Ministries: Communications, Research
Results
Center on Wealth and Philanthropy (Chestnut Hill, MA)
| To discover, communicate, and apply primary qualitative and quantitative multidisciplinary research on spritual life in an age of affluence, with a special focus on the biographical meaning and practice of wealth, financial security, fundraising, the intergenerational transfer of wealth, planned giving, donor advisement, and the Ignatian model of discernment. |
Current Projects:
| "Boston Metropolitan Area Wealth Transfer Study", "Wealth Transfer Estimates for African Americans", "Wealth Transfer on Track?" |
Marquette University Restorative Justice Initiative (Milwaukee, USA)
In step with the University’s mission, “care for the person,” Marquette University Law School (MULS) offers the Restorative Justice Initiative. The Initiative has fostered exceptional community connections in Wisconsin and continues to strive for excellence in the field of public service. Under the leadership of former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske, Distinguished Professor of Law, the Initiative has brought community focus to the law school by providing the students with substantial leadership training in addition to their considerable technical legal education. The Initiative has become a resource for other restorative justice organizations in the state, formed partnerships with local community groups that work with criminal justice issues, and has been providing victim/offender dialogues for crimes of severe violence through the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), Office of Victim Services and Programs.
Media Reserach and Action Project (Chestnut Hill, MA)
MRAP works with community organizations to expand democratic space in mainsream media, both in terms of opening access and providing greater diversity of messages. We believe that building media capacity requires the same attention as capacity building in any institutional area, e.g., government, the economy, public sector, etc. We work in partnership with under represented communities develop strategic media plans, e.g., long-term media strategies rather than one shot public relations efforts. We believe that media plans must be developed in tandem with, not as a substitute for broader organizing strategies.
Current Projects:
MRAP researches information about how media impacts communities in other regions of the country as well as how communities interact with media and/or develop partnerships to work proactively with mass media. The goal is to bring that information to New England and share it through a Community Media and Internet Resource Network web server. MRAP specifically works with marginalized constituencies to: identify ways that media coverage can forward their organizations' overall agenda, to establish them as routine sources for mainstream media, to position them to work for long-term change regarding their communities' under-representation and/or misrepresentation in mainstream media
