Results List
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Tell Congress: Put a stop to FBI abuses and let Mueller's term expire
Source: Bill of Rights Defense Committee
President Obama has asked Congress to extend FBI Director Robert Mueller's term for another two years, despite the fact that during his ten-year tenure with the Bureau he has overseen thousands of documented abuses of constitutional rights and violations of privacy. Take Action!Sign this letter and…
Resource type: News
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Teaching the TRC
Source: Shikaya Newsletter 2011 - Vol. II
Shikaya recently held Teaching the TRC, an interactive event for teachers, to support them in exposing a new generation of learners to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The producers of REwind invited Shikaya to create an event for teachers to run alongside the Cape…
Resource type: News
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A Letter from Atlantic’s Board Chair
Source: Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.
Dear Friends and Colleagues, As you may already know from the press release and letter released earlier today, Gara LaMarche has decided to step down as President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, effective September 1, 2011. I wish to thank Gara for all the good things…
Resource type: News
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Launch of Big Dreams, a family book about reading
Source: youngballymun
youngballymun is a complex community change initiative that is working to improve the learning and well-being outcomes for all children and young people in Ballymun. Adopting a life-cycle approach from pregnancy and infancy and right through to early adulthood, youngballymun supports the integration of evidence-based…
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The French American Charitable Trust launches report, Giving More, Making Change
Source: French American Charitable Trust
In this statement, Diane Feeney, Director of the French American Charitable Trust (FACT) and daughter of Atlantic Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney, talks about the FACT’s final grants and her family’s decision to spend down their foundation’s entire endowment to do more to solve today’s problems. In April…
Resource type: News
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Zero-Tolerance Policy Creates a School-to-Prison Pipeline
Source: New America Media
Interview by Jacob SimasEDITOR'S NOTE: Schools across the nation are increasingly adopting punitive measures as a way to control and deter violence and other disruptive behaviors. These “zero-tolerance” policies can encompass anything from metal detectors to increased police presence on school campuses to the handing…
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Philanthropy on Trial – Prosecution’s Opening Statement by Gara LaMarche
Charged with not fulfilling its mission of advancing the public good, philanthropy was put on trial at the April 2011 Council on Foundations' conference. Former Atlantic Philanthropies President and CEO Gara LaMarche served as the prosecution, and Ralph R. Smith, Executive Vice President of the…
Resource type: Video
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'Index' says independent elderly are falling short
Source: The Olympian
This article, originally published on 28 March 2011, provides an overview of the Elder Economic Security Index for Washington, which is part Atlantic grantee Wider Opportunities for Women's Elder Economic Security Initiative™ that seeks to build economic security for older adults through a multi-pronged approach that includes organising, advocacy…
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The European Foundations’ Initiative on Dementia (EFID) launches the European Awards
Source: Network of European Networks
by Werner KrüperA group of Foundations, composed of The Atlantic Philanthropies, the Fondation Médéric Alzheimer, the King Baudouin Foundation and the Robert Bosch Stiftung join their forces to launch the ‘Living well with Dementia in the Community - European Foundations’ Initiative on Dementia-Awards‘ in order…
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Physical Discipline Has No Place in New Mexico's Schools
Source: New Mexico Speaks
>>Watch the VideoIn all 50 states it is illegal to hit a prisoner, someone in the military or an animal yet over one third of the school districts in New Mexico still let staff physically discipline (paddle) children. Experts tell us that physical discipline of students…
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