News & Views

Connecticut Secretary of State Miles Rapoport, also a CPA Board Member and Action Network Co-Chair, has announced he will run for election to the U.S. House of Representatives next year.

CPA President and CEO Linda Tarr-Whelan gave the keynote address to Japanese corporate and philanthropic representatives of the Affinity Group on Japanese Philanthropy in New York.

Laura Boyd, state Representative from Oklahoma and 1995 Flemming Fellow, will run for Governor of Oklahoma next year.

Judy Seriale Smith, Arkansas state Representative and 1994 Flemming Fellow, will run for U.S. House of Representatives next year.

The Ford Foundation and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University are seeking applications for the Innova tions in American Government Program. The program awards grants to exceptional public sector programs that are creative and effective. For more information, call 800-722-0074 or visit the program’s website at www.ksg.harvard.edu/innovations.

According to the Children’s Environmental Index recently released by Zero Population Growth, Naperville, Ill. is the best place to raise a child, followed by Overland Park, Kan., Irvine, Cal. and Plano, Texas. The Index is based on statistics including the percentage of low birth rate infants, children living in poverty and toxic waste releases. The bottom three child-safe cities are Newark, NJ, Detroit, Mich. and Gary, Ind. To obtain a copy of the index, contact ZPG at 800-767-1956 or email [email protected].