From UCI, USC, RAND & Pepperdine
Oh, sure, there's plenty of it out there. Look around and there's certainly no lack of academic projects that only can be described as head-scratching fodder, leading to plenty of queries about the cost of various esoteric studies and research efforts. Then, again, look and the valiant, broad and deep good deeds that Southern California intellectual institutions undertake also can be inspirational, particularly on a scorching fall Monday when positive motivation might be sorely needed.
- So, dig in and consider, for example, how a prof's informed editing of an experts' journal can offer a glimpse into the long, hard fight to identify, prevent and combat the sickening abuse of the aged, with the considerable assistance of generous, committed foundation's support of projects affecting the old.
- It's also worth noting how folks from the think tank in Santa Monica have reached out to assist First Ladies and their aides from across Africa to help them address health and social concerns. Former First Lady Laura Bush also has lent her support to this program that will include chiefs of staff and other advisers to first ladies from Angola, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zambia.
- And because the world changes by the instant, especially due to the advent of new technologies, the folks out in Malibu will be assisting participants from the nonprofit world today and Tuesday in learning to demystify, simplify and boost their efforts to fund-raise with potential donors via smart phones and other mobile devices.
- Finally, in Exposition Park on Tuesday night, several different campus groups will join to sponsor an experts' conversation on charitable deed-doing under the rubric of 'Entrepreneurs Changing the World,' an initiative to bolster interest in and the Good Samaritan efforts of social entrepreneurs in the region.
