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Susan G. Komen Foundation Feels the ‘Law of Unintended Consequences’ Firsthand

GearDiary  Feb 03 12

The first rule of a health-centric charity - don't get political. UPDATE: The Komen group annouced they were reversing their decision, stating "it will "amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political." "Our only goal for our granting process is to support women and families in the fight against breast cancer. Amending our criteria will ensure that politics has no place in our grant process," the group said." My wife did the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure a few years ago when we lived in the Boston area. Full story...



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