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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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Albie Sachs: From Freedom Fighter to Justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court
By Morris Arvoy Albie Sachs, an internationally known human rights activist and top judge in South Africa, suffered solitary confinement and exile and survived a bomb attack by South African security agents during the arduous fight to end apartheid. Sachs, 78, went on to help…
Author: Charles Steward Mott Foundation
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Funder Advocacy Collaboratives: Framing Thoughts
By Jen Bokoff and Cynthia Gibson GrantCraft Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a resource series about funder advocacy collaboratives. The series draws on real-world funder experiences to share strategies about anticipating and overcoming prevalent obstacles to success. See Acknowledgements and Methodology and…
Author: GrantCraft
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Gay asylum seekers speak of discrimination in South Africa
CAPE TOWN — Gay African asylum seekers struggle to find work and battle homophobic discrimination in South Africa, the continent’s only nation to allow same-sex marriage, a report showed Tuesday. Interviews with 25 Africans by a Cape Town NGO found that 90 percent were jobless…
Author: AFP
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For Elderly in Rural Areas, Times Are Distinctly Harder
By Kirk Johnson. Lingle, Wyo. — Norma Clark, 80, slipped on the ice out by the horse corral one afternoon and broke her hip in four places. Alone, it took her three hours to drag herself the 40 yards back to the house through snow…
Author: New York Times
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South Africa Journal: Engaged Activism Bends the Arc Toward Hope
I returned this weekend from an extended visit to South Africa, where Atlantic has long been engaged in supporting organisations and leaders working on human rights, reconciliation and health issues. Ordinarily in a column, I try to drill down on some particular aspect of our…
Author: Gara LaMarche
