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It is a duty of yours, mine and the state's to end all prejudice
Source: Cape Argus (South Africa)
Treatment Action Campaign, the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project and the Triangle Project are Atlantic grantees. She loved soccer and represented South Africa in our women's soccer team, Banyana Banyana. On April 28, 2008, Eudy Simelane was raped, stabbed 25 times, robbed and murdered because…
Resource type: News
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Mediation Research & Education Project/Northwestern Law Sch.
$20,000
Resource type: Grantee
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On Mission Bay’s 10th Anniversary, Hospital Construction Surges Forward
Source: UCSF
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="320"] The new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, shown in this December 2012 photo, continues to take shape across the street from the research campus. Construction of the 289-bed state-of-the-art hospital complex for children, women and cancer patients is moving along…
Resource type: News
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What We’ve Learned: Lessons from a Communications Campaign for South Africa’s Rural Poor
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
This publication focuses on using communications to advance human rights for South Africa’s rural poor. We believe it will be useful for advocates, nonprofit organisations and funders in many countries interested in effectively elevating important human rights issues on the policy agendas of democratic societies.…
Resource type: Research Report
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LSE Awarded £32 Million by Higher Education Funding Council for England
Source: London School of Economics and Political Science
[caption id="attachment_79386" align="alignnone" width="700"] Photo: LSE[/caption] The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has been awarded over £32 million. The grant, announced today, has been awarded through the Higher Education Funding Council for England ‘s UK Research Partnership Investment fund (UKRPIF), which provides funding…
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Race and Punishment
Source: The Sentencing Project
White Americans’ strong association of crime with blacks and Latinos is related to their support for punitive policies that disproportionately impact people of color. Synthesizing two decades of research, this report from The Sentencing Project concludes that racial perceptions of crime are a central cause…
Resource type: Research Report
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Syracuse School District Names 50-Member Task Force on Student Conduct
Source: Syracuse.com
Lekia Hill, lead organizer in Syracuse for the Alliance for Quality Education, asks UCLA expert Dan Losen a question at a Sept. 30 board session. Hill was named one of 50 members of the district's new Code of Conduct Task Force. Photo: Gary WaltsBy Paul…
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Revolutionising Research and Higher Education
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
In a recent Irish Times article, Conor O'Clery tells the story of how, in the late 1990s, Atlantic struck a deal with the Irish Government to jointly invest in post-graduate research. Back then, Atlantic Founding Chairman Chuck Feeney envisioned a quantum leap to help create a knowledge economy…
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Reasons for Supplementary Budget for the Republic of Ireland
A supplementary budget for the Republic of Ireland contains tough but necessary measures to set the country on the road to recovery after a difficult recession, said Brian Cowen, Taoiseach for the Republic of Ireland, in this speech. Original Source Ceann Comhairle Yesterday, the Minister…
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Transgender People Tell Their Stories
Source: Mamba Online
A groundbreaking DVD of short digital stories created by transgender and gender non-conforming people in South Africa will be released this weekend. The TRANSformations DVD explores the lives and experiences of the participants and their resilience in the face of considerable adversity. The project is a collaboration…
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