The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is a non-profit child advocacy organization that champions policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education and a moral and spiritual foundation. The CDF often works closely with faith-based organizations to reach their goals.

Alexandra E. Shields is the director of the Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations and Health Disparities.

Sandra L. Thurman is the director of the Interfaith Health Program (IHP) and the president of the International AIDS Trust at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, Ga.

Gary Gunderson is a professor of faith and health of the public at Wake Forest University as well as the vice president of faith and health ministries at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, N.C. He is an ordained American Baptist minister and the author of several books on faith and health including Religion and […]

The China Program of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., hosted “China’s Olympian Challenge: Can Beijing Deliver on Its Promises?” on Oct. 11, 2007. It is the oldest international affairs think tank in the United States. Email via the website.

The Brookings Institution’s John L. Thornton China Center develops analysis and policy recommendations. Director Jeffrey Bader worked for the U.S. government for 27 years.

Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., opened in 2008, focuses on religions in Chinese societies, including mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other Chinese communities. Fenggang Yang is the director.

The University of Southern California’s U.S.-China Institute supports research, teaching and outreach to improve understanding of U.S.-China relations.

The University of Pennsylvania Center for East Asian Studies coordinates teaching and research about East Asian subjects at Penn. Center director is Jacques deLisle.