Director of White House faith-based initiatives to speak at Notre Dame | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Director of White House faith-based initiatives to speak at Notre Dame Director of White House faith-based initiatives to speak at Notre Dame Published: September 23, 2009 Author: Michael O. Garvey Joshua DuBois, executive director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, will speak on “Hope in Action Through Faith-Based Initiatives” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 (Monday) in the Andrews Auditorium of the University of Notre Dame’s Geddes Hall. DuBois’ lecture will concern the power of hope potentially emerging from the initiatives of communities of faith. Born in Bar Harbor, Maine, but raised in Nashville, DuBois is the son of an African Methodist Episcopal pastor and is himself a Pentecostal minister. He was graduated from Boston University in 2003, earned a master’s degree in public affairs from Princeton University in 2005, and was enrolled in Georgetown University’s law school when he became a religious affairs advisor in the office of then-Sen. Barack Obama. He later became the religious affairs director for Sen. Obama’s presidential campaign, and was appointed to his present White House position in February. DuBois’ lecture is sponsored by Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns and is open to the public. Contact: Bill Purcell, 574-631-9473, wpurcell@nd.edu Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn