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CoRMSA Report Outlines Way Forward Following Xenophobic Attacks
The recent violence against non-South Africans across the country is not a new phenomenon nor is it likely to end with deaths that shocked South Africa in May. The violence is but the most recent episode in a long history of the exclusion and marginalisation…
Author: CoRMSA
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity FAQ
If you have questions about the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity program, hopefully they’ve been answered below. Why did Atlantic and its partners launch the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity? What is anti-black racism? Why does it matter? What is the Atlantic Fellows for Racial…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Giving While Living: Chuck Feeney’s Role in This World
The term “Giving While Living” is globally associated with Chuck Feeney, the Founding Chair of The Atlantic Philanthropies, a major international philanthropic foundation. He is the “anonymous donor”, a man who lives to give away billions. Photo: Charles Feeney – Atlantic Philanthropies Founding Chairman…
Author: Daily Maverick
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity: Leading the Way to a More Just Future
Photo: Getty Images Dismantling anti-black racism to advance fairer, healthier and more inclusive societies for all The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity is one of an interconnected set of fellowship programs – the Atlantic Fellows – launched by The Atlantic Philanthropies as part of the…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Announces Inaugural Class of Fellows
Twenty-nine advocates, organizers and artists selected from across the U.S. and South Africa will work to tackle anti-Black racism and white supremacy. Photo: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity NEW YORK, NY — The Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (AFRE) named its first cohort of 29 Atlantic…
Author: Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity
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Atlantic Grantees Working for Human Rights
International Human Rights Day on 10 December marks the 63rd year of global recognition of our basic human equality and the continuous struggle to gain basic human rights for all individuals. Reconciliation & Human Rights made up the largest portion of Atlantic’s 2010 grantmaking programmes — funding…
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HIV infected prisoners' suffering
by Khopotso Bodibe It was September 2005. South African Aids activists were busy focusing on countering rampant Aids denialism and trying to get government to speed up access to antiretroviral medication for millions of HIV-positive citizens. At Durban’s Westville Prison, another sad chapter in South…
Author: Cape Argus
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Speaking Truth to Power: The Story of the AIDS Law Project
Today South Africa has laws that protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS and the largest treatment programme in the world. This would not have happened without the dedicated activism of a small legal NGO in Johannesburg, the AIDS Law Project (ALP). For more…
Author: Didi Moyle
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The Virus, Vitamins and Vegetables Peers into AIDS Denialism in SA
Original Source Health-e News Service is an Atlantic grantee. Originally posted on March 26th, 2009 by Emily at Jacana Book Blog Book Summary Why were so few people able to declare publicly that the Emperor had no clothes? How was it that a health Minister was…
Author: Jacana Book Blog
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After Spring Valley: Making Schools Safe and Supportive
The video shows a South Carolina school officer grabbing a high school student from her chair, knocking her to the floor and dragging her across the classroom. As a native of South Carolina, I watched with complete horror and sadness the viral video of a…
Author: Tasha Tucker, Associate Programme Executive, Racial Equity at The Atlantic Philanthropies.