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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 15, 2005
Contact: Mr. Phil Rutledge, Fellow
Academy Social Equity Panel
(202) 347-3190 or
Mr. Rick Batyko
The Cleveland Foundation
(216) 615-7192
ACADEMY RECEIVES $15,000 GRANT TO FUND SOCIAL EQUITY SUMMIT
Washington, DC – March 15, 2005 –The National Academy of Public Administration has received a $15,000 grant from The Cleveland Foundation to conduct a “Big Ideas” Social Equity in Governance Summit in Cleveland last month.
The Academy is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan corporation chartered by Congress. Founded in 1967, it provides advice to leaders on issues of governance and public management. The Academy works closely with all three branches of government at the federal, state and local levels, and with philanthropic and non-governmental organizations.
To evaluate effectively the full spectrum of possibilities for improving public administration and management, the Academy recently commenced the Big Ideas initiative. Positioning Committees composed of Academy Fellows and other experts actively assessed Big Ideas—critical management and governance issues—that now have been incorporated into the Academy’s strategic plan.
The Academy’s Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance, established in 2000, meets regularly in Washington, DC and previously held three National Issues Leadership Conferences to develop coalitions and forge strategies designed to achieve fairness, justice and equality in policy and administration. They were held in Dallas, Denver and Cincinnati.
The grant will be used toward the February 2005 Cleveland Summit, which addressed the 2004 elections and urgent social equity issues for governments at all levels, especially health care disparities and human capital issues. The accomplishments were great. They included comprehensive studies on “Reducing Health Care Disparities in Our Communities,” by Dr. George Weiner of the Cleveland Center for Community Solutions; “Benchmarking Social Equity in Governance,” by Dr. James Svara of North Carolina State University; “Social Equity and Human Capital Issues in Homeland Security,” by Ronald James of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and “Defining Social Equity in Governance: What Should Be the Focus Now,” by Dr. Enid Beaumont of George Mason University.
Academy President C. Morgan Kinghorn said, “The work of the Social Equity Panel in general, and the convening of this Summit in particular, are paramount to the Academy’s mission and provide great value to the our usefulness. We thank The Cleveland Foundation for its valuable assistance in conducting the Summit.
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