Please pray for all involved. Especially those working behind the scenes on the defense of life and freedoms of Catholics.
Special petitions to Pope John Paul II, most appreciated.
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From: cmmckinley@aol.com
To: cmmckinley@aol.com; archbishopsean@rcab.org; joefeitelberg@maltaboston.org; catholic.conscience.protections@gmail.com
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Sent: Tue, 26 May 2009 8:36 am
Subject: Re: Caritas Update - May 27,2009
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Gentlemen:
I beg your indulgence, but I neglected to mention:
On March 5th, the Cardinal said:
“I want to confirm for the Catholic community and the wider interested public that Caritas Christi Health Care has assured me that it will not be engaged in any procedures nor draw any benefits from any relationship which violate the Church’s moral teaching..." *(7a)
It appears the Cardinal knew on March 5th that the contract violated Church's moral teachings, but was assured that Caritas Christi would not draw benefits from the violations.
Caritas h as been in financial trouble and it's purpose in bidding on the contract was to draw financial benefits, the business Caritas and the Archdiocese created to carry out the contract that violates Church teachings, Celtic Care Health Care plan of Massachusetts, Inc., is a registered as a&nb sp; "for-profit". Since Caritas is a substantial partner in the "for-profit" that violates the teachings of the Church, they indeed draw benefits from the violations.
In the interests of transparency, Caritas and the Cardinal need to release the opinion of the National Catholic Bioethics Center. If the NCBC has given approval to this deal, it means that they believe if their corporation develops financial difficulties, Fr.Tad and Dr. Haas can=2 0become the minority partner in a for-profit corporation that performs embryonic stem cell research. If the NCBC declined to approve this deal, the Cardinal not only proceeded knowing that it was unethical and children would be harmed, he released statements undermining the credibility of Catholics warning the faithful in the public square.
In the interest of full disclosure, Catholics have a right to know what transpired. Please release the opinion.
In Christ, Carol McKinley
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From: cmmckinley@aol.com To: archbishopsean@rcab.org; joefeitelberg@maltaboston.org; catholic.conscience.protections@gmail.comIHS
Gentlemen:
I beg your indulgence, but I neglected to mention:
On March 5th, the Cardinal said:
“I want to confirm for the Catholic community and the wider interested public that Caritas Christi Health Care has assured me that it will not be engaged in any procedures nor draw any benefits from any relationship which violate the Church’s moral teaching..." *(7a)
It appears the Cardinal knew on March 5th that the contract violated Church's moral teachings, but was assured that Caritas Christi would not draw benefits from the violations.
Caritas h as been in financial trouble and it's purpose in bidding on the contract was to draw financial benefits, the business Caritas and the Archdiocese created to carry out the contract that violates Church teachings, Celtic Care Health Care plan of Massachusetts, Inc., is a registered as a&nb sp; "for-profit". Since Caritas is a substantial partner in the "for-profit" that violates the teachings of the Church, they indeed draw benefits from the violations.
In the interests of transparency, Caritas and the Cardinal need to release the opinion of the National Catholic Bioethics Center. If the NCBC has given approval to this deal, it means that they believe if their corporation develops financial difficulties, Fr.Tad and Dr. Haas can=2 0become the minority partner in a for-profit corporation that performs embryonic stem cell research. If the NCBC declined to approve this deal, the Cardinal not only proceeded knowing that it was unethical and children would be harmed, he released statements undermining the credibility of Catholics warning the faithful in the public square.
In the interest of full disclosure, Catholics have a right to know what transpired. Please release the opinion.
In Christ, Carol McKinley
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Sent: Tue, 26 May 200 9 1:56 am
Subject: Caritas Update - May 27,2009
May 27, 2009
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IHS
Dear Joe,
I wanted to memorialize our conversation on Friday evening, May 23rd.
You responded to my last email by calling Bill Cousins on Friday and asking him to assure me that "Caritas" will not be making referrals for abortions" I phoned you later Friday evening to have a followup conversation. I must confess, there still seems to be a great deal of confusion.
Hopefully I can clear up the confusion in a more simplified manner in this email.
"Caritas will not be making referrals for abortions"
When you and the Cardinal are using the word "Caritas" in this context, I believe you mean to convey that the Cardinal and Caritas have created another business to carry out the abortions. In this business structure, the name "Caritas" is a substantial partner in the abortion business but the name "Caritas" will be on the back burner.
The confusion is arising because pro-lifers are speaking about the various people involved in this venture, the souls, the living people, not the name of the businesses that will execute the services that are binding in the contract.
Pro-lifers have been deeply concerned because in the arrangement, the medical staff inside of the Caritas buildings, who are face-to-face with the patients, wil l now be compelled to hand out pro-abortion information. And, Catholics will no longer be free to to describe the spiritual problems with the unethical medical services, in accord with the teachings of the Church.
"Amo ng the written assurances are a pledge that medical staff operating under the Centene-Caritas insurance plan, known as Commonwealth Family Health Plan, will inform women of their healthcare options, including abortion." *(1)
Theologically speaking, these are sins of commission and omission.
In fact, some of the things this contract requires will impose a sentence of automatic excommunication. Before the contract, Catholic employees inside of the buildings of Caritas were able advise the patients that abortion is murder and such a grave offense it severs your relationship with God and His Church. With the contract "Caritas" has signed, Catholic employees inside of the buildings of Caritas are no longer free to advise women coming in requesting an abortion, because "Caritas" has not only promised that the Catholic staff will be compelled to violate their conscience, "Caritas" with the consent of the Cardinal is working out the details of how they will per mit state to monitor Catholic employees. *(1) *(2) *(3) *(8) *(9)
“How compliance will be monitored is just being worked out now,” Massachusetts hea lth authority spokesman Powers said March 16. *(11)
This will have a terrible impact upon evangelization,20conversion and the salvation of souls. It divests Catholics of the freedom to practice medicine.
You and the Cardinal seem concerned about the name of the business in all this. But, the real problem here Joe, is that Caritas bid on a contract that includes performing abortion services and other moral evils upon people. That's not something a Catholic Corporation can do for several reasons. First and foremost, abortion is murder. It is a business arrangement that invol ves murder and somebody is going to have to carry those killings out, somewhere and somehow. Catholic Cardinal's can't involve themselves in contracts like this one because all the people involved are injured physically and spiritually. *(2), *(3) *(9) *(10)
On February 27, 2008, "Caritas" said they would "contract with providers" to perform the moral evils. *(9) When you contract with somebody you tell them to do something and then you give them money. That is what a contract is. In this case, Caritas bid on a contract that involves contraception, sterilizations, in-vitro fertilization and other services including abortion. In this case, when " Caritas" said it would make "contracts with providers", it means they will invite people who commit murders to do business with them and then they will send the women their direction and pay them money to do it.
You also told Bill:
This is consistent with your previous email to Bill. *(4)
Howe ver, according to the public records at the Secretary of State's Office, a contract has already been signed.
*(1) The Connector Authority board, which oversees the Commonwealth Care program, voted unanimously in favor of the joint venture propose d by Centene Corp., a St. Louis-based health organization, and Caritas Christi Health Care Network.
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IHS
Dear Joe,
I wanted to memorialize our conversation on Friday evening, May 23rd.
You responded to my last email by calling Bill Cousins on Friday and asking him to assure me that "Caritas" will not be making referrals for abortions" I phoned you later Friday evening to have a followup conversation. I must confess, there still seems to be a great deal of confusion.
Hopefully I can clear up the confusion in a more simplified manner in this email.
"Caritas will not be making referrals for abortions"
When you and the Cardinal are using the word "Caritas" in this context, I believe you mean to convey that the Cardinal and Caritas have created another business to carry out the abortions. In this business structure, the name "Caritas" is a substantial partner in the abortion business but the name "Caritas" will be on the back burner.
The confusion is arising because pro-lifers are speaking about the various people involved in this venture, the souls, the living people, not the name of the businesses that will execute the services that are binding in the contract.
Pro-lifers have been deeply concerned because in the arrangement, the medical staff inside of the Caritas buildings, who are face-to-face with the patients, wil l now be compelled to hand out pro-abortion information. And, Catholics will no longer be free to to describe the spiritual problems with the unethical medical services, in accord with the teachings of the Church.
"Amo ng the written assurances are a pledge that medical staff operating under the Centene-Caritas insurance plan, known as Commonwealth Family Health Plan, will inform women of their healthcare options, including abortion." *(1)
Theologically speaking, these are sins of commission and omission.
In fact, some of the things this contract requires will impose a sentence of automatic excommunication. Before the contract, Catholic employees inside of the buildings of Caritas were able advise the patients that abortion is murder and such a grave offense it severs your relationship with God and His Church. With the contract "Caritas" has signed, Catholic employees inside of the buildings of Caritas are no longer free to advise women coming in requesting an abortion, because "Caritas" has not only promised that the Catholic staff will be compelled to violate their conscience, "Caritas" with the consent of the Cardinal is working out the details of how they will per mit state to monitor Catholic employees. *(1) *(2) *(3) *(8) *(9)
“How compliance will be monitored is just being worked out now,” Massachusetts hea lth authority spokesman Powers said March 16. *(11)
This will have a terrible impact upon evangelization,20conversion and the salvation of souls. It divests Catholics of the freedom to practice medicine.
You and the Cardinal seem concerned about the name of the business in all this. But, the real problem here Joe, is that Caritas bid on a contract that includes performing abortion services and other moral evils upon people. That's not something a Catholic Corporation can do for several reasons. First and foremost, abortion is murder. It is a business arrangement that invol ves murder and somebody is going to have to carry those killings out, somewhere and somehow. Catholic Cardinal's can't involve themselves in contracts like this one because all the people involved are injured physically and spiritually. *(2), *(3) *(9) *(10)
On February 27, 2008, "Caritas" said they would "contract with providers" to perform the moral evils. *(9) When you contract with somebody you tell them to do something and then you give them money. That is what a contract is. In this case, Caritas bid on a contract that involves contraception, sterilizations, in-vitro fertilization and other services including abortion. In this case, when " Caritas" said it would make "contracts with providers", it means they will invite people who commit murders to do business with them and then they will send the women their direction and pay them money to do it.
You also told Bill:
- "the contract ha d not yet been signed"
- the Cardinal will not sign the contract unless the contract excludes Caritas making abortion referrals".
This is consistent with your previous email to Bill. *(4)
Howe ver, according to the public records at the Secretary of State's Office, a contract has already been signed.
When the Cardinal and Caritas originally set the structure up, Caritas was the majority shareholder in "Centene-Caritas" structure. *(5)
Since that time, "Caritas" has entered a joint venture called CeltiCare, formal name is Celtic Health Care Plan of Massachusetts, Inc. *(6)
Since that time, "Caritas" has entered a joint venture called CeltiCare, formal name is Celtic Health Care Plan of Massachusetts, Inc. *(6)
I reviewed the Articles of Organization at the Massachusett's Secretary of State's Office which were filed on May 5, 2009 for Celtic Care Health Care Plan of Massachusetts, Inc., and it appears that four people from Caritas Christi Health Care have been appointed to the Board of Directors of Celtic Health Care Plan of Massachusetts, Inc. While shareholders are not part of the public record, the By-Laws of a corporation flush out the rights each partner gets in appointing officers and directors. Therefore, Caritas is a partner and substantial shareholder in this corporation. Article V of the Orga nization documents discloses the contract between CeltiCare and its shareholders, including Caritas, has indeed been signed.
If I understand the situation as it currently stands, when you say "Caritas will not be doing abortions or referring women for them", you don't mean Caritas isn't involved in the abortions business or the women won't be referred by a business Caritas is involved in or the abortions won't happen as a result of the contract "Caritas" has entered, you mean the abortion services "Caritas"has promised to perform on women will be done under a different business name. On face value, a soundbyte can be created that inoculates Caritas from what is happening on the ground inside of the hospitals to the people, "Caritas will not be doing abortion referrals". (Is the Bioethics Center giving an opinion on the spiritual obligations of a Cardinal hiring people to perform services that are obstacles to the salvation of those souls?)
If I understand the situation as it currently stands, when you say "Caritas will not be doing abortions or referring women for them", you don't mean Caritas isn't involved in the abortions business or the women won't be referred by a business Caritas is involved in or the abortions won't happen as a result of the contract "Caritas" has entered, you mean the abortion services "Caritas"has promised to perform on women will be done under a different business name. On face value, a soundbyte can be created that inoculates Caritas from what is happening on the ground inside of the hospitals to the people, "Caritas will not be doing abortion referrals". (Is the Bioethics Center giving an opinion on the spiritual obligations of a Cardinal hiring people to perform services that are obstacles to the salvation of those souls?)
This latest development is bewildering and disconcerting. The concerns of Catholics in the Cardinal's consent for Caritas to involve itself in abortion business have been met with obfuscation and secrecy. The Cardinal gave the impression that the deal was on hold until the National Catholic Bioethics Center would examine it, give us the moral rationale and opine whether it was indeed sound and could stand up to proper moral standards. The Cardinal gave the impression that once he obtained the opinion from the National Catholic Bioethics Center, he would open the arrangement to public scrutiny and the deal would not be consummated before the scandal was addressed. *(7a) *(7b) *(7c)
This will have a devastating impact on the Cardinals reputation, credibility and trust. The Cardinal=2 0ceded control of the Catholic operation to Martha Coakey *(12) and then keeping the names of the Caritas Board of Directors secretive, contradicting Caritas and the Commonwealth about the fact that women would be referred for abortions, the secrecy surrounding the details of the arrangement, calling people who were trying to let pro-lifers know that women were indeed going to be referred for abortions under this contract and that Catholic conscience protections would be obliterated under it "people who are doing a great disservice to the Church", giving the impression the deal was on hold and he would publicly release the opinion of the National Catholic Bioethics Center who examined the arrangement - the Archdiocese of Boston is in a grave situation.
In your email to our friend Bill, you said:
"Be assured that with my 1950s HC (Holy Cross) background I will never support a development which would injure our Church. Having said this I will also tell you that while at HC I learned to use the full power of judgment to find new wa ys to improve things while living within the Church’s standards."
Perhaps you were relying upon Rev. Bryan Hehir, who was the Cardinal's representative and liaison to the Caritas Board to guide the full power of you r judgment. Rev. Hehir is deeply involved with a pocket of Catholic dissent operating out of the JFK School of Government - Mary Jo Bane and Marshall Ganz. (Ganz was a protege of Cesar Chavez and an integral player in the Obama campaign, with expertise in "mobilizing".) *(13) I'm afraid you may have been the recipient of some bum advice.
I hope this clarifies the confusion.
In Christ, Carol McKinley
This will have a devastating impact on the Cardinals reputation, credibility and trust. The Cardinal=2 0ceded control of the Catholic operation to Martha Coakey *(12) and then keeping the names of the Caritas Board of Directors secretive, contradicting Caritas and the Commonwealth about the fact that women would be referred for abortions, the secrecy surrounding the details of the arrangement, calling people who were trying to let pro-lifers know that women were indeed going to be referred for abortions under this contract and that Catholic conscience protections would be obliterated under it "people who are doing a great disservice to the Church", giving the impression the deal was on hold and he would publicly release the opinion of the National Catholic Bioethics Center who examined the arrangement - the Archdiocese of Boston is in a grave situation.
In your email to our friend Bill, you said:
"Be assured that with my 1950s HC (Holy Cross) background I will never support a development which would injure our Church. Having said this I will also tell you that while at HC I learned to use the full power of judgment to find new wa ys to improve things while living within the Church’s standards."
I hope this clarifies the confusion.
In Christ, Carol McKinley
*(1) The Connector Authority board, which oversees the Commonwealth Care program, voted unanimously in favor of the joint venture propose d by Centene Corp., a St. Louis-based health organization, and Caritas Christi Health Care Network.
The vote followed several closed-door sessions in which officials from Centene and Caritas , the minority partner in the joint venture, assured regulators that women will have "ready access" to family planning and reproductive services, an issue that sparked concerns from abortion foes and reproductive rights activists.
Among the written assurances are a pledge that medical staff operating under the Centene-Caritas insurance plan, known as Commonwealth Family Health Plan, will inform women of their healthcare options, including abortion. The insurers will also provide a toll-free customer service line, available around the clock, to inform women about where they can get contraception, sterilization, and other family planning services not offered in the immediate setting. In an emergency, a service representative will arrange transportation to the nearest appropriate facility, officials said.
The regulators promised to watch closely. "We will certainly monitor their performance ," said Jon Kingsdale, the authority's executive director. "We will not allow them to start up or continue if they are not in compliance."
As a measure of the underlying tensions, four board members emphasized the need for 0Aoversight.
"I remain somewhat concerned abou t implementation," said Nonnie Burnes, state comm issioner of insurance and a former Planned Parenthood board member. "I am willing to support this as long as we have some way to monitor this" in doctor's offices and other healthcare facilities (Boston Globe 03.13.2009 Massachusetts Regulators Approve Joint Caritas-Centene Healthcare Venture)
*(2) On Thursday, Sandy McBride, the director of corporate communications for Centene Coproration, e-mailed the Globe a statement declaring, "Commonwealth Family Health Plan will contract with providers, both in and out of the Caritas network, to ensure access to all services required by the Authority, including confidential family planning services." Commonwealth Family Health Plan is the proposed joint venture between Caritas and Centene; "the Authority" is the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority Board.(03.04.2009 "Archdiocese criticized on Caritas, abortion")
*(3) Andrea Miller NARAL
We are not privy to the details of the Centene-Caritas bid, but it does appear that the Connector has obtained affirmation from Centene-Caritas that low-income women and men of the Commonwealth will be “insulated” from the influence of Caritas in this system such that this join t venture will improve – not impede – access to basic care, including the reproductive and sexual health care required by law,and that clear, affirmative disclosures will be made. But, we know that it’s in the real world where the rubber meets the road, so we will be diligent in monitoring the roll out and implementation of this plan - and we appreciate that the Connector Board members have pledged to be a partner in ensuring full disclosure and timely provision of medical care. (prochoicemass press releast 03.12.2009)
*(4) From: Joe Feitelberg [mailto:jhfeit@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:32 AM
To:
Subject: RE: from boston globe
* (5) "Commonwealth Family Health Plan, Inc. (CFHP) is pleased to announce that it has submitted a response to the Request for Proposal is sued by the Commonwealth Care Health Insurance Connector Authority (Connector Authority) to provide health insurance for Massachusetts residents enrolled in the Commonwealth Care Program. CFHP is a partnership between20Celtic Group, a subsidiary of Centene Corporation, and Caritas Christi Health Care. The partnership was created to offer a new form of local managed care that is tailored to the needs of Massachusetts’ progressive healthcare system(03.04.2009 "Archdiocese criticized on Caritas, abortion")
About CeltiCare Health Plan of Massachusetts
*(6) CeltiCare Health Plan of Massachusetts, Inc. is a managed care organization that will provide health insurance to Massachusetts residents enrolled in the Commonwealth Care Program. A partnership between Celtic Insurance Company and Caritas Christi Health Care, CeltiCare offers a new form of local managed care that is tailored to the needs of Massachusetts progressive healthcare system.Effective July 1, 2009, the plan will contract with the Commonwealth Care Health Insurance Connector Authority (Authority) to serve low-income, working adults who are not eligible for Medicaid.
*(7a) “I want to co nfirm for the Catholic community and the wider interested public that Caritas Christi Health Care has assured me that it will not be engaged in any procedures nor draw any benefits from any relationship which violate the Church’s moral teaching as found in the Ethical and Religious Directives. Caritas Christi has been consistently faithful to these standards in the past and will continue to do so in the future.” (Boston Pilot 03.05.2009 "Cardinal O'Malley Releases Statement on Caritas Christi Proposed Management")
*(7b)"While I appreciate the opportunity given to Caritas Christi to serve the poor through this agreement, I wish to reaffirm that this agreement can only be realized if the moral obligations for Catholic hospitals as articulated in the Ethical and Religious Directives of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are fulfilled at all times and in all cases. In order to assure me that this agreement will provide for the integrity of the Catholic identity and practices of Caritas Christi Health Care System, I have asked the National Catholic Bioethics Center to review the agreement and to assure me that it is faithful to Catholic principles." (Cardinal's Blog 03.12.2009)
*(7c) "There has been a significant amount of public dialogue concerning my statement yesterday about the propose d arrangement involving Caritas Christi Health Care with the Commonwealth Care Program.
*(10)Connector Authority spokesman Dick Powers, asked about the issue by the Globe, today said "Health plans must provide covered services. Covered services specifically include abortion services." (03.04.2009 "Archdiocese criticized on Caritas, abortion")
*(11) “How compliance will be monitored is just being worked out now,” Massachusetts health authority spokesman Powers said March 16. (National Catholic Register 04.05.2009 "Did Catholic Hospit al System Compromise Ethics")
In March of 2008, Martha Coakley urged the Archdiocese to cede control of operations of Caritas Christi.
*(12) The report, based on a four-month study, also urges the archdiocese to cede control of the operation of Caritas Christi Health Care System so that an independent board with expertise in healthcare management can run it. The board now answers to Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley - Caritas Christi officials said they are already working on Coakley's top recommendation, creating an independent and professional board to run the system.. The new board will have 15 members, each serving a maximum of nine years, and a chair serving for a maximum of three years. The cardinal will appoint three members.(Boston Globe 03.07.2008 "AG urges change of course for Caritas")
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*(2) On Thursday, Sandy McBride, the director of corporate communications for Centene Coproration, e-mailed the Globe a statement declaring, "Commonwealth Family Health Plan will contract with providers, both in and out of the Caritas network, to ensure access to all services required by the Authority, including confidential family planning services." Commonwealth Family Health Plan is the proposed joint venture between Caritas and Centene; "the Authority" is the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority Board.(03.04.2009 "Archdiocese criticized on Caritas, abortion")
*(3) Andrea Miller NARAL
We are not privy to the details of the Centene-Caritas bid, but it does appear that the Connector has obtained affirmation from Centene-Caritas that low-income women and men of the Commonwealth will be “insulated” from the influence of Caritas in this system such that this join t venture will improve – not impede – access to basic care, including the reproductive and sexual health care required by law,and that clear, affirmative disclosures will be made. But, we know that it’s in the real world where the rubber meets the road, so we will be diligent in monitoring the roll out and implementation of this plan - and we appreciate that the Connector Board members have pledged to be a partner in ensuring full disclosure and timely provision of medical care. (prochoicemass press releast 03.12.2009)
*(4) From: Joe Feitelberg [mailto:jhfeit@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:32 AM
To:
Subject: RE: from boston globe
XXX-Thank you for sending this along.
0A Here are a few missing pieces:
· The Globe wrote this early on before all today’s facts were available
· There has been no execution of the Connector agreement at this time. There is a clear intent to try and be part of this resource which principally serves the poor
· In the Centene-Caritas proposed plan Caritas would be the majority, not the “minority” shareholder
· Cardinal Sean has this under ethical review by the Church’s highest talent20base
· Caritas now has had an outstanding Management team in place for one year which has a skill set that was missing
· FINALLY—none of us should let innuendo or inadequate information stampede us into assumed incompetency
Be assured that with my 1950s HC (Holy Cross) background I will never support a development which would injure our Church. Having said this I will also tell you that while at HC I learned to use the full power of judgment to find new ways to improve things while living within the Church’s standards.
See you in June,
Joe
Joe Feitelberg
* (5) "Commonwealth Family Health Plan, Inc. (CFHP) is pleased to announce that it has submitted a response to the Request for Proposal is sued by the Commonwealth Care Health Insurance Connector Authority (Connector Authority) to provide health insurance for Massachusetts residents enrolled in the Commonwealth Care Program. CFHP is a partnership between20Celtic Group, a subsidiary of Centene Corporation, and Caritas Christi Health Care. The partnership was created to offer a new form of local managed care that is tailored to the needs of Massachusetts’ progressive healthcare system(03.04.2009 "Archdiocese criticized on Caritas, abortion")
About CeltiCare Health Plan of Massachusetts
*(6) CeltiCare Health Plan of Massachusetts, Inc. is a managed care organization that will provide health insurance to Massachusetts residents enrolled in the Commonwealth Care Program. A partnership between Celtic Insurance Company and Caritas Christi Health Care, CeltiCare offers a new form of local managed care that is tailored to the needs of Massachusetts progressive healthcare system.Effective July 1, 2009, the plan will contract with the Commonwealth Care Health Insurance Connector Authority (Authority) to serve low-income, working adults who are not eligible for Medicaid.
*(7a) “I want to co nfirm for the Catholic community and the wider interested public that Caritas Christi Health Care has assured me that it will not be engaged in any procedures nor draw any benefits from any relationship which violate the Church’s moral teaching as found in the Ethical and Religious Directives. Caritas Christi has been consistently faithful to these standards in the past and will continue to do so in the future.” (Boston Pilot 03.05.2009 "Cardinal O'Malley Releases Statement on Caritas Christi Proposed Management")
*(7c) "There has been a significant amount of public dialogue concerning my statement yesterday about the propose d arrangement involving Caritas Christi Health Care with the Commonwealth Care Program.
To be perfectly clear, Caritas Christi will never do anything to promote abortions, to direct any patients to providers of abortion or in any way to participate in actions that are contrary to Catholic moral teaching and anyone who suggests otherwise is doing a great disservice to the Catholic Church. We are committed to the Gospel of Life and no arrangement will be entered into unless it is completely in accord with Church teaching.
Recognizing the complexity of the proposed arrangement, I will ask the National Catholic Bioethics Center to review the arrangement and to provide me their opinion." (Cardinal's blog 03.07.2009)*(8) While state regulators presented th e proposed Caritas-Centene bid last week as a "joint venture," Caritas characterized its participation yesterday as a "minority investment." It also said the venture, to be called Commonwealth Family Health Plan, has filed for licensing by the state Department of Insurance. (Boston Globe 03.04.2009 Caritas Draws Fire on Abortion)
*(9) At least one board member expressed concerns about the proposed Caritas-linked venture, called Commonwealth Family Health Pla n, because Caritas, a six-hospital network affiliated with the Boston Archdiocese, does not perform abortions.
"How will our female members be provided these reproductive services?" said member Nancy Turnbull, an associate dean at the Harvard School of Public Health. "Those are not services Caritas provides." In response, Caritas and Centene issued a joint statement late yesterday that said the new venture "will contract with providers, both in and out of the Caritas network, to ensure access to all services required by the authority, including confidential family planning services."
A spokeswoman for the companies declined to elaborate. (Boston Globe 02.27.2009 "Caritas Bids to Join State Network of Health Insurers")
*(11) “How compliance will be monitored is just being worked out now,” Massachusetts health authority spokesman Powers said March 16. (National Catholic Register 04.05.2009 "Did Catholic Hospit al System Compromise Ethics")
In March of 2008, Martha Coakley urged the Archdiocese to cede control of operations of Caritas Christi.
*(12) The report, based on a four-month study, also urges the archdiocese to cede control of the operation of Caritas Christi Health Care System so that an independent board with expertise in healthcare management can run it. The board now answers to Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley - Caritas Christi officials said they are already working on Coakley's top recommendation, creating an independent and professional board to run the system.. The new board will have 15 members, each serving a maximum of nine years, and a chair serving for a maximum of three years. The cardinal will appoint three members.(Boston Globe 03.07.2008 "AG urges change of course for Caritas")
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April 2006
E-Newsletter
This edition of the Hauser Center E-News highlights activities and events from February-March 2006.
Activity Update
People in Action
Hauser People in the News
Activity Update Activity Update
People in Action
Hauser People in the News
Religion, Politics and Public Life Faculty Seminar Series
On March 13th, the Program on Religion and Public Life (PRPL) held its second seminar in the Religion, Politics and Public Life Faculty Seminar Series. A dynamic presentation from the featured presenter Mark Noll, titled Evangelicals: Theology and Politics: Domestic and Inter national Implications was followed by an energetic and stimulating group discussion. Prof. Noll is the Mc Manis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College, and a Senior Advisor to the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals (ISAE.) To view a seminar transcript, click here. This (by invitation only) faculty seminar series is co-convened by J. Bryan Hehir and Mary Jo Bane and is a primary activity of the Program on Religion and Public Life.
Joint Catholic Church Civic Asset Mapping Project
This newly-launched project is a joint initiative between the Program on Religion and Public Life at the Hauser Center and the University of Pennsylvanias Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS). The project aims to explore how Catholic institutions deploy their human, financial and physical plant assets has a bearing on how the nation's nonprofit sector as a whole meets civic needs and creates public value. The projects first conference, Catholics in the Public Square, was held April 5th, at Saint Joseph's University, in Philadelphia and featured panels and discussions moderated by John DiIulio with Mary Jo Bane, Mark =0 A Moore, and Father J. Bryan Hehir, among other distinguished speakers. To view reports and papers from the conference, click here. For information please email Anne Mathew.
On March 13th, the Program on Religion and Public Life (PRPL) held its second seminar in the Religion, Politics and Public Life Faculty Seminar Series. A dynamic presentation from the featured presenter Mark Noll, titled Evangelicals: Theology and Politics: Domestic and Inter national Implications was followed by an energetic and stimulating group discussion. Prof. Noll is the Mc Manis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College, and a Senior Advisor to the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals (ISAE.) To view a seminar transcript, click here. This (by invitation only) faculty seminar series is co-convened by J. Bryan Hehir and Mary Jo Bane and is a primary activity of the Program on Religion and Public Life.
Joint Catholic Church Civic Asset Mapping Project
This newly-launched project is a joint initiative between the Program on Religion and Public Life at the Hauser Center and the University of Pennsylvanias Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS). The project aims to explore how Catholic institutions deploy their human, financial and physical plant assets has a bearing on how the nation's nonprofit sector as a whole meets civic needs and creates public value. The projects first conference, Catholics in the Public Square, was held April 5th, at Saint Joseph's University, in Philadelphia and featured panels and discussions moderated by John DiIulio with Mary Jo Bane, Mark =0 A Moore, and Father J. Bryan Hehir, among other distinguished speakers. To view reports and papers from the conference, click here. For information please email Anne Mathew.
In the interest of space, the E-News does not include titles for Hauser faculty, researchers or staff. For titles and bios, please click he re.
On February 2nd, Stephanie Bell-Rose, member of the Hauser Center Advisory Board and managing director and president of The Goldman Sachs Foundation, presented a roundtable at the Kennedy School of Government, and organized by the Hauser Center, on trends and practices in philanthropy.
Also on February 2nd, Marion Fremont-Smith presented and discussed her award-winning book, Governing Nonprofit Organizations: Federal and State Law and Regulation at the Harvard Square Coop bookstore.
Peter Dobkin Hall participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by Contribute Magazine on February 9th of New York City's philanthropic culture with a group of area nonprofit leaders. His participation was later featured in the inaugural issue of Contribute: The People and Ideas of Giving.
On February 10th, Marshall Ganz gave a talk to students enrolled in the community development program at Southern New Hampshire University. The talk, entitled Practicing Democracy: Leadership, Community, Power, focused on the practice of organizing - the knowledge of how to combine around common interests and mobilize resources to act20on common interests.
Several Hauser people took part in the annual International Bridge Builders Conference that took place February 27-March 3 at the Kennedy School of Government. Marshall Ganz led a discussion on youth, the arts, and organizing -- focusing on the work of Peruvian artist/organizer Rafael Virhuez in one of Lima's poorest barrios. Dave Brown facilitated a workshop on "Building Partnerships across Sectors. And Tiziana Dearing delivered the workshop The Fundraising Workshop, on fundraising strategies.
On March 1st, Elizabeth Keating and Jim Honan presented the panel Transparency and Accountability - Current Challenges and Opportunities at the National Business Officers Association Annual Symposium, on current issues and challenges to financial transparency and accountability.
Also on March 1st, Xavier de Souza Briggs gave a public address on his book, The Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, organized by the student group HousingGSD.
Marion Fremont-Smith and Peter Dobkin Hall participated in a roundtable on governance hosted by the staff of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on March 3rd in Washington, DC. Fremont-Smith participated in the panel on Proposals on Governance and Transparency, addressing general issues of nonprofit governance in terms of law, regulation, and self-policing mechanisms; Hall participated in the panel on Red Cross governance, which focused more specifically on the Red Cross problems and how they might be addressed.
Hauser Center provided sponsorship for the 7th annual student-run Social Enterprise Conference at the Harvard Business School that took place on March 5th. At the conference Chris Letts facilitated the panel The Next Generation of Venture Philanthropy, and Elizabeth Keating facilitated the panel Creating a High-Performance Culture in Social Enterprise.
On March 10th Hauser Center provided sponsorship for the panel on Reintegration of former child soldiers at the student-run conference Children on the Frontlines: A Crisis in International Security.
Marshall Ganz was a featured speaker at the annual Toxics Action Citizens conference, Environmental Action 2006 that took place on March 18th. Ganz spoke about the20importance of social movements in shaping public policy and developing political strategy on the basis of moral claims, committed leadership, and the organizational capacity to engage large numbers of people in collective action.
Xavier de Souza Briggs presented work from his study, Democracy as Problem-Solving: Civic Capacity in Comparative Perspective, at the Planning Africa 2006 conference in Cape Town, South Africa from March 22nd 24th. The work looks at cross-sector effort--by civil society, market, and government players--to tackle urgent local problems, such as restructuring the job economy when industries become obsolete, managing population growth without ignoring sustainability, and investing in children.
Marshall Ganz and his research team kicked-off the Leadership Development Project with the Sierra Club on March 25th-26th with a two-day workshop in San Francisco. The purpose of the workshop was to begin training a team of trainers to lead future leadership development workshops with focus groups from the Sierra Club.
From March 29th -31st, Mark Moore and Gordon Bloom attended the third annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Leveraging assets, growing social capital markets: Sustainable routes to wealth and well-being, at Oxford University. At the forum, Bloom chaired the panel Mobilising Underutilized Assets to Realise Social and Environmental Value: Next Generation Models.
From March 30th -April 2nd Peter Dobkin Hall participated in the Philanthropy in History: German and American Perspectives conference sponsored by the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC. At the conference Hall presented the paper, Philanthropy, the Welfare State, and the Transformation of American Public and Private Institutions since 1945.
Hauser Center Associate Prabha Kotiswaran is organizing a Workshop on Law and Social Movements, in India June 26-27, which will bring together activists, lawyers and academics from various disciplines in order to deepen the extant theorizing on the relationship between social movements and the law.
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Also on February 2nd, Marion Fremont-Smith presented and discussed her award-winning book, Governing Nonprofit Organizations: Federal and State Law and Regulation at the Harvard Square Coop bookstore.
Peter Dobkin Hall participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by Contribute Magazine on February 9th of New York City's philanthropic culture with a group of area nonprofit leaders. His participation was later featured in the inaugural issue of Contribute: The People and Ideas of Giving.
On February 10th, Marshall Ganz gave a talk to students enrolled in the community development program at Southern New Hampshire University. The talk, entitled Practicing Democracy: Leadership, Community, Power, focused on the practice of organizing - the knowledge of how to combine around common interests and mobilize resources to act20on common interests.
Several Hauser people took part in the annual International Bridge Builders Conference that took place February 27-March 3 at the Kennedy School of Government. Marshall Ganz led a discussion on youth, the arts, and organizing -- focusing on the work of Peruvian artist/organizer Rafael Virhuez in one of Lima's poorest barrios. Dave Brown facilitated a workshop on "Building Partnerships across Sectors. And Tiziana Dearing delivered the workshop The Fundraising Workshop, on fundraising strategies.
On March 1st, Elizabeth Keating and Jim Honan presented the panel Transparency and Accountability - Current Challenges and Opportunities at the National Business Officers Association Annual Symposium, on current issues and challenges to financial transparency and accountability.
Also on March 1st, Xavier de Souza Briggs gave a public address on his book, The Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, organized by the student group HousingGSD.
Marion Fremont-Smith and Peter Dobkin Hall participated in a roundtable on governance hosted by the staff of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on March 3rd in Washington, DC. Fremont-Smith participated in the panel on Proposals on Governance and Transparency, addressing general issues of nonprofit governance in terms of law, regulation, and self-policing mechanisms; Hall participated in the panel on Red Cross governance, which focused more specifically on the Red Cross problems and how they might be addressed.
Hauser Center provided sponsorship for the 7th annual student-run Social Enterprise Conference at the Harvard Business School that took place on March 5th. At the conference Chris Letts facilitated the panel The Next Generation of Venture Philanthropy, and Elizabeth Keating facilitated the panel Creating a High-Performance Culture in Social Enterprise.
On March 10th Hauser Center provided sponsorship for the panel on Reintegration of former child soldiers at the student-run conference Children on the Frontlines: A Crisis in International Security.
Marshall Ganz was a featured speaker at the annual Toxics Action Citizens conference, Environmental Action 2006 that took place on March 18th. Ganz spoke about the20importance of social movements in shaping public policy and developing political strategy on the basis of moral claims, committed leadership, and the organizational capacity to engage large numbers of people in collective action.
Xavier de Souza Briggs presented work from his study, Democracy as Problem-Solving: Civic Capacity in Comparative Perspective, at the Planning Africa 2006 conference in Cape Town, South Africa from March 22nd 24th. The work looks at cross-sector effort--by civil society, market, and government players--to tackle urgent local problems, such as restructuring the job economy when industries become obsolete, managing population growth without ignoring sustainability, and investing in children.
Marshall Ganz and his research team kicked-off the Leadership Development Project with the Sierra Club on March 25th-26th with a two-day workshop in San Francisco. The purpose of the workshop was to begin training a team of trainers to lead future leadership development workshops with focus groups from the Sierra Club.
From March 29th -31st, Mark Moore and Gordon Bloom attended the third annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Leveraging assets, growing social capital markets: Sustainable routes to wealth and well-being, at Oxford University. At the forum, Bloom chaired the panel Mobilising Underutilized Assets to Realise Social and Environmental Value: Next Generation Models.
From March 30th -April 2nd Peter Dobkin Hall participated in the Philanthropy in History: German and American Perspectives conference sponsored by the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC. At the conference Hall presented the paper, Philanthropy, the Welfare State, and the Transformation of American Public and Private Institutions since 1945.
Hauser Center Associate Prabha Kotiswaran is organizing a Workshop on Law and Social Movements, in India June 26-27, which will bring together activists, lawyers and academics from various disciplines in order to deepen the extant theorizing on the relationship between social movements and the law.
Activity Update
Religion, Politics and Public Life Faculty Seminar Series
On March 13th, the Program on Religion and Public Life (PRPL) held its second seminar in the Religion, Politics and Public Life Faculty Seminar Series. A dynamic presentation from the featured presenter Mark Noll, titled Evangelicals: Theology and Politics: Domestic and Inter national Implications was followed by an energetic and stimulating group discussion. Prof. Noll is the Mc Manis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College, and a Senior Advisor to the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals (ISAE.) To view a seminar transcript, click here. This (by invitation only) faculty seminar series is co-convened by J. Bryan Hehir and Mary Jo Bane and is a primary activity of the Program on Religion and Public Life.
Joint Catholic Church Civic Asset Mapping Project
This newly-launched project is a joint initiative between the Program on Religion and Public Life at the Hauser Center and the University of Pennsylvanias Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS). The project aims to explore how Catholic institutions deploy their human, financial and physical plant assets has a bearing on how the nation's nonprofit sector as a whole meets civic needs and creates public value. The projects first conference, Catholics in the Public Square, was held April 5th, at Saint Joseph's University, in Philadelphia and featured panels and discussions moderated by John DiIulio with Mary Jo Bane, Mark Moore, and Father J. Bryan Hehir, among other distinguished speakers. To view reports and papers from the conference, click here. For information please email Anne Mathew.
Back to topOn March 13th, the Program on Religion and Public Life (PRPL) held its second seminar in the Religion, Politics and Public Life Faculty Seminar Series. A dynamic presentation from the featured presenter Mark Noll, titled Evangelicals: Theology and Politics: Domestic and Inter national Implications was followed by an energetic and stimulating group discussion. Prof. Noll is the Mc Manis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College, and a Senior Advisor to the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals (ISAE.) To view a seminar transcript, click here. This (by invitation only) faculty seminar series is co-convened by J. Bryan Hehir and Mary Jo Bane and is a primary activity of the Program on Religion and Public Life.
Joint Catholic Church Civic Asset Mapping Project
This newly-launched project is a joint initiative between the Program on Religion and Public Life at the Hauser Center and the University of Pennsylvanias Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (PRRUCS). The project aims to explore how Catholic institutions deploy their human, financial and physical plant assets has a bearing on how the nation's nonprofit sector as a whole meets civic needs and creates public value. The projects first conference, Catholics in the Public Square, was held April 5th, at Saint Joseph's University, in Philadelphia and featured panels and discussions moderated by John DiIulio with Mary Jo Bane, Mark Moore, and Father J. Bryan Hehir, among other distinguished speakers. To view reports and papers from the conference, click here. For information please email Anne Mathew.
In the interest of space, the E-News does not include titles for Hauser faculty, researchers or staff. For titles and bios, please click he re.
On February 2nd, Stephanie Bell-Rose, member of the Hauser Center Advisory Board and managing director and president of The Goldman Sachs Foundation, presented a roundtable at the Kennedy School of Government, and organized by the Hauser Center, on trends and practices in philanthropy.
Also on February 2nd, Marion Fremont-Smith presented and discussed her award-winning book, Governing Nonprofit Organizations: Federal and State Law and Regulation at the Harvard Square Coop bookstore.
Peter Dobkin Hall participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by Contribute Magazine on February 9th of New York City's philanthropic culture with a group of area nonprofit leaders. His participation was later featured in the inaugural issue of Contribute: The People and Ideas of Giving.
On February 10th, Marshall Ganz gave a talk to students enrolled in the community development program at Southern New Hampshire University. The talk, entitled Practicing Democracy: Leadership, Community, Power, focused on the practice of organizing - the knowledge of how to combine around common interests and mobilize resources to act20on common interests.
Several Hauser people took part in the annual International Bridge Builders Conference that took place February 27-March 3 at the Kennedy School of Government. Marshall Ganz led a discussion on youth, the arts, and organizing -- focusing on the work of Peruvian artist/organizer Rafael Virhuez in one of Lima's poorest barrios. Dave Brown facilitated a workshop on "Building Partnerships across Sectors. And Tiziana Dearing delivered the workshop The Fundraising Workshop, on fundraising strategies.
On March 1st, Elizabeth Keating and Jim Honan presented the panel Transparency and Accountability - Current Challenges and Opportunities at the National Business Officers Association Annual Symposium, on current issues and challenges to financial transparency and accountability.
Also on March 1st, Xavier de Souza Briggs gave a public address on his book, The Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, organized by the student group HousingGSD.
Marion Fremont-Smith and Peter Dobkin Hall participated in a roundtable on governance hosted by the staff of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on March 3rd in Washington, DC. Fremont-Smith participated in the panel on Proposals on Governance and Transparency, addressing general issues of nonprofit governance in terms of law, regulation, and self-policing mechanisms; Hall participated in the panel on Red Cross governance, which focused more specifically on the Red Cross problems and how they might be addressed.
Hauser Center provided sponsorship for the 7th annual student-run Social Enterprise Conference at the Harvard Business School that took place on March 5th. At the conference Chris Letts facilitated the panel The Next Generation of Venture Philanthropy, and Elizabeth Keating facilitated the panel Creating a High-Performance Culture in Social Enterprise.
On March 10th Hauser Center provided sponsorship for the panel on Reintegration of former child soldiers at the student-run conference Children on the Frontlines: A Crisis in International Security.
Marshall Ganz was a featured speaker at the annual Toxics Action Citizens conference, Environmental Action 2006 that took place on March 18th. Ganz spoke about the20importance of social movements in shaping public policy and developing political strategy on the basis of moral claims, committed leadership, and the organizational capacity to engage large numbers of people in collective action.
Xavier de Souza Briggs presented work from his study, Democracy as Problem-Solving: Civic Capacity in Comparative Perspective, at the Planning Africa 2006 conference in Cape Town, South Africa from March 22nd 24th. The work looks at cross-sector effort--by civil society, market, and government players--to tackle urgent local problems, such as restructuring the job economy when industries become obsolete, managing population growth without ignoring sustainability, and investing in children.
Marshall Ganz and his research team kicked-off the Leadership Development Project with the Sierra Club on March 25th-26th with a two-day workshop in San Francisco. The purpose of the workshop was to begin training a team of trainers to lead future leadership development workshops with focus groups from the Sierra Club.
From March 29th -31st, Mark Moore and Gordon Bloom attended the third annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Leveraging assets, growing social capital markets: Sustainable routes to wealth and well-being, at Oxford University. At the forum, Bloom chaired the panel Mobilising Underutilized Assets to Realise Social and Environmental Value: Next Generation Models.
From March 30th -April 2nd Peter Dobkin Hall participated in the Philanthropy in History: German and American Perspectives conference sponsored by the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC. At the conference Hall presented the paper, Philanthropy, the Welfare State, and the Transformation of American Public and Private Institutions since 1945.
Hauser Center Associate Prabha Kotiswaran is organizing a Workshop on Law and Social Movements, in India June 26-27, which will bring together activists, lawyers and academics from various disciplines in order to deepen the extant theorizing on the relationship between social movements and the law.
Back to top< /b>Also on February 2nd, Marion Fremont-Smith presented and discussed her award-winning book, Governing Nonprofit Organizations: Federal and State Law and Regulation at the Harvard Square Coop bookstore.
Peter Dobkin Hall participated in a roundtable discussion hosted by Contribute Magazine on February 9th of New York City's philanthropic culture with a group of area nonprofit leaders. His participation was later featured in the inaugural issue of Contribute: The People and Ideas of Giving.
On February 10th, Marshall Ganz gave a talk to students enrolled in the community development program at Southern New Hampshire University. The talk, entitled Practicing Democracy: Leadership, Community, Power, focused on the practice of organizing - the knowledge of how to combine around common interests and mobilize resources to act20on common interests.
Several Hauser people took part in the annual International Bridge Builders Conference that took place February 27-March 3 at the Kennedy School of Government. Marshall Ganz led a discussion on youth, the arts, and organizing -- focusing on the work of Peruvian artist/organizer Rafael Virhuez in one of Lima's poorest barrios. Dave Brown facilitated a workshop on "Building Partnerships across Sectors. And Tiziana Dearing delivered the workshop The Fundraising Workshop, on fundraising strategies.
On March 1st, Elizabeth Keating and Jim Honan presented the panel Transparency and Accountability - Current Challenges and Opportunities at the National Business Officers Association Annual Symposium, on current issues and challenges to financial transparency and accountability.
Also on March 1st, Xavier de Souza Briggs gave a public address on his book, The Geography of Opportunity: Race and Housing Choice in Metropolitan America at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, organized by the student group HousingGSD.
Marion Fremont-Smith and Peter Dobkin Hall participated in a roundtable on governance hosted by the staff of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on March 3rd in Washington, DC. Fremont-Smith participated in the panel on Proposals on Governance and Transparency, addressing general issues of nonprofit governance in terms of law, regulation, and self-policing mechanisms; Hall participated in the panel on Red Cross governance, which focused more specifically on the Red Cross problems and how they might be addressed.
Hauser Center provided sponsorship for the 7th annual student-run Social Enterprise Conference at the Harvard Business School that took place on March 5th. At the conference Chris Letts facilitated the panel The Next Generation of Venture Philanthropy, and Elizabeth Keating facilitated the panel Creating a High-Performance Culture in Social Enterprise.
On March 10th Hauser Center provided sponsorship for the panel on Reintegration of former child soldiers at the student-run conference Children on the Frontlines: A Crisis in International Security.
Marshall Ganz was a featured speaker at the annual Toxics Action Citizens conference, Environmental Action 2006 that took place on March 18th. Ganz spoke about the20importance of social movements in shaping public policy and developing political strategy on the basis of moral claims, committed leadership, and the organizational capacity to engage large numbers of people in collective action.
Xavier de Souza Briggs presented work from his study, Democracy as Problem-Solving: Civic Capacity in Comparative Perspective, at the Planning Africa 2006 conference in Cape Town, South Africa from March 22nd 24th. The work looks at cross-sector effort--by civil society, market, and government players--to tackle urgent local problems, such as restructuring the job economy when industries become obsolete, managing population growth without ignoring sustainability, and investing in children.
Marshall Ganz and his research team kicked-off the Leadership Development Project with the Sierra Club on March 25th-26th with a two-day workshop in San Francisco. The purpose of the workshop was to begin training a team of trainers to lead future leadership development workshops with focus groups from the Sierra Club.
From March 29th -31st, Mark Moore and Gordon Bloom attended the third annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, Leveraging assets, growing social capital markets: Sustainable routes to wealth and well-being, at Oxford University. At the forum, Bloom chaired the panel Mobilising Underutilized Assets to Realise Social and Environmental Value: Next Generation Models.
From March 30th -April 2nd Peter Dobkin Hall participated in the Philanthropy in History: German and American Perspectives conference sponsored by the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC. At the conference Hall presented the paper, Philanthropy, the Welfare State, and the Transformation of American Public and Private Institutions since 1945.
Hauser Center Associate Prabha Kotiswaran is organizing a Workshop on Law and Social Movements, in India June 26-27, which will bring together activists, lawyers and academics from various disciplines in order to deepen the extant theorizing on the relationship between social movements and the law.
In mid-April, the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston released a full disclosure of its finances to the public. The report was the first of its kind for Boston, and appears to be the first of its kind by any Catholic diocese or archdiocese in the United States. Jack McCarthy chaired the independent commission, assembled by Boston Cardinal Sean OMalley in early 2006, that worked with the Archdiocese and its financial staff in pulling the report together. This work combined Jacks decades of experience in financial accounting and auditing for nonprofit organizations with his understanding of the functioning of the Catholic Church as a nonprofit in Boston. It is also consistent with the Hauser Centers interest in both the governance and accountability of religious denominations and organizations as nonprofit institutions. Jack will have an opportunity to speak in several large cities around the country regarding how to guide a diocese through the process of full financial disclosure, and to codify a methodology. The report and Jacks work in it received extensive media coverage, including The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The New York Times, Washington Post and WGBH Boston. For an article about the disclosure click here.
This edition of the Hauser Center E-News highlights activities and events from February-March 2006.
The Hauser Center E-News provides bi-monthly updates of Hauser Center events, activities, people and publications. Past issues of the E-News can be found here. The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations is a University-wide research center based at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG). The Center is not a degree granting institution. Please email Laura Ax with E-News questions and feedback.
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