Results List
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Media Training Workshops with Frank Sharry
Source: Counterpoints Arts
In a series of media spokesperson training workshops, Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, shared his distinctive style of media engagement with NGOs working for immigration reform in the Republic of Ireland. Sharry has extensive experience lobbying in the U.S. for immigration policy reform,…
Resource type: Video
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Beyond Belief
Source: StoryCorps
Mary Johnson found forgiveness for Oshea Israel, the young man who murdered her son as a teenager. The two now live next door to one another. Witness to Innocence is a grantee (via a re-grant from Proteus Action League) of Atlantic’s Reconciliation & Human Rights…
Resource type: Video
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Law as a Vehicle for Social Change
Source: Martin O'Brien
Martin O’Brien, Senior Vice President for Programmes at The Atlantic Philanthropies, delivered FLAC’s Seventh Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture in Dublin. Ellis was a community activist who dedicated his career to working with community groups on issues including welfare rights, legal aid, legal education and…
Resource type: Speech
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Getting at the Root of the Problem
Atlantic’s support in Bermuda has strengthened the capacity of the island’s nonprofit sector by encouraging traditional nonprofits to become social advocates, developing nascent organisations into leaders and facilitating collaboration among organisations to advance shared agendas. With Atlantic’s support, The Family Centre, among others, has become…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Bringing People Together
Carla Oterbridge interviews Lorraine and Edward Durham about their needs and gaps in services for Age Concern. Photo: Michelle Dismont-Frazzoni Atlantic’s support in Bermuda has strengthened the capacity of the island’s nonprofit sector by encouraging traditional nonprofits to become social advocates, developing nascent organisations into leaders…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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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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¡Salud! the Film-Trailer
Source: MEDICC
Produced in 2006, this documentary offers an examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, and looks at the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what the BBC calls ‘one of the world’s best health systems.’ From the shores…
Resource type: Video
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Business in the Community’s Time to Read Pupil Mentoring Programme
Source: Queen's University Belfast
A programme in Northern Ireland to improve children’s reading skills showed positive effects in reading outcomes, according to a 2009-2010 evaluation by the Centre for Effective Education, Queen’s University Belfast. The randomised controlled trial examined the Time to Read programme, which targets children in primary…
Resource type: Evaluation
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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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Breaking Down Barriers Through Education
Students in Fermanagh Trust’s Shared Education Programme. Photo: Fermanagh Trust ”That’s a nice idea, but are you insane?” That was what Tony Gallagher, professor of education and pro-vice chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast, commonly heard when he suggested in 2006 that predominantly Roman Catholic and…
Resource type: Grantee Story