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    The Compassion Component: Welfare Reform and the Tradition of Social Justice

    10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. National Press Club Washington, D.C. Panelists: Ken Connor, President, Family Research Council Ron Haskins, Senior Advisor for Welfare Policy at the Domestic Policy Council of the White House Sharon Parrott, Co-director of Federal TANF Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Jim Skillen, President, Center for Public Justice Roberto Suro, […]

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    Reconciling Obligations: Accommodating Religious Practice on the Job

    9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. 9:15 – 9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:30 – 10:50 History of Relevant Law, Legislation and Enforcement Efforts Roberto Corrada, University of Denver Law School Richard Foltin, American Jewish Committee David Frank, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission David Lachmann, Minority Staff, Judiciary Committee, House of Representatives Avi Schick, Office […]

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    Religion, the Marriage Movement & Marriage Policy

    10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Washington, D.C. Presentation of paper by: W. Bradford Wilcox, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia and Non-Residential Fellow, The Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion, Yale University Panelists include: Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services Theodora Ooms, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for […]

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    Pew Forum and Pew Research Center Release Second Annual Poll

    9:30a.m. – 11:00a.m. Washington, D.C. Data presented by: Andrew Kohut, Director, Pew Research Center for the People and the Press Respondents include: Karlyn H. Bowman, Resident Fellow, the American Enterprise Institute William A. Galston, Professor, School of Public Affairs and Director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University of Maryland Moderated by: E.J. Dionne, Jr., […]

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    Religion, Justice and the Death Penalty

    Thank you to all who attended and participated in the “Call for Reckoning” conference on January 25, 2002. Over 500 people from around the country filled the Divinity School’s lecture hall and several overflow rooms to hear the speakers reflect on religion and the death penalty. Provocative questions and profound reflections were offered by attendees […]

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    Can an Office Change a Country? The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, A Year in Review

    1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. Participants Gregg Ivers, Professor and Chair, Department of Government, The American University Paul Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies Program, the Brookings Institution Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Associate Director, the University of Pennsylvania Washington Semester Program, and Guest Scholar, the Brookings Institution Jim Towey, Director, White House Office of […]

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    Faith Traditions and the Death Penalty

    Thank you to all who attended and participated in the “Call for Reckoning” conference on January 25, 2002. Over 500 people from around the country filled the Divinity School’s lecture hall and several overflow rooms to hear the speakers reflect on religion and the death penalty. Provocative questions and profound reflections were offered by attendees […]

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    God Bless America: Reflections on Civil Religion After September 11

    Washington, D.C. Participants Peter Berkowitz, Professor, George Mason University Law School Derek Davis, Professor, J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University Amber Khan, former Communications Director, the Interfaith Alliance Richard John Neuhaus, Editor-in-Chief, FIRST THINGS Clarence Newsome, Dean, Howard University School of Divinity Manjit Singh, Executive Director, Sikh Mediawatch And Resource Task Force […]

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    The Role of Religion in Public Life (Washington)

    2:00 – 4:30 p.m. National Press Club Washington, D.C. MIKE ARMACOST (President, Brookings Institution): It’s a great pleasure to welcome you on behalf of the Brookings Institution and, of course, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. In recent years a new dialogue has started on what congregations’ proper roles are in lifting up […]

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    Judgment Day for School Vouchers: A Discussion of the Constitutionality of the Cleveland School Voucher Plan

    3:30-5:00pm Washington, D.C. Discussants Robert A. Destro, Counsel of Record for The Center for Education Reform, amicus curiae supporting the constitutionality of the Cleveland school voucher plan; Professor, Columbus School of Law of The Catholic University of America Charles R. Lawrence III, Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in constitutional law, race and hate […]

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