Faith And The City e.Newsletter
April 19, 2008
Volume 7, Issue 4
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Local News
That all may worship: Beyond the Ramp
Website Posting
Interfaith Disability Connection
April 15, 2008
“That All May Worship: Beyond the Ramp” is a one-day conference that will focus on how religious communities can make their houses of worship even more accessible to those with disabilities. Topics will reach beyond eliminating physical barriers and discuss creating services and programs in which all members can easily participate.
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Harvey Newman appointed department chair at Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Faith And The City
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April 18, 2008
Harvey K. Newman, Ph.D., former Faith And The City program director at Columbia Theological Seminary, has been appointed to a three-year term as chair of the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies (PAUS) in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
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Grady Hospital and the faith community: RCCA Pastors Breakfast Dialogue
Faith And The City
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April 18, 2008
On May 15, the monthly Pastors Breakfast Dialogue of the Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta (RCCA) will begin a conversation between the faith community and the region’s busiest hospital. Guests include: Pete Correll, chair of Grady’s new nonprofit board of directors; Dr. Arthur Kellerman, associate dean for health policy, Emory University School of Medicine; and Dr. Lawrence L. Sanders Jr., associate dean for clinical affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine. Grady serves as a key training facility for both schools of medicine.
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Health
Grady Hospital ready for fundraising explosion
By Craig Schneider
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 21, 2008
Grady Memorial Hospital has long been a neglected stepchild of Atlanta's charity community, but it appears now on the verge of a fund-raising explosion. With the pump primed by an expected $200 million private donation, Grady supporters hope to attract tens of millions more for the cash-strapped health center.
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Physical Environment
The next president’s first task: A manifesto
By Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Vanity Fair
May 2008
In America, several obstacles impede the kind of entrepreneurial revolution we need. To begin with, that trillion dollars in annual coal-and-oil subsidies gives the carbon industry a decisive market advantage.
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Education
Atlantans need to help new generation help others
By James Laney
For the Journal-Constitution
March 31, 2008
In a few weeks one of the largest cohorts of college graduates in history will receive their diplomas. They may well be the best educated and brightest ever to cross the commencement stage. They will need all their gifts, for they enter a sobered world.
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A life-changing push for youth: City's educational underclass must break failure mind-set
By Marvin Arrington
For the Journal-Constitution
April 11, 2008
How can we sit idle while those most in need of a good education are failing at school and at life? We all know that a good education has the power to change lives. We know how to provide a good education to our young people.
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Social Environment
Large majorities say big business, PACs, and lobbyists have too much influence
Research Report
Harris Interactive
March 17, 2008
Four in five Americans (80%) say political lobbyists have too much power, while almost three-quarters (74%) say the same about the news media.
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Armed with camera: An associate professor takes photos of women and their firearms
By Drew Jubera
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
April 11, 2008
Nancy Floyd grew up in gun country —- small-town south Texas —- but didn't buy a gun until 1991, with the onset of the Gulf War. She wanted to connect with her brother Jimmy, a gun lover who died in Vietnam when she was 12.
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Faith and Politics
The Obama phenomenon
By Rabbi Michael Lerner
Tikkun
March/April 2008
The Phenomenon is not Barack Obama. Senator Obama is a masterful organizer and teacher. But this editorial is not about Obama as much as about what he elicits in others, and should not be read as an endorsement of him.
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Global Issues
Strong measure needed against a nuclear Iran
By Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post Writers Group
April 11, 2008 (published in Atlanta Journal Constitution)
During the Cold War, we prevented an attack not only on the U.S. but also on America's allies by extending the American nuclear umbrella, i.e., declaring that any attack on our allies would be considered an attack on the United States.
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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.
May 15: "Pastors Breakfast Dialogue: Grady Hospital and the Faith Community." Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta monthly event. 7:30 am. Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta. Free for RCCA members; $10 for nonmembers. RSVP to 404.523.5554, ext 231, or to ecarter@rccatl.org.
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Aug. 3: “That All May Worship: Beyond the Ramp.” Conference on making houses of worship more accessible to people with disabilities. Interfaith Disability Network, Shepherd Center, and First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.
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Additional Events: Visit the website of the Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta at http://www.rccatl.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=108
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