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30 Years of Giving While Living: Our Final Chapter
Giving While Living To devote one’s wealth to making a difference sooner rather than later. “Thanks to our outstanding grantees, there have been thousands of success stories.” 30 years Building opportunity and making lasting changes. “At the heart of our work are the values of…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Social Justice Coalition and Corruption Watch Join Application to Intervene in Richard Mdluli Matter
SAPS Crime Intelligence boss Richard Mdluli. Corruption Watch (CW) and the Social Justice Coalition (SJC) have filed a joint application for leave to intervene as co-applicants in Part B of the matter of Freedom Under Law v National Director of Public Proseuctions, case No. 26912/2012…
Author: Social Justice Coalition
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Programmes focus on health of the elderly
VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of elderly people in northern Thai Binh Province’s Tien Hai District have actively contributed to improving public health and curbing the use of alcohol and cigarettes. Their efforts form part of a programme, launched by the Viet Nam Public Health Association…
Author: VietNamNet Bridge
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Gay activists allowed as friends of lower court
by Franny Rabkin FOR the first time in history a gay advocacy group has been admitted as a friend of a magistrate’s court — to lead expert evidence in aggravation of sentence for a hate crime case. Earlier this year the government set up a…
Author: Business Day
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Fair Representation for All
By Fiona MacLeod WinnerDr Ivan May Memorial AwardProBono.Org When horse-riding instructor and stable manager Gary Allpass won his legal case earlier this year for being unfairly dismissed because he is HIV-positive, he set an important precedent for others in a similar position. His legal representation…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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The World Will Remember Troy's Name
Originally posted on September 21, 2011 by Eric Wingerter, Director of New Media, NAACP. Read Troy’s Last Words Tonight the State of Georgia has killed an innocent man. In recent weeks, we fought hard for the commutation of Troy Davis’ sentence. More than one million…
Author: NAACP
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DHS sued over jail immigration holds
Chicago – An immigrants’ rights organization has filed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for issuing detaining orders against individuals in custody while their immigration status is being investigated. The Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center used the examples of two Latinos –…
Author: Fox News Latino
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What's Working for Children 2011 - Conference report, presentations, and more...
Highlights from the What’s Working for Children 2011 Conference Evidence based practice – the what, why and how Dublin, Ireland , 11 and 12 May 2011 “Our natural resource is our children; they will form the next generation and will impact the economy…
Author: What's Working for Children
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South Africa: AIDS conspiracy believers less likely to condomise
DURBAN, 22 June 2011 (PlusNews) – Thirty years after the discovery of AIDS, conspiracy theories that posit the virus as man-made continue to enjoy support among a segment of South African youth – and these beliefs may be putting them at greater risk of HIV…
Author: IRIN PlusNews
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Alliance calls for action on ageing
By Aoife Carr Shauna Golden of Castleknock Community College, Older and Bolder director Patricia Conboy, and Bernard Bryanof of, Cabra Historical & Cultural Society hand in 43,000 signed petitions in defence of the State Pension at Leinster House last month. A group…
Author: The Irish Times
