Results List
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Righting Wrongs: Ending the Death Penalty
On 21 September 2011, Larry Cox, former executive director of Amnesty International USA, gathered his thoughts in a church in Georgia across from the prison where Troy Davis awaited execution. Atlantic support has played a key role in building momentum and making demonstrable progress in…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Enriching a University to Strengthen Learning and Research
Students attend 2012 commencement ceremony. Photo: Cornell University The nearly $1 billion investment in Cornell University made by Atlantic and its Founding Chairman has enriched the experience of students and faculty on campus; strengthened its academics, research and athletics; and enabled the university to expand…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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The Incredible Years Ireland Study
Source: National University of Ireland Maynooth
Early childhood behavioural difficulties are increasingly prevalent and raise the risk of poorer outcomes later in life. Teachers and parents are ideally suited to address these issues but they often feel ill-equipped to do so without some guidance. Participants in the Incredible Years programme reported…
Resource type: Evaluation
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“Is It Fair?” Conference Held by Linking Generations NI
Source: Linking Generations NI
View a video report from Linking Generations NI’s intergenerational “Is it Fair?” conference, held 30 April 2012, in partnership with Age Sector Platform and the Northern Ireland Youth Forum. The conference, part of a partnership programme to celebrate the European Year for Active Ageing and…
Resource type: Video
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Chuck Feeney’s Contributions to Advance Health at UCSF and Worldwide
Source: UCSF
This video by The University of California San Francisco (UCSF), an Atlantic grantee, looks at Atlantic Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney’s contributions to advance health at UCSF and worldwide. Feeney is credited as being a key visionary behind the creation of the UCSF Mission Bay campus,…
Resource type: Video
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Early Years Media Initiative for Children: Playing the Same Game
Early Years, an Atlantic grantee, is a non-profit organisation that promotes high quality childcare for children aged 0 – 12 and their families. As part of its work, Early Years and the Peace Initiatives Institute created a programme aimed at children aged 3-4 years old…
Resource type: Video
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When Aims & Objectives Rhyme: How Two of Ireland’s Largest Foundations Found Common Ground
Source: Tony Proscio
A rare and successful collaboration between two foundations in the Republic of Ireland offers potential lessons to other funders, according to a case study by Tony Proscio. The report describes a fruitful partnership between The Atlantic Philanthropies and The One Foundation over many years despite…
Resource type: Case Study
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Fidéle Mutwarasibo Discusses the Multicultural Reality of Ireland
Fidéle Mutwarasibo, Integration manager at the Immigrant Council of Ireland, discusses multiculturalism at the Council of Europe’s NGO forum on diversity, He reveals his own personal experience as a Rwandan in Ireland and offers his advice on how the Dublin authorities can ensure the successful…
Resource type: Video
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The Voice of Seniors in Northern Ireland
Older people are generally not aware of their rights and the legislation that exists to protect them. Advocacy on age-related issues has tended not to involve older people themselves, but age-sector nongovernment organisations (NGOs) have undertaken the issues on behalf of older people. Through a Seniors Platform funded…
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