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Chuck Feeney’s Contributions to Universities in Ireland
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney is well known in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland for his tireless efforts to support education and international quality university research in Irish society. This video provides highlights of this work. NUI Galway The Atlantic…
Resource type: Video
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Elev8 Youth Speak for Themselves on Capitol Hill
Source: Public Interest Projects
On April 22, 2012, students from 20 Elev8 middle schools across the country filed into legislative office buildings surrounding the nation’s capitol, nervous but prepared to speak out on issues they had selected themselves, including school safety and funding for after school programs. The visit…
Resource type: Video
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When Aims and Objectives Rhyme
How can two foundations collaborate to advance their goals? A new case study, “When Aims and Objectives Rhyme,” by Tony Proscio describes how The Atlantic Philanthropies and The One Foundation built a meaningful partnership by focusing on their common goals to help children, youth and…
Resource type: Video
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Rory’s Story
Civil partnership is not the same as marriage. It is different in many ways. Although civil partnership does offer some rights and protections, it is not equality and it does not extend all the same rights to same sex couples as marriage would, including rights…
Resource type: Video
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Ripe with Abuse
This video by Human Rights Watch, an Atlantic grantee, accompanies its new report, Ripe with Abuse. The fruits and wine that come from the Western Cape of South Africa are enjoyed by consumers around the world and generate billions of rand for South Africa’s economy,…
Resource type: Video
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TILDA (The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing)
The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large-scale, nationally representative study of people aged 50 and over in Ireland carried out by Trinity College Dublin, an Atlantic grantee. It is the most ambitious study of ageing ever carried out in Ireland and aims…
Resource type: Video
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We the Citizens: Speak Up for Ireland
We the Citizens is an independent national initiative aimed at showing how Ireland could benefit from citizens coming together in new forms of public decision-making. The objective is to help to renew democracy and to contribute towards the restoration of trust in public life, at this…
Resource type: Video
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Fund Our Schools Not Prisons March!
On March 30th, 2011 the Campaign for Nonviolent Schools staged a march in response to Gov. Corbett’s budget and to push the Campaign’s new platform forward. 2,000 people came to show what Philadelphian’s prioritize: safe and supportive public schools for our communities. The Campaign for…
Resource type: Video
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Transforming the Lives of At-Risk Youth
The Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Bermuda is more than an organisation – it is a way of life. The programme is an emerging, grassroots initiative that provides youth with the opportunity to explore their ideas, identity and future among peers, with the support and guidance from elders.…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Promoting Dignity, Equality and Opportunity for All People
In October 2008, days before the U.S. presidential election, the American Constitution Society released “Human Rights at Home: A Domestic Policy Blueprint for the New Administration.” The Blueprint addresses “the gap between the promise and practice” of human rights in the United States and proposes…
Resource type: Grantee Story