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The Role of Philanthropy in Tomorrow’s Ireland
Former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson delivered the third Ray Murphy Lecture hosted by Philanthropy Ireland in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin on ‘The Role of Philanthropy in Tomorrow’s Ireland’. I am pleased to have been invited to give this year’s lecture in the…
Author: Philanthropy Ireland
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Bring Odd Bedfellows Together to Promote Social Change, Foundations Urged
By Caroline Preston. Gara LaMarche, president of Atlantic Philanthropies, began a session on social-justice philanthropy here today with a light-hearted nod to what he called the “not uncontroversial” nature of the term social justice. The conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck recently likened social justice to…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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MRCI and ICTU Welcome Long-Awaited Scheme for Undocumented Migrant Workers
The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland is an Atlantic grantee. The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) welcome the introduction today by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern, TD, of a long-awaited scheme to regularise…
Author: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU)
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Social Justice: A Guiding Vision for Atlantic’s Final Chapter
All healthy institutions must from time to time take a look at what they are doing to see what’s working and what isn’t, to re-examine assumptions in light of changes in the environment – political, social, economic and philanthropic – and make any necessary adjustments.…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Advocacy by 13 N.C. Nonprofits Brings Statewide Benefits
Washington, D.C. (5/07/2009) – For every dollar that foundations and other funding sources gave to support advocacy, organizing and civic engagement efforts by 13 nonprofit organizations in North Carolina, state residents received $89 in benefits. This is one of the findings in a new report…
Author: National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)
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The Debate Continues: NCRP Report Should Spur Reflection About Social Justice, Not Attacks
Original Source By: Gara LaMarche The recent report by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), “ Philanthropy at its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaking Impact,” has stirred up a storm among foundations not seen since, well…the last time foundations were called upon to be more…
Author: The Council on Foundations
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South Africa: Court Bid to Prevent Motlanthe Pardons
by Franny Rabkin Johannesburg — LAWYERS for President Kgalema Motlanthe told the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria yesterday that an application to interdict him from giving presidential pardons to people who had committed politically motivated crimes was “misconceived”. The urgent interim interdict application was…
Author: Business Day
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A Look at Race, Incarceration, and American Values
Original Source by Marian Wright Edelman Glenn Loury, a professor in the Department of Economics at Brown University, has long been one of the nation’s most outspoken Black intellectuals. For many years he was a leading conservative voice on topics like affirmative action, and whenever…
Author: The Huffington Post
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Op-Ed: Our Greatest National Shame
Original Source By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Op-Ed Columnist So maybe I was wrong. I used to consider health care our greatest national shame, considering that we spend twice as much on medical care as many European nations, yet American children are twice as likely to die before…
Author: The New York Times
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Foundations help nonprofits hurt in Madoff affair
By RACHEL BECK NEW YORK (AP) – Nonprofits that are struggling because their donors lost money with Bernard Madoff are getting a bailout — but not from the government. Richer foundations are stepping in to help. Human Rights Watch, The Center for Constitutional Rights and others are…
Author: Associated Press
