March 22, 2007
An Activist Takes On Foundations
Grass-roots organizer will lead a philanthropy-watchdog groupAaron Dorfman was a sophomore at Carleton College, in Northfield, Minn., when he first thought about a career in activism.
Mr. Dorfman told his political-science professor he would like to follow in his father's footsteps and become a schoolteacher, albeit one that taught poor kids in the inner city.
The professor challenged him: "'What if Congress cuts the school-lunch program and the kids are too hungry to
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