand US-Cuba health cooperation Nassim Assefi M.D. Photo credit: Niku Kashef Oakland, CA (October 12, 2016) – The non-profit MEDICC (Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba)…
Author: MEDICC
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Why are some students subjected to harsher discipline than others? How can we fix this problem?
A restorative school culture helps students stay in school and on the path to success at Oakland Unified School District. Photo: OUSD This post is an excerpt from Kavitha Mediratta and M. Karega Rausch’s introduction to Inequality in School Discipline, a new book that fills a critical void by providing the…
Author: Kavitha Mediratta and M. Karega Rausch
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Let’s Open the Door to Cuba and Its Promising Diabetes Treatments
Arley Concepcion Gonzalez, 14, being tested for arterial hypertension. William Soler Pediatric Teaching Hospital, Havana. Photo: Magnum Foundation By Gail A. Reed The debates about what constitutes a real relationship with Cuba continue on the eve of President Obama’s trip Sunday. Should the embargo be…
Author: San Francisco Chronicle
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Betting Big on New Leaders in Health Equity
This is an historic year for The Atlantic Philanthropies. In 2016, we have reached our 35th year of grantmaking, and also our last. In recent updates, I’ve discussed our culminating grants that build on our three and a half decades of work to address…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Bringing Everyone to the Table to Eradicate School Discipline Disparities
By Allison Brown and Kavitha Mediratta Representatives from Open Society Foundations and The Atlantic Philanthropies discuss philanthropy’s role in school discipline reform. This article was originally published in VUE magazine. Download the PDF > VUE website > The Atlantic Philanthropies funded the work of the Positive…
Author: VUE