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Philanthropy’s Role in Ageing Issues
Source: Gara LaMarche
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ approach to funding in ageing, including its emphasis on advocacy, is outlined in this speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Annual Meeting of Grantmakers in Aging in San Diego, California in November 2007. When I was asked a…
Resource type: Speech
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Training Socially Committed Physicians for the World’s Most Vulnerable Communities
Gail Reed, MEDICC’s co-founder, speaks at TEDMED about the unique mission of Cuba’s Latin American Medical School. Dr. Castillo examines a young patient. Photo: C. Gorry, MEDICC After graduating from Cuba’s Latin American Medical School (ELAM) in 2005, Dr. Luther Castillo, a young Honduran of Garifuna…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Defending Workers’ Rights Across Racial Lines
Aside from physical devastation, Hurricane Katrina created opposing demographic trends simultaneously in the Gulf Coast region. New Orleans, which had been majority African American, now has a white majority. Adding to the complexity was the arrival of thousands of immigrants, mainly Spanish-speaking, looking for work.…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Too Close for Comfort? Obama and the Foundations
Source: Gara LaMarche
Foundations should take a stance of engaged and critical discomfort with government no matter who is in charge, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech at the Hudson Institute-Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center. I am always glad to take…
Resource type: Speech
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