Krista's Prep
Want to dig deeper? Find out more? For each program, producers gather a lot of background material for Krista and staff to use in preparing for interviews and producing programs. Here's a sample of the information we came across in preparing for this program.
OFBNP
The Web site for the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (OFBNP) is not up yet, but DuBois mentioned that it should be live in the next couple weeks. We'll update this link as soon as the site is up.
- Obama Announces White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships (includes initial 15 names on advisory council) (February 2009)
- Obama renames Bush's Faith-Based office (February 2009)
- DuBois explains office to Christianity Today and gives overview of the OFBNP's mandate (February 2009)
- ABC News overview of the office, what it will do and challenges it faces (February 2009)
- Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly report on the OFBNP (video, 5 minutes)
- Christianity Today blog post with full list of the advisory council (April 2009)
Profiles of DuBois
- Christianity Today profile on DuBois' family history and how he arrived where he is now (May 2009)
- Wall Street Journal profile piece on DuBois, his background and upbringing in Tennessee and Ohio (August 2008)
- Boston Globe profile on DuBois, including early activism and a photo of him at age 17 when he stood for 41 hours in front of a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in response to the Amadou Diallo verdict (July 2008)
From President Obama
- Obama's commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame (video and transcript) (May 2009)
- Obama's speech at the Feb. 2009 National Prayer Breakfast where he first announces the office: Part 1 (video, 9 minutes), Part 2 (3 minutes), and transcript.
- Transcript of candidate Obama's frequently mentioned plan for Faith-Based Partnerships at Zanesville, Ohio, along with PDF Fact Sheet of his proposals (July 2008)
- Obama's "Call To Renewal" keynote address in June 2006 (transcript, video Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)
- Obama's appearance at the Saddleback Forum (transcript and Obama Part 1 and Part 2) in August 2008
On Faith-Based Initiatives
- Dec 2008 Brookings Institution report by E.J. Dionne and Melissa Rogers (PDF) on community service and faith-based groups, including recommendations for keeping faith-based initiatives ethical and constitutional.
- August 2008 Pew Forum study on Americans' opinions of faith-based initiatives, part of larger study on view about religion and politics.
- February 2009 Duke University study that faith-based initiatives have no effect on congregations' social service.