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Just and Fair Schools Fund Newsletter: April 2013
Watch this quick video to learn about the Just and Fair School Fund’s grant awards, and the youth, parents, congregations, and teachers they support around the country. Feature The Just and Fair Schools Fund is pleased to announce $3.8 million in grants over two years…
Author: Just and Fair Schools Fund
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Just and Fair Schools Fund Newsletter: May 2012
The Just and Fair Schools Fund supports grassroots organising initiatives that work to eliminate harsh school discipline policies and practices – and that uphold the right to education for all youth. Our newsletter shares updates on parent- and youth-led victories, partner spotlights, news, and resources to promote positive…
Author: Just and Fair Schools Fund
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Medicare, Now Less Complicated
By Glenn Ruffenach Medicare probably wins the prize as the federal government’s most complicated creation. (Well, either Medicare or the Tax Code.) Now, a program that helps beneficiaries better understand how Medicare works is expanding to additional states. And the program’s founders could use your…
Author: SmartMoney
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Announces President and CEO Gara LaMarche to Step Down; Transition Plan Underway
NEW YORK, NY, June 03, 2011 – The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Board of Directors today announced that President and CEO Gara LaMarche has notified it of his intent not to seek a second five-year contract and step down from his position at the Foundation on September…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Alliances In Health Debate Splinter; Once-Friendly Groups Split as Details Emerge
Health Care for America Now and the AARP are Atlantic grantees. by Dan Eggen and Perry Bacon Jr. Months of relative cooperation among disparate interest groups in the heath-care reform debate appear to be coming to an end, as the major political parties and their…
Author: The Washington Post
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Nurses Should Be Backbone of ARV Treatment
by Kristin Palitza DURBAN, Apr 2 (IPS) – Effectively scaling up South Africans’ access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment will require decentralisation of health services from hospitals to clinics and allowing nurses to manage and eventually to initiate ARV treatment and care. Doctors, researchers and activists…
Author: Inter Press Service
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American Cancer Society Awarded Grant to Work with Vietnam Businesses on Tobacco Control
Original Source The American Cancer Society has been awarded a two-year grant by Atlantic Philanthropies to fight the tobacco burden in Vietnam. The Society will team up with the Vietnam Committee on Smoking and Health (VINACOSH) to develop a national tobacco control media advocacy strategy…
Author: Global Fight Against Cancer
