Invitation to Giving: Caring for the Needs of Strangers, December 2012, NYC

Join us for a three-day, public conference where scholars, policy makers, and philanthropists will examine the religious and philosophical grounds for giving, the psychology and evolution of altruism, the relationship between democracy and philanthropy, as well as the effectiveness of various types of philanthropy, how social media and philanthrocapitalism are changing the field, and the future of global philanthropy.

Deogratias (Deo) Niyizonkiza, founder and director of Village Health Works in Burundi, will give the keynote address and talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Tracy Kidder, who wrote about Deo's remarkable life in his book, Strength in What Remains, on Thursday, December 6, at 6:00pm.

The conference continues on Friday and Saturday, December 7 and 8, when speakers will include J. Bryan Hehir, Amy Singer, Diana Eck, Peter Singer, Michael McCullough, James R. Doty, Felix Warneken, Rob Reich, Lew Daly, Jon Bakija, Helmut Anheier, Matthew Bishop, Tina Rosenberg, Michael Cohen, Nicolas de Torrente, and Joanne Barkan. The complete conference program and speakers' bios are available on the conference website.

WEBSITE? 
WWW.NEWSCHOOL.EDU/CPS/GIVING

TICKETS?
$40 FULL CONFERENCE
$12 PER SESSION 
(FREE FOR ALL STUDENTS, NEW SCHOOL ALUMNI, STAFF) 

PROCEEDINGS? 
SOCIAL RESEARCH, VOLUME 80, NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2013) 

FUNDERS?
JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION AND THE ROCKEFELLER ARCHIVES CENTER