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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Remarks at Launch of Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (left) and University of Melbourne vice-chancellor Glyn Davis. Photo: University of Melbourne Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, delivered these remarks at the launch of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity on October 14th. Well thank you Glyn, thank you Tom, Professor…
Resource type: Speech
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Seismic Investment to Build New Generation of Leaders
Source: The University of Melbourne
A seismic US$50 million investment in societal change in Australia and New Zealand by The Atlantic Philanthropies will create a new Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity program led by the University of Melbourne that will train a new generation of leaders committed to tackling social…
Resource type: Video
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Protecting Human Rights in Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
From 2004 to 2014, Atlantic focused resources on protecting and expanding the rights of immigrants, people with disabilities and LGBT people in the Republic of Ireland. The work of these human rights grantees enabled several important and lasting achievements, including: New rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people…
Resource type: Video
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Aging and Economic Security Evaluation: Crosscutting Lessons Learned
Source: North Star Planning and Evaluation Consultants
This evaluation of Atlantic’s grantmaking to support the economic security of low-income elders identifies elements most likely to help advance a policy agenda when working in a politically charged environment: Use a state-by-state approach and target multiple levels of government to show incremental progress for national results…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Step Into the Fight: Philanthropy’s Role in Legal Advocacy
Source: TCC Group
Legal advocacy – also known as advocacy through the courts – uses the judicial system to advance social change goals. This short video, featuring Annmarie Benedict, Atlantic’s Senior Program Executive & Director of Grants Monitoring, and Stephen McConnell of the Civic Participation Action Fund, examines how advocacy…
Resource type: Video
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Our Work in the Republic of Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Between 1987 and 2014, Atlantic invested more than $1.2 billion (€1 billion) in the Republic of Ireland to stimulate a knowledge economy by rebuilding the higher education system, protect and expand human and civil rights, and fundamentally transform the design and delivery of services for…
Resource type: Video
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Where to train the world’s doctors? Cuba.
Source: TEDMED
In this TEDMED talk, American journalist and Havana resident Gail Reed spotlights a Cuban medical school that trains doctors from low-income countries who pledge to serve communities like their own. Learn More > MEDICC’s Gail Reed’s Talk on Cuba’s Latin American Medical School Featured on…
Resource type: Speech
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Where to train the world’s doctors? Cuba.
Source: TED
In this TEDMED talk, American journalist and Havana resident Gail Reed spotlights a Cuban medical school that trains doctors from low-income countries who pledge to serve communities like their own. Learn More > “Cuba’s Primary Health Care Revolution: 30 Years On,” an article by Gail…
Resource type: Video
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How the Center on Budget Will Shape the Future
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Atlantic is supporting the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) to establish a new Institute for proactive policy development and implementation work on longer-term priorities regarding budget, revenue, safety-net, and social insurance policies that benefit low- and moderate-income families and individuals and are fiscally…
Resource type: Video
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A Look At Our Work in Viet Nam
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
A look back at Atlantic’s more than 15 years of work in Viet Nam, helping to improve higher education, health care and public health for people too long deprived of those fundamental public goods. > View the full version of this video > Read the…
Resource type: Video