St. Anna’s in New Orleans is the episcopal church that lists the names, dates and causes of death of each homicide in the city. The names are posted on the outer front wall of the church (my friend and colleague Stewart is in front of it), and every quarter, St. Anna has a vigil service …
While at this morning’s session of the Neighborworks Conference on non-profit capacity building, there was an interesting exchange between the group members around accepting money from organizations that didn’t necessarily jibe with the organization’s mission (like tobacco companies, casinos, etc.). There were those who advocated for maintaining mission integrity at all costs (and turning down …