Results List
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From the Streets to the Courts to City Hall: A Case Study of a Comprehensive Campaign to Reform Stop-and-Frisk in New York City
Source: Communities United for Police Reform
This case study explores how Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) successfully campaigned to end stop-and-frisk abuses in New York City. Stop-and-frisk is a practice of police officers stopping individuals they deem suspicious, questioning them, and frequently frisking them for weapons and other contraband. Out…
Resource type: Case Study
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Aging and Economic Security Evaluation: Crosscutting Lessons Learned
Source: North Star Planning and Evaluation Consultants
This evaluation of Atlantic’s grantmaking to support the economic security of low-income elders identifies elements most likely to help advance a policy agenda when working in a politically charged environment: Use a state-by-state approach and target multiple levels of government to show incremental progress for national results…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Roosevelt Middle School: Bridging Cultures, Creating Community
A small blue and green globe is passed from hand to hand as parents, staff, and community partners introduce themselves and share about a cultural tradition or characteristic that they’re proud of – and that they want other members of their school community to understand…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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How Private Wealth Can Change the World
Source: By Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, delivered this speech at an international conference held by the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin: The Era of Citizens – How Civil Society and Foundations are Shaping the Future. The conference was opened by German…
Resource type: Speech
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How the Center on Budget Will Shape the Future
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
Atlantic is supporting the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) to establish a new Institute for proactive policy development and implementation work on longer-term priorities regarding budget, revenue, safety-net, and social insurance policies that benefit low- and moderate-income families and individuals and are fiscally…
Resource type: Video
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Pensioners Speak for Themselves at Northern Ireland “Pensioners Parliament”
Source: Age Sector Platform
‘The best thing probably about the Pensioners Parliament is that it is from the bottom up, from the people on the ground.’ – Nixon Armstrong, County Armagh MPP (Member of the Pensioners Parliament) Almost 200 pensioners attended the 2013 Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament in Belfast,…
Resource type: Video
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Elev8 Youth Speak for Themselves on Capitol Hill
Source: Public Interest Projects
On April 22, 2012, students from 20 Elev8 middle schools across the country filed into legislative office buildings surrounding the nation’s capitol, nervous but prepared to speak out on issues they had selected themselves, including school safety and funding for after school programs. The visit…
Resource type: Video
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The Local Impact of Global Philanthropy
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, participated on a panel of The Settlement Summit: Inclusion, Innovation, Impact. He shared his thoughts and six suggestions on the responsibility of American foundations when working abroad, which are also applicable to grantmaking in other places…
Resource type: Speech
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Reclaiming the Moral Life of Philanthropy
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, discussed his concerns about a growing need for a stronger moral framework for philanthropy at the Starr Forum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Forty-five years ago, a young aide named Bill Moyers sat in the…
Resource type: Speech
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Social Justice and the Life Course
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, addressed the National University of Ireland-Galway’s Life Course Institute Seminar. He commented that Life Course projects are important because they are not just about “treating” disadvantage in old age or in youth, but are about breaking…
Resource type: Speech