Results List
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Philanthropy's Role in Promoting Positive Approaches to School Discipline
By Kavitha Mediratta Last year, at the beginning of ninth grade, my son’s friend Emmanuel was suspended from school for bringing a brick to class. Emmanuel had found the brick in the schoolyard, and with the satirical wit of a 14-year-old, named it “Softie” and…
Author: American Educator
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Children’s Health Coverage: On the Road to 100 Percent?
By Ben Kerman, The Atlantic Philanthropies The 2015 open enrollment period offers an opportunity to build on tremendous progress in bringing health coverage to more children and their families. An analysis of recent census data by Georgetown Center on Children and Families confirms that many…
Author: Georgetown Center for Children and Families
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Communities for Just Schools Fund Newsletter: October 2015
The Communities for Just Schools Fund (CJSF) is a new national donor collaborative that supports constituency-led organizing efforts to create positive and supportive school climates, which affirm and foster the success of all students. Building upon the groundbreaking initiatives of the Just and Fair Schools…
Author: Communities for Just Schools Fund
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The Caring Majority: Dignity for Older Adults and Those Who Care for Them
Maryann Jacob Macias, Atlantic’s Associate Programme Executive in the United States. All older adults have a right to quality care. Atlantic has a long history of supporting policies and standards to better address the needs of the growing population of older adults in the U.S.…
Author: Maryann Jacob Macias, Associate Programme Executive at The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Brave New Films Launches Diversity Fellowship
Award winning documentary company partners with The Atlantic Philanthropies to train people of color in the areas of film and social media Culver City, California (August 12, 2015) – Production Company Brave New Films, headed by award winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald has partnered with The Atlantic…
Author: Brave New Films
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Communities for Just Schools Fund Newsletter: July 2015
The Communities for Just Schools Fund (CJSF) is a new national donor collaborative that supports constituency-led organizing efforts to create positive and supportive school climates, which affirm and foster the success of all students. Building upon the groundbreaking initiatives of the Just and Fair Schools…
Author: Communities for Just Schools Fund
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Inez McCormack: Remembering One of Our Great Social Justice Campaigners
Inez – a Challenging Woman, a documentary produced and narrated by Susan McKay, will be available for UK viewers to watch online through February 20. Watch online in the UK > Featuring interviews with friends and colleagues like former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton and former…
Author: The Irish Times
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The group that got health reform passed is declaring victory and going home
The Washington Post’s WONKblog interviewed Richard Kirsch, national campaign manager and chief executive of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), an Atlantic grantee, on its central role in passing health care reform in the United States. Kirsch told the Post it was the “bold” decision by…
Author: The Washington Post
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Atlantic Philanthropies’ $1.1bn is ‘drop in ocean’ next to what State can invest
Vulnerable are being pushed away from central decision-making, says foundation member Atlantic Philanthropies Ireand’s Martin O’Brien will deliver the Dave Ellis lecture – in memory of the activist who worked with community groups in Dublin for more than 20 years – at the Rotunda Hospital,…
Author: The Irish Times
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C.S. Mott Foundation Partnership with Atlantic Philanthropies Gives South Africa’s Community Advice Offices Long-Term Support
FLINT, Mich. — Supporting the ongoing efforts of the community advice offices that assist underserved South Africans is the focus of a new partnership between the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies that is expected to result in up to $1,936,080 in grants over three…
Author: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
