Komen Founder Nancy Brinker’s Mysterious Expense Report. Nancy Brinker, a socialite, powerbroker, and former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, has turned Susan G.
Komen for the Cure into a cancer-fighting giant over the past three decades. Now, critics say, it may be time for her to go—if she wants to preserve the very charity she built. The recent crisis over Komen’s decision to de-fund—and then re-fund—Planned Parenthood has put Brinker under intense scrutiny, with observers questioning everything from her management style to her earnings to her spending. “It has all become a diversion. It has itself become cancerous,” says Eve Ellis, a former board member of Komen in New York City.
In interviews with The Daily Beast, a half-dozen former Komen employees who held a range of jobs at the charity in the past five years expressed similar sentiments, saying the foundation has become dominated by its larger-than-life leader. In the 30 years since she launched the foundation, Brinker has raised some $1.9 billion for cancer research. Komen Exec Karen Handel Calls Planned Parenthood a ‘Gigantic Bully’ For Chinese men there’s no status symbol like a mistress, or two, or three, or four A friend attended a work-related banquet in China recently.
Seated at the same table were several men who were executives of Chinese state-owned enterprises. As bottles of Hennessy Cognac and jet-fuel-like baijiu were opened and quickly consumed, the topic of conversation awkwardly jostled from work to geopolitics to the price of Apple’s latest iPhone. One executive, his face glowing red from the night’s imbibitions, said he needed to buy one because his mistress demanded it. In fact, she was texting him about it as he spoke. Pouring out of the man’s mouth were words of complaint, but they were part of the act. It is not just the men in China who are open about their extramarital solicitations. How Komen decided to defund Planned Parenthood. Culture Connoisseur Badge Culture Connoisseurs consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on the arts, lifestyle and entertainment.
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By Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, Special to CNN Faced with a deluge of media opposition and pressure from lawmakers, the Susan G. Komen foundation amended its decision to cut off funds to Planned Parenthood last week. Afterward, Democratic Sen. Komen Foundation VP resigns after funding controversy. Karen Handel had served in her position at Komen since April.
NEW: "Nothing short of a shakedown," charges former Komen VP Karen HandelThe foundation reversed a decision last week to cut funding for Planned ParenthoodThe initial decision prompted a backlash and pressure from lawmakersA report says Handel was behind the funding decision (CNN) -- Karen Handel, a vice president with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation who resigned Tuesday after a controversy over funding for Planned Parenthood projects, blasted the organization and defended her role in the debate. Komen's founder and CEO, Nancy Brinker, said in a statement she had accepted Handel's resignation and acknowledged, "we have made mistakes in how we handled recent decisions. " Handel, the foundation's senior vice president for policy, opposes abortion. On Komen, did the media have ‘abortion blinders’? Walkers stream down Constitution Avenue for last year’s Susan G.
Komen Global Race for the Cure in Washington. The organization has drawn heavy media coverage recently over its funding for Planned Parenthood. (Evy Mages - For The Washington Post) Ross Douthat thinks that, in the past week, the media have covered the story of the Susan G. Komen Foundation severing, and then reinstating, its ties to Planned Parenthood with “abortion blinders,” disregarding the fact that half of Americans oppose abortion rights. “On the abortion issue, the press’s prejudices are often absolute, its biases blatant and its blinders impenetrable,” he wrote in yesterday’s New York Times, later continuing that “if you’ve followed the media frenzy surrounding the Susan G.
As one member of the media who spent a lot of time covering this story, I thought I could offer a bit of perspective on this question. Throughout the past week, I’ve repeatedly called and e-mailed Komen requesting comparable data. Komen, Meet the Online Feminist Army Never again should anyone doubt the organizing skill and agility of the pro-choice movement, at least under the right circumstances.
I’m often the first to groan that the big girl organizations are so mired in bureaucracy they can’t be nimble and that we’re usually so busy playing defense that we can’t even prepare to play offense. This was not the case in Planned Parenthood vs. Komen. Planned Parenthood had a carefully thought out response to Komen’s decision that included prepping their affiliates and partners with talking points, setting up specific donation channels ahead of time, and laying out a social media strategy to aggregate online outrage and channel it into action. And never again should it be said that online organizing doesn’t work or that young feminists don’t play a vital role in the pro-choice movement. Head of Susan G. Komen defends decision on Planned Parenthood - latimes.com. Nancy Brinker, founder and CEO of Susan G.
Komen for the Cure (Haraz N. Ghanbari / Associated…) As the backlash grew against the decision by Susan G. Komen for the Curefoundation to cease awarding grants to Planned Parenthood, Komen officials ended two days of silence on Thursday and tried to manage the uproar. In a conference call with the media, Komen founder and Chief Executive Nancy G. "This has been a contentious issue," she added of the rift between the two well-known women's health organizations. But Brinker also suggested that the Komen money might be better spent elsewhere: "You have to be sure you are granting to the right people. " Brinker's explanation came as Komen weathered continuing waves of criticism from lawmakers, women's health advocates and public figures, and as donations poured in to both groups. ‘Irrevocable’ damage: 24 hours in the life of a Komen executive. (TOM WORNER) Around 7 a.m. on Friday, a woman in Laura Farmer Sherman’s office started screaming.
“Oh my God,” Farmer Sherman heard from the next office over. “They’ve changed their mind.” Farmer Sherman is the executive director of the Susan G. EXCLUSIVE: Ari Fleischer Secretly Helped Guide Komen Strategy On Planned Parenthood. By Judd Legum on February 3, 2012 at 4:55 pm "EXCLUSIVE: Ari Fleischer Secretly Involved In Komen Strategy On Planned Parenthood" Ari Fleischer, former press secretary for George W.
Ari Fleischer Admits He Personally Advised Komen CEO On Planned Parenthood. By Judd Legum on February 6, 2012 at 2:00 pm. How Social Media Backlash Made Susan G. Komen Cave. The online storm surrounding Susan G. Komen for the Cure's decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood came to a close on Friday when Komen reversed its decision. Score another point for social media. Komen Foundation, Cancer Group, Backs Down on Cutting Off Planned Parenthood. We want to apologize for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives.— Susan G.
Komen (@komenforthecure) February 3, 2012. Susan G. Komen Foundation Also Stops Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research. Komen Foundation In Contortions Over Justifying Planned Parenthood Decision. "We are not defunding Planned Parenthood," Brinker told Mitchell, "We have three grants that will go on this year, and they will probably be eligible for the next grant cycle. " Mitchell, a longtime supporter of the Komen Foundation announced in September that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. "But I come to you today expressing the anger of a lot of people, channeling through them, you see it on Twitter, you see it everywhere," Mitchell said.
Mitchell also asked Brinker about the role controversial Komen Vice President for Policy Karen Handel played in the decision. Handel, who ran for governor of Georgia in 2010 promising to defund Planned Parenthood, was named in a report at The Atlantic as being behind the decision. "Well, let me just for the record tell you, Karen did not have anything to do with this decision," Brinker responded. Komen's Planned Parenthood Decision: It Sure Seems Like It's About Abortion.
Nancy Brinker, CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, at a 2008 event. kostia/Flickr Nancy Brinker, the CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, appeared on MSNBC on Thursday afternoon to deny that Komen's decision to end grants to Planned Parenthood had anything to do with politics. "I'm troubled that it's been labeled as political," Brinker told host Andrea Mitchell. "This is not a political decision. " What Planned Parenthood actually does. About the Planned Parenthood chart.
Why Komen defunded Planned Parenthood. (Gary Stelzer - Associated Press) The Associated Press reports that Susan G. Susan G. Komen chapter: ‘We are absolutely frustrated’ by the decision to defund Planned Parenthood. Ann Hogan is the board president for Susan G. Meet the woman who got Komen to defund Planned Parenthood. Americans United for Life President and CEO Charmaine Yoest. ( AMERICANS UNITED FOR LIFE) After the Susan G. DOJ smacks down Karen Handel. Top Susan G. Komen Official Resigned Over Planned Parenthood Cave-In - Jeffrey Goldberg - Health. Sources with direct knowledge of the Komen decision-making process said recent policies were adopted specifically to cut funding to Planned Parenthood.
Update: Mollie Williams, the Komen official who resigned to protest the organization's decision to defund Planned Parenthood, sent me a statement, which is reprinted in full at the end of this post. Komen Faces Backlash After Pulling Planned Parenthood Funds: Latest News, Tweets, and More. The second episode of Season 4 brought us another wedding ceremony for the ages, and ended with a bang.