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The 3-Minute Interview: William Schambra
By Hayley Peterson Schambra is director of the Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, which informs the public on the nonprofit sector and encourages charitable foundations and donors to direct more resources toward grass-roots associations, as opposed to political advocacy groups. What…
Author: The Washington Examiner
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Are Well-Off Progressives Standing in the Way of a Real Movement for Economic Justice?
By Alyssa Battistoni Many progressives are affluent and well-educated. Does their elite status stand in the way of a movement to fight attacks on the working class? Over the past few years, it’s become an article of faith among progressives that we’re living through a…
Author: AlterNet
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QUT reshaping healthcare in Vietnam: Governor General visit
Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce visited the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, last week to mark International Nurses Day. A speech by the Governor-General recognised Queensland University of Technology’s (QUT) partnership with Vietnamese universities and nursing organisations to build the capacity of…
Author: Queensland University of Technology
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Up-Close from the Republic of Ireland
In mid-May 2011, Atlantic Philanthropies President and CEO Gara LaMarche visited Atlantic’s office in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, to meet with grantees and enrich his knowledge of the country’s political and social situation. Learn more about what he saw and heard while on his trip.…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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National policy planning needs to take a 'life course' perspective
By Lorna Siggins. NATIONAL policy planning should take a “life course” perspective from birth to old age, an NUI Galway (NUIG) report has found. The research by NUIG’s Irish Centre for Social Gerontology and School of Business and Economics says that planning should extend as…
Author: The Irish Times
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Philanthropy and Higher Education in Australia
By David Wheeler Sydney–How do you take the “culture of giving” that fund raisers believe can be found in every country, and turn that culture to the advantage of universities? Australia has been seeking its own answer to that question. While it is old news…
Author: The Chronicle of Higher Education
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New Grassroots Initiative Seeks to End Trend of Texas As Last for Children’s Health Care
AUSTIN – For over a decade now, Texas has been the state with the nation’s highest rate of uninsured children, but today a grassroots start-up is launching with the promise to end the trend by instead “building a legacy of healthy children.” With legislators weighing…
Author: Texas Care for Children
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New Interactive Video Educates Latino Youth About the Program and Includes a Chance to Win a Trip to Washington
Today, NCLR is rolling out a new campaign, the Social Security VideoQuiz, to educate Latino youth about Social Security and what it means for them and their families. Social Security supports workers when they retire or if they become disabled, and if a parent dies,…
Author: National Council of La Raza
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Why Movements Matter
Paradigm-shifting elections don’t shift paradigms if there aren’t corresponding social movements for change. By VIVIEN LABATON AND GARA LAMARCHE One thing we now know with certainty, more than two years into Barack Obama’s presidency, is that change is an uphill battle. We’re already defending hard-won gains on…
Author: The American Prospect
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Criminal justice policy should be based on systematic research
PAUL O’CONNOR outlines the role of UCD’s Institute of Criminology in producing evidence-based research for policy-making A LITTLE over a decade ago the Institute of Criminology was established in the School of Law at UCD. Since then, the multifaceted issue of crime and punishment has…
Author: The Irish Times
