Nonprofits in China Study Group

A Case of a Chinese Nonprofit Creating an Anti-Discrimination Movement in China
Thursday, May 6, 2010
4:00 - 5:30 PM

Belfer Building L 4, Harvard Kennedy School
(Entrance at the Corner of Eliot Street and JFK Street)

Lu Jun
Co-Founder & Legal Representative,
Beijing Yirenping Center


Earlier this year, the Chinese government unveiled a series of regulations prohibiting discriminations against Hepatitis B (HBV) patients at work places and schools. The civil society organizations in China played an important role in bringing about such policy changes and eliminating social and policy discriminations against people with certain diseases. Lu Jun is going to share his journey at the Yirenping Center in defending individual’s rights and pushing for policy changes.
http://www.yirenping.org/

The study group will examine the role and operation of the Yirenping in doing so from the nonprofit perspective. Students will have opportunities to interact with the social entrepreneur speaker, and help solving some strategic questions for the organization that the speaker is going to discuss about.

Feb 26, 2010, Friday 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Nonprofits in China Seminar
Lunch Meeting with Foundation and Nonprofit Professionals from China (in Chinese)
与中国基金会和非营利组织负责人午餐座谈(中文)

With:
Rao Jinxing
Managing Director of Huaxia Social and Development Research Institute,
Founder of China Private Foundation Forum

Cheng Gang
CEO of Beijing Websoft Information Technology (providing website for many foundations: Narada Foundation, Chinese Red Cross Foundation, China Children Teenagers Fund, etc.)
Tao Ze
Managing Director, NPP (www.nppcn.com)
Holly Chang
Executive Director, Golden Bridges Foundation
Li Yusheng
Associate, Narada Foundation
Hu
Xing (Moderator)
Manager, Nonprofit in China Domain, Hauser Center

Lunch will be provided, first come first serve


Location: Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building L 1 Harvard Kennedy School



Fall 2009 Events:

September 30, 2009
Being a Social Entrepreneur in China
Policy, Philanthropic Environment and Beyond

A Panel Discussion With:
Dr. Ailing Zhuang: Founding Chair and Executive Director, NPO Development Center Shanghai
Prof. Hanlong Lu: Professor, Institute of Sociology, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; Director of Shanghai Center for Charity Studies
Ms. Zhaomin Jin: Executive Director, NPO Development Center Shanghai
Dr. David Brown (Moderator): Senior Research Fellow of Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
12:00 - 1:30 pm (Lunch will be provided)
Location: Weil Town Hall, Belfer L1, Harvard Kennedy School

Oct 28, 2009
Meet Philanthropists from China:
Governance Challenges in Private Foundations in China

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Coffee social starts at
8:45 AM
Location: Nye B & C, Taubman Building 5th Floor , Harvard Kennedy Schooll

November 16, 2009
The Progress of China’s Civil Society and the Role of China’s Nonprofits in Climate Change Control
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Nye B & C, Taubman Building 5th Floor , Harvard Kennedy School


December 2, 2009
1:30–3:00pm

Social Enterprises & Philanthropic Investment in China:
How to Break New Ground in Emerging Markets
A Dialogue with
Michael Chu
Senior Lecturer,  Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Initiative; Managing Director, IGNIA Fund in Mexico dedicated to investing in commercial enterprises serving low-income populations in developing countries
Grace Chiang
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Social Venture Group in Shanghai and Hong Kong
Moderator: Xing Hu
Domain Manager, Nonprofits in China Domain of Practice, Hauser Center of Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard
Location
: Nye B & C, Taubman Building 5th Floor , Harvard Kennedy School




Spring 2009 Events:

March 4, 2009
China’s Civil Society and Political Transformation
Xijin Jia , Visiting Fellow, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University.
Associate Professor, and Deputy Director of NGO Center at Tsinghua University of China

April 28, 2009
Foreign Philanthropies in China
Peter Geithner, Ford Foundation’s first China Representative in Beijing and advisor to the Asia Center at Harvard University.
Responded by
Professor Xijin Jia, Visiting follow at Hauser Center and Deputy Director of NGO Research Center at Tsinghua University in China.

May 1, 2009
China’s Think Tanks
James G. McGann,
Director of Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at Foreign Policy Research Institute,
Assistant Director of the International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Responded by
Xufeng Zhu, Visiting Scholar, Harvard Yenching Institute; Associate professor from Nankai University of China
Xijin Jia, Visiting Fellow, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University.
Associate Professor, and Deputy Director of NGO Center at Tsinghua University of China


May 4, 2009
Media as a Venue for Civil Participation in China
1:00 - 2:20 PM
Brown Bag
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
中文讨论组

Spring 2008 Events:

May 14, 2008
Future of Nonprofits in China
Ailing Zhuang, Founder, Shanghai NPO Development Centre. H.David Brown, HKS; Prof. William Alford, HLS;
Peter Geithner, Harvard-Yenching Institute