Results List
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What’s happening in Northern Ireland and what can be done about it?
Source: Ariadne
In this blog, Martin O’Brien, Director of the Social Change Initiative (SCI), analyses the recent incidents in Northern Ireland and explores what politicians and philanthropy can do to remediate the situation. Two years ago, we were delighted to welcome Ariadne members to Belfast for the…
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Foundation recovery likely slow
Source: Philanthropy Journal
Original Source The Foundation Center and the Council on Foundations are Atlantic grantees. by Ret Boney The injuries foundations sustained during the market downturns were severe, and it likely will be years before foundation giving is back on track, but funders have risen to the…
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Atlantic Philanthropies’ $1.1bn is ‘drop in ocean’ next to what State can invest
Source: The Irish Times
Vulnerable are being pushed away from central decision-making, says foundation memberAtlantic Philanthropies Ireand’s Martin O’Brien will deliver the Dave Ellis lecture – in memory of the activist who worked with community groups in Dublin for more than 20 years – at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin…
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Robinson and McGuinness announce continuation of childcare funding
Source: Northern Ireland Executive
First Minister Rt Hon Peter D. Robinson MLA and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP, MLA have announced the continuation of Playboard funding for childcare for the next twelve months. Speaking following their announcement the Ministers acknowledged the valuable work carried out by the groups…
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Ireland’s Economic Problems – No Excuse to Send Human Rights into Recession
Source: Gara LaMarche
For many around the world, Ireland in the last ten years or so has represented two things: first, a strong voice for human rights and justice, from Presidents like Mary Robinson to prominent private citizens like Bono. And second, a powerful economic success story: the…
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US billionaire due to match CBRJ funding
Source: Irish News
Original Source By Barry McCaffrey An American billionaire yesterday announced that he is to match British government funding for community-based restorative justice (CBRJ) projects. Over the next three years American billionaire Chuck Feeney and the NIO will jointly provide £600,000 funding for community-based restorative justice…
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Cash boost for community schemes
Source: BBC News
Original Source Over the next three years the money will be invested in accredited community based projects (CBRJ). Criminal Justice Minister Paul Goggins announced the new funding package, which is a joint venture between the NIO and the Atlantic Philanthrophies. "CBRJ schemes have shown that…
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£600,000 for NI restorative justice schemes
Source: The Irish Times
Original Source Restorative justice schemes in Northern Ireland are to receive £600,000 over three years, the authorities said today. The funding package is a joint venture between the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) and independent international charitable foundation the Atlantic Philanthropies. The programmes deal with people…
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Supporting Legal Action
Source: Alliance Magazine
Laws provide the skeletal frame of a social order but while laws in theory and by tradition serve the cause of justice, they can easily be, and often are, used to reinforce a repressive regime. Here James A. Goldston and Martin O’Brien reflect on the…
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Maryland and the Death Penalty
Source: The New York Times
Maryland’s governor, Martin O’Malley, chose Jan. 15, the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., to announce his determination to repeal the state’s law allowing capital punishment. “Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence,” he said, quoting Dr. King.The death penalty does not deter murders, the governor said, since…
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