Comments for Kaukab Jhumra Smith http://www.kokismith.com Editor | Writer | Media Consultant Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on An Open Letter to Komen Foundation by kokismith http://www.kokismith.com/2012/02/an-open-letter-to-komen-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-72 kokismith Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:39:55 +0000 http://www.kokismith.com/?p=476#comment-72 In all fairness, the 17%-goes-to-research figure doesn't mean that the rest isn't going to good causes too. About 20% from what i understand goes to administration and the rest is spent on program expenses. However, much of these can be marketing presented as "education and awareness." I think the point is that for a org that claims its mission is to find a cure for breast cancer, 17% for research is not a whole lot of money. A lot's happened in the past week: Komen said PP will remain "eligible" for future grants, though it's not clear whether they're using semantics to get out of actually approving funds for PP in the future. And Karen Handel, a senior exec who acknowledged she strongly supported the decision to defund, has resigned. In all fairness, the 17%-goes-to-research figure doesn’t mean that the rest isn’t going to good causes too. About 20% from what i understand goes to administration and the rest is spent on program expenses. However, much of these can be marketing presented as “education and awareness.” I think the point is that for a org that claims its mission is to find a cure for breast cancer, 17% for research is not a whole lot of money.

A lot’s happened in the past week: Komen said PP will remain “eligible” for future grants, though it’s not clear whether they’re using semantics to get out of actually approving funds for PP in the future. And Karen Handel, a senior exec who acknowledged she strongly supported the decision to defund, has resigned.

]]> Comment on An Open Letter to Komen Foundation by Abby Ross http://www.kokismith.com/2012/02/an-open-letter-to-komen-foundation/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Abby Ross Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:30:27 +0000 http://www.kokismith.com/?p=476#comment-70 Ditto! Great letter - I hadn't really looked into the Komen organization but I'm not liking what you discovered. Setting aside their recent ill conceived PR decisions, good charitable organizations do not take such a massive cut of the donations/proceeds. Sounds like it borders on fraud. Ditto! Great letter – I hadn’t really looked into the Komen organization but I’m not liking what you discovered. Setting aside their recent ill conceived PR decisions, good charitable organizations do not take such a massive cut of the donations/proceeds. Sounds like it borders on fraud.

]]> Comment on RIP, Cliff Carle by froggy19671988 http://www.kokismith.com/2011/01/rip-cliff-carle/comment-page-1/#comment-49 froggy19671988 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:59:20 +0000 http://www.kokismith.com/?p=384#comment-49 im so sad to here of his death he was a good man i worked with him at the national coalition for the homwlwss and at street sense gone but never forgotten R I P cliff im so sad to here of his death he was a good man i worked with him at the national coalition for the homwlwss and at street sense
gone but never forgotten
R I P cliff

]]> Comment on RIP, Cliff Carle by Adam http://www.kokismith.com/2011/01/rip-cliff-carle/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Adam Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:29:31 +0000 http://www.kokismith.com/?p=384#comment-48 RIP CC. Sir, I was a friend of Cliff's. I was doing some writing on him and his life. If you're interested please contact me, I'd love to chat with you about him. RIP CC.

Sir,
I was a friend of Cliff’s. I was doing some writing on him and his life. If you’re interested please contact me, I’d love to chat with you about him.

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