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News: May 5, 2008 - The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Foundations Urged to Drop Jitters Over Public-Policy Work
Foundations should gear up to influence the transition team that will be preparing policy for the next president after the November election, said John Bridgeland, president of Civic Enterprises... who served on the transition team for President George W. Bush, said it was "flooded" with proposals from philanthropic bodies and was able to take action on many of them.
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Event: April 30, 2008
John Bridgeland spoke at the White House about the high school dropout crisis and response, in partnership with Alma Powell and Marguerite Kondracke of the America's Promise Alliance and the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.
Event: April 28-29, 2008
Ryan Streeter spoke on 2 plenary session panels on corporate community investment at the Business Civic Leadership Center's annual conference in Anaheim, CA. On one panel, he presented new original research on corporate community investment with Patrick Rooney of the Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy.
News: April 28, 2008 - Fox News
Sacrifice: An American virtue on rebound
John Bridgeland, former volunteerism czar under President Bush, writes in an upcoming book that the founders were not endorsing momentary pleasures fueled by the pursuit of material goods, "but the satisfaction that comes from a life dedicated to others and causes greater than ourselves."
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Op-ed: April 28, 2008 - The Weekly Standard
A Bush Success (not that he gets credit): The Medicare drug benefit is working better than predicted
It's been said that you can prove the possible by the actual--and in this case, the "actual" is that sensible public policy can liberate markets to work in health care just as they work in every other area. Governmentalists have a deep interest in grounding policy debates on issues like health care in abstractions and appeals to fear of the unknown. Pro-market reformers, on the other hand, need only to test their propositions against reality.
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Event: April 25, 2008
John Bridgeland joined United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and UN Special Envoy to Malaria, Ray Chambers for the first ever World Malaria Day and the launch of a new campaign to close the bed net gap in Africa.
Event: April 24, 2008
Ryan Streeter spoke as a co-panelist on the future of social justice in America at the annual Heritage Foundation resource bank conference in Atlanta.
Event: April 24, 2008
John Bridgeland spoke at the launch of the National Parks Centennial Challenge projects on the West Capitol steps at the invitation of Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne. More than 100 projects in 76 national parks across 38 states were announced by Secretary Kempthorne.
Op-ed: April 22, 2008 - The Washington Times
It's the economy, stupid
At times, it seems the rest of the world understands the power of our free markets and sensible policies better than we do. Reform-minded governments around the world now compete with each other to secure the lowest possible corporate and income tax rates, reform their entitlement programs and expand free trade. Meanwhile, the Democratic candidates for president want to erect new trade barriers, raise taxes and expand government.
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Event: April 21, 2008
John Bridgeland, was a guest speaker on Minnesota Public Radio (MPR). Bridgeland along with MPR host Keri Miller and guest Meria Carstaphen, superintendent of St. Paul public schools, discussed the high school drop out crisis in the US and how service learning may aid this issue.
