Results List
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Executive Summary of Findings and Lessons from the HCAN Campaign
Source: Grassroots Solutions and M+R Strategic Services
This overview provides the methodology and 12 major qualitative findings of the Health Care for America Now (HCAN) campaign evaluation. The campaign had the goal of winning affordable and comprehensive health care for all Americans. Prior to passage of the health care bill in 2010,…
Resource type: Evaluation
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The Corner Office, Non-Profit Edition: A Practitioner’s Thoughts on Social Justice Management
Source: Gara LaMarche
Social justice management should be both more humane and tougher, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech at the Yale School of Management. I was at first flattered when I heard that students here at the Yale School of Management…
Resource type: Speech
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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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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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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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Growling and Kicking for Social Change
Source: Gara LaMarche
It is time for Americans to bring together two powerful forces that are often disconnected – the desire to serve and the necessity to take social action to change systems that often give rise to the need for these services, said Gara LaMarche, President and…
Resource type: Speech
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The State of our Union in Crisis: Widening the Lens of Children and Families
Source: Gara LaMarche
Keynote speech by Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, given at the Annual Conference of Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. This is an extraordinary moment to gather and reflect, as we have planned to do…
Resource type: Speech
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Taking Account of Race as a Philanthropic Imperative
Source: Gara LaMarche
Foundations must take account of race in all of their work in order to get beyond racism, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies President and CEO, in this speech at the Waldemar Nielsen Issue Forums in Philanthropy, Georgetown Public Policy Institute in Washington. You might…
Resource type: Speech
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Immigrants’ Rights
Source: Gara LaMarche
Immigrants must win a rightful place in U.S. society and will do so through the efforts of diverse communities working toward a just and fair society, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech accepting the Raul Yzaguirre President Award at…
Resource type: Speech
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Talent in Philanthropy
Source: Gara LaMarche
Newspaper reporters, baseball pitching scouts, art dealers and movie studio casting agents all provide models for philanthropy to follow in finding and cultivating talented programme officers, said Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in this speech to the Foundation Impact Research Group, Terry…
Resource type: Speech
