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Building for a Better World: Khayelitsha's New Activist Centre
The new Isivivana Centre, a project of the Khayelitsha Youth and Community Centre Trust in South Africa, has its official opening Thursday, October 13. For more on the center, read the post below and see this video. Isivivana built to house organisations campaigning for social…
Author: GroundUp
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De Blasio Administration Announces New School Climate Initiatives to Make NYC Schools Safer, Fairer and More Transparent
Proposed updates to the discipline code include an end to suspensions for students in grades K-2 For the first time, NYPD releases expanded school safety data on school-based arrests, summonses and handcuffing New scanning policy establishes official process based on data with NYPD oversight for…
Author: The City of New York
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20 Years On, South Africa's Remarkable Constitution Remains Unfulfilled
By Christopher Oechsli and Darren Walker Commentary: Realizing Mandela’s vision of a democratic future is a collective global responsibility. A statue of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratic president and Nobel Laureate is pictured outside the parliament. (RODGER BOSCH/AFP/Getty Images) Over a year after the…
Author: GlobalPost
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In Memory of Sharon King – Leader in Philanthropy
We were very saddened to learn of the passing of Sharon B. King on 21 October 2014. Sharon, a recognised leader in philanthropy, served as the Director of the Ageing Programme for The Atlantic Philanthropies for several years beginning in 2010, leading the foundation’s grantmaking…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Atlantic Joins the White House and Leading Foundations to Expand Opportunities for Young Men of Color
Over $200 million invested to-date to address racial disparities in life outcomes Additional $70 million earmarked for school discipline, criminal justice and Elev8 grantees February 27, 2014 – The Atlantic Philanthropies announced today that they have joined with the White House and nine other…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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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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School Discipline Reform Long Overdue, Experts Say
By Edward Graham and Helen Yoshida Photo: Getty Images As schools around the country have tightened their disciplinary policies to curtail the possibility of school violence, some experts caution that these measures are doing more harm than good. Daniel Losen, director of the Center for…
Author: NEA Today
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Groups Ask Districts to Stop Using Out-of-School Suspensions
By Nirvi Shah Several national groups are asking school districts to stop suspending students out of school and replace this form of discipline with what they consider to be “more constructive” approaches that benefit students, teachers, and communities. The New York-based Dignity in Schools Campaign…
Author: Education Week
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Police Move to End ‘Stop and Search’ Abuses
By Ayo Johnson Action is being taken to end abuses of a controversial law giving police powers to stop and search people without cause. Attorney General and Minister of Justice Kim Wilson told The Royal Gazette that she recognised that the law, section 315F of…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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A Healthy Start: Protecting Great Gains for Children in the Affordable Care Act
By Marian Wright EdelmanPresident, Children’s Defense Fund Since our founding almost forty years ago, the Children’s Defense Fund has fought to ensure that all children in America receive the healthy start they need and deserve. Next week marks the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA),…
Author: The Huffington Post
