Faith And The City e.Newsletter

October 25, 2006
Volume 5, Issue 10

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Remembering Ginger Kaney
By Jean Wynn
October 25, 2006
The eulogies for Ginger Kaney at the amazing memorial service at Druid Hills UMC on October 12 were full of place names. Read them slowly: Kirkwood, Reynoldstown, the Pittsburgh neighborhood, Clarkston, East Atlanta, City Hall, the State Capital, Sweet Auburn Avenue, Buford Highway, Wesley Community Center, East Lake, DeKalb County Jail, Metro State Correctional Facility for Women. Did you read slowly enough? The list is almost too much to take in – and it includes only Metro Atlanta locations. Now add these: the U.S.-Mexico border, Nicaragua, Cuba. In each of those places Ginger opened the eyes of her fellow travelers.
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Resources

North Korea / South Korea program to repeat on FATC cable TV program
Faith And The City
October 23, 2006
Given continuing developments on the Korean Peninsula and the international tensions associated with North Korea's recently demonstrated nuclear weapons capability, Faith And The City Forum will re-broadcast "North Korea, South Korea, and the Global Community," hosted by Steen Miles and originally aired summer 2003.
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Faith and Politics

North Korea / South Korea program to repeat on FATC cable TV program
Faith And The City
October 23, 2006
Given continuing developments on the Korean Peninsula and the international tensions associated with North Korea's recently demonstrated nuclear weapons capability, Faith And The City Forum will re-broadcast "North Korea, South Korea, and the Global Community," hosted by Steen Miles and originally aired summer 2003.
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In God’s name:
As exemptions grow, religion outweighs regulation
By Diana B. Henriques
New York Times
October 8, 2006
Correction Appended
In recent years, many politicians and commentators have cited what they consider a nationwide "war on religion" that exposes religious organizations to hostility and discrimination. But such organizations - from mainline Presbyterian and Methodist churches to mosques to synagogues to Hindu temples - enjoy an abundance of exemptions from regulations and taxes. And the number is multiplying rapidly.
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Few black churches get funds:
Small percentage participate in Bush's faith-based initiative
By Michael A. Fletcher
Washington Post
September 19, 2006
The Bush administration's faith-based initiative is reaching only a tiny percentage of the nation's black churches, most of which have limited capacity to run social programs, hampering the initiative's promise of empowering those congregations to help the needy, according to a study to be released today.
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Does a political candidate's religion matter?
Opinion by Doug Gatlin
Faith And The City
October 20, 2006
If that means the name of the candidate's religion, no, it doesn't matter. If it means, whether they have, or practice, a religion, then it begins to matter. What really matters is whether the basic tenets of their faith guide them in their life rather than just being regulations they sometimes hear about on the holy days.
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Social Environment  

Into a moral desert
Opinion by Harold Meyerson
Washington Post
Sep. 20, 2006
Lindsey Graham, John Warner, Colin Powell and above all John McCain know firsthand what war can do to men and why we need laws to keep men from becoming their nightmare image of their enemy. Their knowledge is as old as Homer, as American as John Ford.
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U.S. population hits 300 million
Associated Press
October 17, 2006
The nation's population officially hit 300 million at 7:46 a.m. EDT Tuesday, when the Census Bureau's population clock rolled over to the big number. But there weren't any wild celebrations, fireworks or any other government-sponsored hoopla to mark the milestone. Why bother? Many experts think the population actually hit 300 million months ago.
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When career and commute collide
Faith And The City Newsletter
Spring 2006
As a young urban professional. April Simon was living outside the perimeter, where housing is more affordable, and working in midtown. Her commute kept her stress level high, her spirits low, and she was spending a disproportionate amount of her budget on gasoline costs and vehicle maintenance. Her frustration was evident in her work life and her personal life. It was time to make a change – but where to begin?
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Education

Ordinary parental involvement won't cut it
Opinion by Sharon N. Hill
Atlanta Journal Constitution
October 3, 2006
Published research shows that meaningful parent involvement leads to better school performance no matter how poor a family is, no matter how low the parent's own education level is, no matter what language is spoken in the home, and no matter the age of the student.
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Behind the headlines: More states failing in college affordability
Public Agenda Alert
September 7, 2006
A new report on higher education from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education flunked 43 states when it comes to affordability, up from 36 two years ago. Most of the remaining states got "D"s, and no state got better than a "C." The affordability grade is based on how much of the average family's income it costs to go to college.
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Events

Guidelines for Posting Events

Faith And The City posts brief event notices that must include a website address for additional information. Events should be concerned with faith, interfaith and public issues.

Oct.-Nov.: “ North Korea, South Korea, and the Global Community.” Award-winning Faith And The City Forum cable TV program re-broadcasts Summer 2003 panel discussion on Korean Peninsula crisis.
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Nov. 7-11: “ Holy Land in the Heartland: A Traveling Israeli Film Festival”
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