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].
