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The Mott Foundation condemns heinous acts of violence in Grand Blanc, calls for community members to stand up to hate and seeks to support victims.
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A dream realized: Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital completed in Johannesburg
South Africa celebrated a milestone in health care last month with the completion of the long-awaited Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in Johannesburg.
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With Mott support, retired NBA star’s foundation is improving lives, growing philanthropy in Serbia
Former NBA star Vlade Divac’s foundation is leading efforts to increase local giving and philanthropy in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Mott grantees working to end xenophobia in South Africa
Countries all over the world are grappling with humanitarian crises born of people being displaced from their homelands. Fear and mistrust of foreigners has given rise to violent attacks in many places. In South Africa, several Mott grantees are working to stem the tide of aggression and help communities to heal.
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Statement on Foundation’s grantmaking in Russia
Mott Foundation Chairman and CEO William S. White responds to a recommendation by the upper house of the Russian parliament to put the Foundation on a list of “undesirable” organizations. The matter is now under review by the country’s prosecutor general and other officials.
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From the Mott Archives: Nelson Mandela interview with Mott staff
On the eve of the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, Christa Kuljian reminisced about the interview she conducted with him 13 years earlier, when she was the South Africa office director for the Mott Foundation. “He was quite warm and welcoming and open. He was very gracious,” she recalled.
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Remembering Nelson Mandela
As we mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, the Mott Foundation is remembering his life and legacy by recounting a recent visit to Flint by Albie Sachs, a fellow attorney and anti-apartheid activist whom Mandela appointed as a founding justice on the South African Constitutional Court.
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Albie Sachs: From freedom fighter to justice on South Africa’s Constitutional Court
Nelson Mandela's legacy and the journey to freedom in post-apartheid South Africa were among the topics explored by civil rights activist Albie Sachs during a visit to Mott's hometown of Flint, Michigan. Sachs is a founding justice of South Africa's Constitutional Court and co-author of that country's post-apartheid constitution.
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South Africa’s Journey to Democracy: Reflections by Albie Sachs
Nelson Mandela: A Leader and a Friend - video transcript.
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Mott Foundation president awarded first-ever European Foundation Centre Philanthropy Compass Prize
Mott Foundation President William S. White received the first-ever Philanthropy Compass Prize awarded by the European Foundation Centre (EFC) on Nov. 9, 2009, for “outstanding contributions to the development of the EFC and the European philanthropic sector."
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Remembering, commemorating anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko
One of South Africa's most important activists of the apartheid era is memorialized 30 years after his death.