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President Obama Proclaims July 9, 2009 National Summer Learning Day
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary NATIONAL SUMMER LEARNING DAY, 2009 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Like an athlete out of practice, a child who takes long breaks from learning…
Author: The White House
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Taking Account of Race: A Philanthropic Imperative
President Obama’s election has unquestionably transformed discussions of race in the United States. At the recent Black Entertainment Television Honors Awards, Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina declared that now that an African-American man holds the most powerful position in the world, “Every child has…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Separating generations a bad idea; When young, old live together, it's better for society.
by Susanne Bleiberg Seperson and Paul Arfin Susanne Bleiberg Seperson is director of the Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice at Dowling College. Paul Arfin is president and chief executive of Intergenerational Strategies, a nonprofit charitable organization. President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel,…
Author: Newsday (New York)
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New Senior Staff Hires Strengthen Atlantic for Social Justice Mission and Spending Down Assets
I don’t usually use this space for organisational announcements, but we have recently made three new appointments to Atlantic’s senior staff, who together bring enormous strengths to our mission and each of whom illustrates something important about where the foundation is going in its final…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Help for the Helpers
OUR VIEW: AS BALTIMORE’S EXPERIENCE SUGGESTS, A NEW NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM WOULD OFFER DIVIDENDS ACROSS THE AGES 27 Sep 2008 When Shirley Cherry was helping out at Guilford Elementary School a couple of years ago, a boy spoke rudely to her, and his teacher made…
Author: The Baltimore Sun
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Media Impact Funders Receives Two Transformative Grants to Strengthen Support of Media That Matters
Media Impact Funders is a knowledge network for media funders. PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 31, 2016)—Media Impact Funders (MIF), a member-supported network of funders who seek to improve society through media and technology, has been awarded a two-year, $500,000 matching grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies, a…
Author: Media Impact Funders
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Funding’s Not Forever, But Foundations Must Help Grantees Manage Transitions
Grantmakers in Health Conference, 2016. Photo: Paul Rieckhoff / Twitter By Maryann Jacob Macias, Associate Programme Executive Change is always hard, especially when it involves bringing something one has invested in to an end. It is difficult for us as grantmakers adjusting to new circumstances – for…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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First Named Professorship Established at John Jay With Funding From Ford Foundation and Atlantic
Renowned Scholar Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff is appointed as Franklin A. Thomas Professor in Policing Equity Dr. Phillip Atiba GoffNew York, NY – President Jeremy Travis of John Jay College announced the establishment of the Franklin A. Thomas Professorship in Policing Equity, created with $2.5…
Author: John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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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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Race and Overreaction: On the Streets and in Schools
Photo: The Good Doctor/Flickr By Mica Pollock and Tanya Coke In each police-related death recently dominating the headlines, authorities overreacted to black men’s behaviors as if they were life-threatening. On Staten Island, an unarmed Eric Garner was wrestled to the ground by five police officers and…
Author: The Atlantic