Planning for a "National Purpose Initiative" is Launched
Stephen Heintz, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and chair of the Independent Sector board of trustees, and Diana Aviv, president and CEO of the Independent Sector addressed an audience of more than 1,200 attendees at the Independent Sector's annual conference on September 30, 2013. Mr. Heintz and Ms. Aviv discussed the United States' political, social, and economic division, highlighted reasons for hope based on its history, and offered ideas about how the nation can come together to restore its vitality.
During the plenary session, Mr. Heintz unveiled planning for a "National Purpose Initiative," an effort to reunite Americans around a common purpose. The project aims to engage hundreds of thousands—if not millions—of Americans in a dialogue that will culminate in a broadly shared agenda of national priorities by 2016. Other funders of the planning, proof of concept, and development phase of the initiative include the Open Society, Rockefeller, W.K. Kellogg, Carnegie, Hewlett, Packard, Mellon, and MacArthur foundations.
Related Links
Watch the plenary session presentation by Stephen Heintz and Diana Aviv
Read the transcript of "Our Common Purpose," presented by Stephen Heintz and Diana Aviv
Read The NonProfit Times' article, "Funders Launch National Conversation on A 'Common Purpose'"