Guest post by Peter Drury. director of development of A Child's Right.

Here’s what happened over lunch today: Catalyze, Epiphany, Lead!

Catalyze
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel warmed up Sunday's luncheon crowd by addressing leadership that convenes and catalyzes government, business and philanthropy to work together to change our communities – rather than to ponder platitudes, to take our time, or to sabotage community success due to our collective log jams or impasses.

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Guest post by Danielle Hirsch, director of advocacy of The Chicago Bar Foundation

The topic of the first session for the 2011 Public Policy Action Institute was, as always, provocative and engaging.

The two speakers, Rob Reich, co-director for Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University and Evelyn Brody, professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law spoke to the many challenges facing the nonprofit sector.

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