Results List
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Pioneering Trinity course produces first graduates
Source: Irish Times
The first students of a pioneering university course for people with intellectual disabilities complete their studies tomorrow. The 19 Trinity College students, who will be awarded certificates in contemporary living when they formally graduate in December, plan now to work in various areas including office…
Resource type: News
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THE KILLING OF SISTAHS
Source: Mamba
By Jeanine Cameron Hands up, how many of you have heard of Matthew Shephard? Yes, that's right, he was the American gay student who was tortured and killed for being homosexual. I saw the play at the Baxter, and I watched his story on DVD.…
Resource type: News
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Call to give child benefit to asylum seekers
Source: The Irish Times
Payment of child benefit should be restored for children of asylum seekers to ensure families can have a basic standard of living, the head of the State's advisory body on racism said yesterday. Philip Watt, of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism, said…
Resource type: News
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The Innovation of Age
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Purpose Prize honors achievements of older Americans who use their talents to solve social issues They might not seem to have much in common: a chief executive officer making his multinational corporation more environmentally friendly, a former physical-education teacher now training search-and-rescue dogs, an erstwhile…
Resource type: News
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Later Life Is Ripe for Reinvention, Nonprofit Leader Asserts in New Book
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Marc Freedman has emerged over the past decade as the nonprofit world's most prominent crusader for a movement to reinvent retirement. In his new book, Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life, Mr. Freedman goes a step further: He envisions a…
Resource type: News
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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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High Schools Train Students to be Entrepreneurs
Source: PBS Newshour
NewsHour Special Correspondent for Education John Merrow reports on a program that trains high school students to be entrepreneurs. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/education/jan-june07/entrepreneurs_01-15.html JOHN MERROW, Special Correspondent for Education: Seventeen-year-old high school senior Yesenia Mercado lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Ahead of her is a very important day.…
Resource type: News
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Dreams of a better life long departed
Source: The Sunday Independent
Images and text combine in Voices from the Land, to reveal despair and hope Distance blunts the jagged edges of painful realities. But all it takes is a smell, sound or image to re-sharpen the softened contours of memory. That has been the effect on…
Resource type: News
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Programme Seeks to Aid Disadvantaged Children in Republic of Ireland
A project to help disadvantaged children in three communities in Ireland will gather evidence about what works and what does not and apply that knowledge to future programmes, said John R. Healy, former Chief Executive, The Atlantic Philanthropies, in this speech in Dublin announcing the…
Resource type: Speech
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Elephant in the Room
Source: Aspen Idea, The
Summary: An article from The Aspen Institute discussing its community roundtable project on racial equity. Atlantic provided support for its June 2006 seminar.
Resource type: News