Results List
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Repairing the Broken Infrastructure of Justice in America
Source: Gara LaMarche
Steps to repair the US justice system are outlined in this speech by Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, at the Alliance for Justice 30th Anniversary Luncheon, Washington, D.C. View video of this speech at the Alliance for Justice web site. Thank you,…
Resource type: Speech
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“A story of great human proportions” – Lydia Foy and the Struggle for Transgender Rights in Ireland
Source: Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC)
This report chronicles Lydia Foy’s long legal struggle in Ireland to be officially recognized as a woman—an effort that not only ended in victory for her but that led to a fundamental change in Irish law and how society views gender and identity. Foy’s story…
Resource type: Research Report
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Ireland’s UPR
Ireland’s UPR was written and produced by award winning film maker Aoibheann O’Sullivan. The film documents the compilation and submission of Your Rights. Right Now-Ireland’s UPR Stakeholder Report. On 21 March 2011 the Your Rights. Right Now campaign submitted its joint civil society stakeholder report to the 12th Session of the…
Resource type: Video
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UN Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Report: Ireland
Source: United Nations
This report is a summary of 60 stakeholder submissions to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Ireland and is compiled by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The report will assist members of the Human Rights Council in advance of Ireland’s examination before the…
Resource type: Research Report
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Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: Why Zero Tolerance is Not the Solution to Bullying
Source: The Advancement Project, Alliance for Educational Justice and Gay-Straight Alliance Network
Bullying. We’ve all been there. At one point or another. And it hurt. A lot. Think back to when you were in grade school the bullies you met on the playground, or in high school in the cafeteria at lunch time. They were there then,…
Resource type: Research Report
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Ensuring Human Rights Protections and Access to Justice
“I just kept fighting to be free. I knew I couldn’t give up because if I returned to Sierra Leone my life would be in danger.” That is how 25-year-old Badiatu Tunis, a Sierra Leone native residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, describes being detained by the…
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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The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Embrace of a Social Justice Approach to Grantmaking
Source: Gara LaMarche
The story behind The Atlantic Philanthropies’ embrace of social justice is recounted in this speech by Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, at the Ford Foundation Convening on Philanthropy for Social Justice and Peace in February 2009 in Cairo, Egypt. It is bracing…
Resource type: Speech
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The Urgency of Now: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males
Source: Schott Foundation for Public Education
This report from the Schott Foundation for Public Education, an Atlantic grantee, finds that only 52 percent of Black male and 58 per cent of Latino male ninth-graders graduate from high school four years later, while 78 per cent of White, non-Latino male ninth-graders graduate…
Resource type: Research Report
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Lessons Learned from Health Care Reform – ‘Will They Get It Right?’
In March 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The bill could transform health care in the United States, and expand access for tens of millions. But the hardest part – implementation – still lies ahead. In this brief…
Resource type: Video