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What Went Right with the Faith-Based and Community Initiative
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Wednesday, May 2, 2007
5:30 PM
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Wednesday, May 2, 2007
7:00 PM
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As one of his very first acts in office, President Bush launched the Faith-Based and Community Initiative to eliminate barriers that impede the full participation of faith-based and community organizations in the provision of social services. Now, six years later, it is appropriate to take stock of the program's accomplishments as well as its unfinished business. Jay Hein, President Bush's Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, discussed the state of the initiative, the challenges he faces as its Director, and what might lie ahead for the effort under a different President.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jay F. Hein was named Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives on August 3, 2006. Prior to joining the White House staff, Mr. Hein was the founding president of the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, an international public policy research firm headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mr. Hein also served as Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for American Renewal, a public charity established by Ambassador Daniel R. Coats. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hein served as Executive Director of Civil Society Programs at Hudson Institute and as Director of Hudson’s field office in Madison, Wisconsin, where he conducted hands-on research and analysis in support of the State's landmark welfare reforms.
More Information
Julie Sawyer
1015 15th St. NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-682-1200
Fax: 202-408-0632
E-mail: jsawyer@eppc.org
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The Age of Neuroelectronics
For decades, experiments at the border between brains and electronics have led to sensationalistic media coverage, vivid science fiction portrayals, and dreams of cyborgs and bionic men. But recently, this area of science has seen remarkable advances -- from robotic limbs controlled directly by brain activity, to brain implants that alter the mood of the depressed, to rats steered by remote control. In this New Atlantis article, EPPC Fellow Adam Keiper explores the peculiar history and present directions of this research, and considers the challenges of staying human in the age of neuroelectronics.
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Blogging on the Courts
EPPC President Edward Whelan, the director of the program on The Constitution, the Courts, and the Culture, is a leading contributor to Bench Memos, National Review Online's award-winning blog on judicial nominations and constitutional law. You can read a list of all of his postings here.
Here is some of the praise Mr. Whelan has received for his blogging:
 From Steve Schmidt, who, as special adviser to President Bush, led the White House's efforts to confirm the Supreme Court nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito: "Ed Whelan was the most influential and valuable commentator on the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito. His remarkably rapid, thorough, and reliable responses to the distorted attacks on the nominees prevented those attacks from gaining traction. The White House was deeply grateful that he was on our side."
From Paul Mirengoff of the influential Power Line blog: "Blogs like NRO’s Bench Memos … enable legal super-stars like Ed Whelan to shoot down bad arguments against nominees within hours."
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