Results List
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Promoting Dignity, Equality and Opportunity for All People
In October 2008, days before the U.S. presidential election, the American Constitution Society released “Human Rights at Home: A Domestic Policy Blueprint for the New Administration.” The Blueprint addresses “the gap between the promise and practice” of human rights in the United States and proposes…
Resource type: Grantee Story
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Elev8 New Mexico
Elev8 New Mexico, an initiative of the New Mexico Community Foundation, is a part of a national program focused on creating full-service community schools. At Elev8 schools, students and their families benefit from a full range of afterschool activities, a school-based health center, and family…
Resource type: Video
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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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Turning Passion Into Action: Giving While Living
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This publication explores the practice of Giving While Living as exemplified by our Founder Chuck Feeney. Our intention is to inspire individuals at varying levels of wealth to actively give their funds, skills and time during their lives, and receive enormous satisfaction in the process.…
Resource type: Research Report
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Highlight on Gara LaMarche, Recipient of the 2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award
On 12 May 2010, Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, was honoured with the 2010 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award at the annual Leadership Conference in Washington, DC.
Resource type: Video
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The Talk
Source: StoryCorps
One of the first times Nicholas Peart was stopped and frisked by the NYPD was on his 18th birthday. How can he explain the Stop and Frisk policy to his two younger brothers? Learn More The Center for Constituional Rights, a legal and educational organisation…
Resource type: Video
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Change Comes to Washington: Will it Come to Philanthropy, Too?
Source: Gara LaMarche
Philanthropy should step up and seize the unprecedented opportunities created by the election of President Obama, said Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, in this speech at the Annual Meeting of Southern California Grantmakers in Los Angeles. When the terrific Sushma Raman –…
Resource type: Speech
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Philanthropy’s Role in Ageing Issues
Source: Gara LaMarche
The Atlantic Philanthropies’ approach to funding in ageing, including its emphasis on advocacy, is outlined in this speech by Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO, at the Annual Meeting of Grantmakers in Aging in San Diego, California in November 2007. When I was asked a…
Resource type: Speech
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The Isivivana Centre
The Isivivana Centre is a social justice and community center in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa. It was built to house activist organizations, including many Atlantic grantees. Members of the local community can also access the library, watch films in the cinema or visit the free…
Resource type: Video
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US Human Rights Fund
The USHRF has helped build the capacity of social justice groups like the Border Network for Human Rights, to use a human rights framework in their advocacy and organising efforts across the country. USHRF makes grants in four priority areas: human rights training and education,…
Resource type: Video