FAITH
& PUBLIC POLICY BREAKFASTS Here is a history of the Faith and Public Policy breakfasts held typically on the first Saturday morning of the month at Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, McLean, Virginia. The series was launched in the fall of 2003. Anyone is invited to submit suggestions for topics and/or speakers to Coordinator Ray Martin, email martinrs@aol.com, phone 703-556-0123. ~ 2010 ~ Saturday, May 22, 2010: The Conflict in Afghanistan. Bruce Douglass, PhD Professor of Government, Georgetown University and David Morrison Corporate Vice President for Government Operations, Boeing, Inc.; formerly Democratic Staff Director of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Saturday, April 24, 2010: Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-VA U.S. House of Representatives from the 11th Congressional District shared with us his perspectives on the interface between faith and the many issues that he deals with in the House of Representatives. ~ 2009 ~ Saturday, October 17, 2009: Group Visit to Solar Decathlon on the Washington Mall Satuday, October 24, 2009: Visit to the First State-of-the-Art Carbon Neutral House in Our Area Saturday, October 3, 2009: Health Care Reform - National, State, and Personal Perspectives. Ali Faruk, Policy Analyst, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy. ~ 2008 ~ Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008: Green Architecture – Environmental Stewardship in our Churches and Homes. Joe Volk, Executive Director, Friends Committee on National Legislation, and Mark Turner, Founder and CEO, Green Spur, a Partner with West Group. June 21, 2008: Modern Slavery – What Christians Can Do To End It. Bethany Hoang Saturday, March 1, 2008 Special Feature – The Movie Amazing Grace On the life of William Wilberforce and the outlawing of the slave trade in Britain Saturday, February 2, 2008 - Religion, Reason, and the Press. John Walcott, McClatchy Washington Bureau Chief (formerly Knight Ridder newspapers) ~~ 2007 ~~ December 1, 2007 - Communicating your Views Effectively to Political Leaders. Panel:
October 13, 2007 - Elise Young, Regional Organizer, Bread for the World on A Faith-Based Perspective on the Current Farm Bill Debate: Why We Should Care? What We Can Do? June 2, 2007 – Representative Frank Wolf, R-VA, on "The influence of religion on current public policy debates – A legislator’s perspective" May 5, 2007 – David Morrison, Democratic Staff Director of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Defense, on “Can Christian Oppose War and Support the Troops?” March 3, 2007 – Delegate Vincent Callahan, Jr., northern Virginia delegate to Virginia House of Delegates, on “What Happened in Richmond? Report on the Just Concluded 2007 Virginia General Assembly” February 10, 2007 – Burton Gerber, retired CIA case officer and Chief of Station, on “Ethics of Intelligence in the Age of Terror” ~~ 2006 ~~ December 2, 2006 - Members of the Board of Directors, Chesterbrook Residences, Inc. (Jerry Hopkins, Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, Jane Edmondson, Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, Don DiLoreto, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, and Judy Seiff, Temple Rodef Shalom) on “Good Deeds and Punishment: Creating an Affordable Assisted Living Facility for Low-Income Seniors - Do Faith Communities Have the Desire and Endurance to Develop Special Needs Facilities in No. Va.?” October 28, 2006 – An Inconvenient Truth (a documentary about global warming narrated by Al Gore followed by discussion of a faith response), with response from John Theon and general discussion October 7, 2006 - Rev. Henry Brinton, author and Senior Pastor at the Fairfax Presbyterian Church, on “Author talk: Balancing Acts: Obligation, Liberation, and Contemporary Christian Conflicts” June 3, 2006 – Terrence Brown, a patent attorney, on “U.S. Patent Laws – Costing or Saving Lives? – Justice, Values, and Balancing of Human Needs” April 1, 2006 - C. Douglas Smith, Director of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, on "Stepping into the Breech; Lessons Katrina Didn't Mean to Teach Us" March 4, 2006 – D. Jeffrey Lenn, Professor of Strategic Management and Public Policy, School of Business at George Washington University, on “The Role of Ethics in Restoring Confidence in American Business” February 4, 2006 – Elenora Giddings Ivory, Director PC(USA) Washington Office on “Towards a Comprehensive Immigration Policy” ~~ 2005 ~~ November 5, 2005 – Capt. Linton Brooks, administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and Undersecretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, on “American Nuclear Policy in the 21st Century: Ethical, Practical and Policy Issues” June 4, 2005 - Lindsay Moseley of The National Religious Partnership for the Environment, on “Environmental Protection and Conservation as a Spiritual Imperative” May 7, 2005 - Jim Perry of Coop America, producers of the Green Pages, on April 2, 2005 award winning documentary PAPER CLIPS, followed by discussion with LPC’s own Bob Johnson, producer of this remarkable film story March 5, 2005 - C. Douglas Smith, Director, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, on “Struggling for Virginia’s New Political Conscience” February 5, 2005 - Elenora Giddings Ivory, Director, Presbyterian Washington Office, on “Speaking Truth to Power” ~~ 2004 ~~ June 5, 2004 - Dr. Anita Everett, M.D., Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS, and Former Inspector General for Mental Health for Virginia, and Dr. Joseph P. Collins, Jr., D.O., Asst. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, and Director of Medical Services, St. Luke’s Institute on “Accessing Mental Health on Earth and Beyond” May 1, 2004 - Sue Capers, Virginia Coalition for the Homeless, and Fannie Mae's 2002 Good Neighbor Awardee on "Affordable Housing: the American Dream or Myth: What we are doing and what we should be doing in Virginia” March 6, 2004 - C. Douglas Smith, Director, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy on “Seeking Consensus: a Faith Perspective on Virginia Tax Reform” February 7, 2004 - Stewart Schwartz, Executive Director, Coalition for Smarter Growth on “Smart Growth – Why Does It Matter to Faith Communities” ~~ 2003 ~~ November 1, 2003 - Stu Mendelsohn, Dranesville District (McLean, Great Falls, Herndon) Supervisor on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, on “Perspectives on issues of concern to people of faith” ***************
Updated
July 17, 2010
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