August 13, 2007
Charities and Politics: Listen to a Debate on Key Issues in the Nonprofit World
Two articles about charities and politics that were recently published in The Chronicle’s opinion section were debated in a live event in Washington last week.
Debating the issues were:
- Robert Egger, founder of D.C. Central Kitchen and author of Charities Must Challenge Politicians, an argument for dropping the ban on nonprofit involvement in partisan politics.
- Pablo Eisenberg, a senior fellow at Georgetown University and author of Charities Should Remain Nonpolitical, a defense of the traditional separation of charities and partisan campaigns.
The debate was moderated by Ian Wilhelm, a senior writer at The Chronicle.
The event was organized and sponsored by the Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal in Washington.
An audio version of the debate is available here:
A written transcript is also available at the Hudson Institute’s site.
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