Dilulio Set for Henry Lecture on October 25

October 10, 2005 == MEDIA ADVISORY

John Dilulio will speak for the 10th Annual Paul Henry Lecture on Tuesday,
October 25, 2005 at 7:30 pm in the Calvin Chapel.

Dilulio was the first Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives under President George W. Bush.

In his talk at Calvin he will reflect on "Forging a Faithful Consensus: The
Future of Public-Private Partnerships Involving Community-Serving Religious
Organizations."

He also will speak the next morning as part of a breakfast meeting at
Alternative Directions from 8 to 10 am. There his talk will be titled
"Restoring Justice: Faith-Based Organizations and the Children, Youth, and
Families of Prisoners and Recent Parolees." Calvin's director of community
relations Carol Rienstra is organizing that event and says it will include
guests from local churches, community organizations and others.

Corwin Smidt, director of the Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of
Christianity and Politics at Calvin, says Dilulio's talks will have special
relevance in West Michigan.

"DiIulio is a noted public figure and scholar, as well as an engaging
speaker," says Smidt. "The topic of his address is one that has particular
relevance for the West Michigan community, given the region's history with
regard to faith-based, social service efforts as well as the relatively large
number of such endeavors found here."

Dilulio, currently the Frederic Fox Leadership Professor at the University of
Pennsylvania, has authored and edited a number of publications, including:
"What's God Got to Do With the American Experiment?" "Medicaid and Devolution:
A View From the States," and "Deregulating the Public Service: Can Government
Be Improved?"
 
He wrote recently in the Weekly Standard about things he has changed his mind
about over the last 10 years, saying: "Since 1995, I have changed my mind on
certain welfare, crime, and government reform issues. Each change suggests the
same broader lesson. Baldly stated, the lesson is that policy matters most.
Culture aside, policy can drive social trends and determine government's
trajectory."

For more from that essay see
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/048bfpnh.asp

For more on the Henry Institute see http://www.calvin.edu/henry

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Received on Mon Oct 10 10:21:56 2005