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Up Close: Blogging from South Africa
Night and a Day in Queenstown Posted by Gara LaMarche | 18 March 2011, South Africa As Jack has chronicled, we arrived in Queenstown, the final leg of our journey in the Eastern Cape, in the dark, around 7 p.m. This was a problem for two…
Author: Gara LaMarche and Jack Rosenthal
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10 Americans Over 60 Win The Purpose Prize for Making an Extraordinary Impact in their Encore Careers
News Release From Fighting U.S. Foreclosures to Rebuilding Afghanistan, 10 Social Innovators Receive $750,000 Total for Combining Passion and Experience for Social Good Civic Ventures today announced the 2010 winners of its Purpose Prize. Five $100,000 and five $50,000 prizes will go to social…
Author: Civic Ventures
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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
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The forgotten parents
Although the civil partnership legislation that came into force on January 1st recognises same-sex couples for matters such as tax, pensions and inheritance, it does not acknowledge they might have children, writes SHEILA WAYMAN. PAULA FAGAN’S partner was working abroad when their eldest, asthmatic son…
Author: Irish Times
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First, Do No Harm
by Kavitha Mediratta As the country searches for ways to keep students safe in schools, we must ensure that our efforts do not hinder academic success or, worse, push students out of school and into the juvenile justice system. In the wake of recent school…
Author: The Blog of Harvard Education Publishing
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LGBT youth, advocates oppose more cops in Chicago public schools
Parents and students gathered at Chicago Public Schools headquarters Monday to demand that the school system use proposed federal funding as part of President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce gun violence for counselors instead of adding armed police officers. The overuse of school police has…
Author: Chicago Phoenix
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Sit Down, Stand Up: Social Justice Philanthropy Revisited
by Christopher Harris Last summer, Alliance magazine editor Caroline Hartnell asked me if I thought it would be good to write another special feature on philanthropy and social justice. As she put it, was there something new to say? While there is still much to do to…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest