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Nonprofit Groups Lag in Recruiting Older Workers, Report Says
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Nonprofit groups lag significantly behind government agencies and businesses in their efforts to keep and recruit older workers, a new report concludes - and that could jeopardize their ability to fill a growing number of job vacancies. "Many nonprofit leaders, boards, and funders show little…
Resource type: News
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The Poetic Souls of Middle School
Source: The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content//article/2007/02/13/AR2007021301170.html Serena McIntyre is barely 12, but already the Columbia Heights sixth-grader has suffered the slings and arrows of middle-school fortune. A boy did her wrong. So she wrote "The Love-Drained Blues." I fell in love. With a so sweet boy When I came here…
Resource type: News
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Citizen Schools: An After-Hours Adventure
Source: Education Week
Professionals Mentoring Middle-Grades Students Boston Not long ago, an 8th grader from a hardscrabble neighborhood in this city decided on an ambitious career path: She would become a doctor. Many adults encouraged her, but when she spoke with a knowledgeable source, a Harvard University medical…
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Atlantic Philanthropies Names Human-Rights Advocate as CEO
Source: Wall Street Journal
The Atlantic Philanthropies named Gara LaMarche, a veteran human-rights advocate, its new chief executive officer. He faces one of the more unusual challenges in philanthropy: The foundation plans to spend its entire $4 billion endowment within 10 years and go out of business. Mr. LaMarche,…
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Appoints Gara LaMarche New Chief Executive Officer
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
For further information please contact:Kate Bullinger in New York at +212 916 7302Colin McCrea in Dublin at +353 1 799 5912THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES APPOINTS GARA LAMARCHENEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERPhilanthropy Executive Brings Record of Innovative Leadership to an Organisation Committed to Social Change and to Disbursing…
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A New Mission Helping Low-Income Car Buyers
Source: Washington Post
By Martha M. Hamilton Many folks who are fortunate enough to have some financial flexibility view the end of one career as a chance to pursue what's in their hearts or to develop new passions. Some do it through volunteering; others take jobs that wouldn't…
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Trends and Recent Estimates of Contraceptive Use Among U.S. Teens
Source: Child Trends
In the U.S., teen females are using more effective hormonal and barrier methods to prevent pregnancy. At the same time, Hispanic teens initiate sex at a younger age and show lower levels of contraceptive use, putting them at greater risk of unintended pregnancy and childbearing or…
Resource type: Research Report
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UQ helps Vietnam with health records
Source: University of Queensland, Australia
UQ helps Vietnam with health records Published: 18 July 2006 UQ's School of Population Health will receive more than $4 million to work with Vietnamese government and medical bodies and universities to strengthen vital health data collection and plan for future health needs. UQ health…
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The Atlantic Philanthropies Awards Child Trends $2.2 Million, Four Year Grant
Source: Child Trends
Grant Will Fund Research-to-Results: Improving Policies and Practices for Youth Development THE ATLANTIC PHILANTHROPIES AWARDS CHILD TRENDS $2.2 MILLION, FOUR–YEAR GRANT Grant Will Fund Research-to-Results: Improving Policies and Practices for Youth Development Washington, DC— Child Trends announced today that it will receive a $2.2 million,…
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Filling the Void
Source: Fast Company
Introducing the 2006 Social Capitalist Award winners--25 entrepreneurs solving the world's toughest problems with creativity, ingenuity, and passion. Because they can't stand a vacuum. The entrepreneurial mind abhors a vacuum. Market failures, unmet demand, even the maddening lure of a blank napkin--all beckon as explicit…
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