If you see this message, please make sure that you are using a flash compatible browser,
have javascript enabled, and have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player installed.
News: June 27, 2008 - Diversity Inc.
Need Talent? One Company's Solution
John Bridgeland is interviewed by Diversity Inc. Magazine on the high school drop-out crisis and Civic Enterprises' commissioned work with the AT&T Foundation on the long-term effects of high-school dropouts and best practices to keep them in school and engaged.
Read the Article >>
Event: June 3, 2008
John Bridgeland spoke at the closing plenary session for the Hands on Network/Points of Light Foundation conference, which aimed to leave participants inspired by the possibilities of the future of service and galvanized by the opportunity and urgency of now. This Nunn-Cohen panel discussion explored the visionary and aspirational ideas that could help our nation achieve a transcendent culture of service.
Event: May 20, 2008
John Bridgeland spoke to the AARP’s Social Impact Group in Washington, D.C. about strategies to effect social change.
Event: May 20, 2008
John Bridgeland and Alan Khazei spoke to the Corporation for National and Community Service Board of Directors about the Service Nation Summit in September.
Op-ed: May 10, 2008 - The Washington Times
Investing in National Parks
Last week's announcement of projects across America to strengthen our national parks reminds us of a powerful lesson — when the American people are challenged, they always respond.
Read the Article >>
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.
Read the Article >>
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."
Read the Article >>
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.
Read the Article >>
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.
