Results List
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Public Interest Litigation in South Africa Offers Lessons for Advocates
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Public interest litigation in South Africa faces several challenges but advocates can undertake four key strategies to enhance its success, according to this report by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Atlantic this week publishes its report on strategic evaluation of public interest litigation in South Africa. This…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Public Interest Litigation: Summary of a Meeting with Atlantic Reconciliation & Human Rights Grantees
Source: Brian Kearney-Grieve
Public interest litigation can be fraught with challenges, but a summary of a meeting in May 2011 of Atlantic grantees working in this area offers practical tips to help organisations make the best use of this important tool. Among the difficulties of working in public…
Resource type: Research Report
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Strategic Litigation
The story of how Atlantic grantees around the world used strategic litigation to advance human rights and equality both in the courts of law and public opinion.
Resource type: Insight
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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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Harvest Time for The Atlantic Philanthropies – 2011-2012: Focus, Exit, and Legacy
Source: Tony Proscio, Duke University Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society
This report is the third in a series to chronicle the concluding years of The Atlantic Philanthropies, the largest foundation ever to decide to commit its entire endowment in a limited timeframe and then close its doors. It covers events that occurred from late 2010…
Resource type: Research Report
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Breaking Ground on UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
The groundbreaking of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, a state-of-the-art 289-bed hospital complex, was a momentous occasion for both the local community and the global health community at large. Hospital administrators, medical professionals and community leaders were on hand to discuss the importance of…
Resource type: Video
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‘A Beautiful Death’ – Paul’s Choice
Source: Consumer Reports
In his final 38 days of life, Paul Scheier and his family share what it’s like choosing quality over quantity of life after a cancer diagnosis. This video is part of a Consumer Reports multimedia package chronicling Schreier’s last days after he chooses to forgo…
Resource type: Video
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Using Litigation to Defend Human Rights
Since the September 11 terror attacks, US government policy and practice against the threat of terrorism has arguably violated a number of human rights laws and norms. The US currently detains more than 13,000 people around the world, from South Carolina to Pakistan to the…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Breaking Schools’ Rules
Source: The Council of State Governments Justice Center & Public Policy Research Institute
A Statewide Study on How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement Sixty per cent of Texas’ students were suspended or expelled at least once between their seventh- and 12th-grade years, according to this groundbreaking statewide study that tracked the individual records…
Resource type: Research Report
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Recession and Recovery
Source: Center for Social Inclusion
This report, released by the Center for Social Inclusion, ranks impact of the recession on all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on 14 variables including housing, jobs, health, and poverty. The Center for Social Inclusion is an Atlantic grantee. The New York…
Resource type: Research Report