Results List
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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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Impact, Legacy and Collaboration
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, talks about his experiences of effective collaboration, how to make an impact and what it takes to leave a legacy in philanthropy in this speech to the New Mexico Regional Association of Grantmakers in Albuquerque. I have…
Resource type: Speech
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Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa
Source: Social Action Media
“Soft Vengeance” will be broadcast on the World Channel (WLIW 21 in New York) on the dates and times below. Visit the World Channel site to find your local station. Wednesday, July 20 at 8pm ET Thursday, July 21 at 12am ET, 8am ET and 2pm ET Saturday,…
Resource type: Video
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Make Big Plans: Cornell Olin Lecture
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Atlantic President and CEO Christopher G. Oechsli joined Cornell University President Emeritus Frank H. T. Rhodes for a conversation about Atlantic’s founder, Chuck Feeney, and the vision and values behind the foundation’s grantmaking at Cornell and around the world. At the event, Hunter R. Rawlings…
Resource type: Speech
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AFT Conference Aims to Reclaim the Promise of Public Education
Source: Schott Foundation
Over the last 30 years, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has organized a series of biennial Civil, Human and Women’s Rights conferences addressing a wide range of social justice issues. The 2013 conference focused on public education. Will it continue to exist as a truly…
Resource type: Video
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Commencement at the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools
Source: Gara LaMarche
Gara LaMarche, Atlantic’s President and CEO addressed the 2010 graduating class at the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools in Haley Farm, Knoxville, Tennessee. I want to start out by saying that I have no recollection of the commencement address when I graduated from St. Bernard’s…
Resource type: Speech
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Guns and Roses: Advocacy in an Emerging Democracy
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This publication is an attempt to distil the learnings from three important books that were published during 2009 and which provide valuable insights into doing advocacy in an emerging constitutional democracy in South Africa. Written by Marian Nell & Janet Shapiro for The Atlantic Philanthropies…
Resource type: Case Study
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New Opportunities for Older Americans to Provide National Service
Source: Gara LaMarche
Older Americans will have more opportunities to provide national service under the provisions of a new law, according to this speech by Gara LaMarche, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ President and CEO, in Washington to commemorate the signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act in…
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
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Say Hello to the Civic Participation Action Fund
Source: Civic Participation Action Fund
With important social justice movements around the nation gaining momentum, committed advocacy and voter engagement is critical. To continue Atlantic’s support for policy change in the United States beyond our limited life, Atlantic has established a new, independent Washington, D.C.-based organization, the Civic Participation Action Fund…
Resource type: Video