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Launch of Big Dreams, a family book about reading
Source: youngballymun
youngballymun is a complex community change initiative that is working to improve the learning and well-being outcomes for all children and young people in Ballymun. Adopting a life-cycle approach from pregnancy and infancy and right through to early adulthood, youngballymun supports the integration of evidence-based…
Resource type: News
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Take the stigma out of mental illness
Source: The Irish Times
by JOANNE HUNT Taboos could be broken around issues such as depression – which leads to more deaths than road accidents ‘IF THERE WAS one key social justice issue you would pursue in government, what would it be?’’ This question, posed in the dying minutes…
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Dalai Lama to visit Ireland in April
Source: Irish Times
The Tibetan spiritual and political leader the Dalai Lama is to make his third visit to the Republic this April. The Nobel Peace Laureate will take part in a series of events for the social change initiative "Possibilities 2011", which is run by three Irish-based…
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Same-sex relationships to be legally recognised from today
Source: RTE.ie Morning Ireland
In this interview on RTE.ie Morning Radio, Brian Sheehan, Director of GLEN (the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network), says same-sex couples can now avail of many civil rights and protections.GLEN is an Atlantic grantee. >Listen to the interview
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What Is the Most Daring, Audacious, and Successful Grant of the Past 100 Years?
Source: Philanthropy Magazine
A symposium of philanthropic leadersTo mark the 100th anniversary of the Carnegie Corporation, we asked several philanthropic leaders about the most audacious grants of the past century—and what grants made today will be talked about 100 years hence.—THE EDITORS* * *Ted Turner’s shock announcement in 1997 that he…
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Top Democrat says he'll advance immigration bill
Source: The Washington Post
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVISSenate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a news conference on Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP)WASHINGTON -- The top Senate Democrat said Tuesday he'd move to force a…
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Ethnic Seniors Avoid End-of-Life Talk, but Want More Options
Source: The Immigrant Magazine
New America Media/Northwest Vietnamese News, News Feature, Julie Pham,Part 2 of 2. Read part 1 here.At the Vietnamese Senior Association (VSA) in Seattle, Marie Thu Le, 75, confessed that “When my time comes, I don’t want to be dependent on machines. I don’t want to be…
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Organisations invest £3.5 for shared education classes
Source: BBC
Two organisations are to spend £3.5m helping secondary and grammar schools in the Catholic and state sectors to share classes. The International Fund for Ireland and Atlantic Philanthropies are making the investment after a successful trial. For three years, 60 post-primary schools provided shared classes…
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The Local Impact of Global Philanthropy
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, participated on a panel of The Settlement Summit: Inclusion, Innovation, Impact. He shared his thoughts and six suggestions on the responsibility of American foundations when working abroad, which are also applicable to grantmaking in other places…
Resource type: Speech
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Reclaiming the Moral Life of Philanthropy
Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, discussed his concerns about a growing need for a stronger moral framework for philanthropy at the Starr Forum at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Forty-five years ago, a young aide named Bill Moyers sat in the…
Resource type: Speech