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More seniors decide to stay on the job
Source: Arizona East Valley Tribune
There was a time when Barbara Jacovitch says she was rejected as being too old for a job when she was in her 40s. Today, at age 69 the Chandler resident is working 32 hours a week as a customer service representative at the McKesson…
Resource type: News
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Ending Well: Maximizing Lasting Impact
Source: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
When we finally close our doors, The Atlantic Philanthropies will become the largest foundation ever to deliberately conclude grantmaking within the lifetime of its donor. We’re conscious of making every investment count – in Chuck Feeney’s words: to make the “highest and best use” of…
Resource type: News
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Supporting Initiatives By and For Women Is Critical To Achieving Social Justice
Source: Gara LaMarche
In their new book, “Half the Sky,” Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wu Dunn assert that there can be no social or economic justice, or human rights progress around the world, that does not have women and girls at its core. It’s a…
Resource type: News
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Federation, National Council on Aging Announce Collaboration
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
By: National Council on Aging CDCUs to Work with Regional Economic Security Centers to Assist Vulnerable Older Adults According to research from the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (Federation) and the National Council on Aging (NCOA), older adults in the United States are…
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When High School Students Are Treated Like Prisoners
Source: Rolling Stone
Advocacy groups are calling for a reduction in the use of police officers in schools. Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBy Molly KnefelAs students in New York City return to school for the fall, a coalition of youth and legal advocacy groups, including…
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Prevention and Early Intervention Programme in Ireland and Northern Ireland
Source: Mathematica Policy Research
Children and youth organisations on the island of Ireland are building a strong body of prevention and early intervention practices, according to an evaluation of Atlantic's investments by Mathematica Policy Research. Meanwhile, research organisations are acquiring new expertise in evaluating children's prevention and early intervention…
Resource type: Evaluation
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Elev8 Youth Speak for Themselves on Capitol Hill
Source: Elev8
On April 22, students from 20 Elev8 middle schools across the country filed into legislative office buildings surrounding the nation’s capitol, nervous but prepared to speak out on issues they had selected themselves, including school safety and funding for afterschool programs. The visit to Capitol…
Resource type: News
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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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As 2009 Nears, Stresses Vie with Opportunities for Atlantic and its Grantees
Source: Gara LaMarche
As 2008 draws to a close, organisations, just like individuals, should take a moment to reflect on the challenges and accomplishments of the year that is ending, and prepare for the one ahead. I’d like to do that, in this final column of an eventful…
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Telling the Story About South Africa's Rural Poor
Source: Gara LaMarche
The transition from apartheid to the new South Africa is rightfully viewed as one of the major advances in human history toward equality and democracy. But as I have written here before, many problems still exist: the South African government became an object of ridicule,…
Resource type: News