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 By Stan Simpson- April 15, 2009
A timely phone call was all it took for the Rev. Shelley D.B. Copeland to secure a one-on-one with America's new faith-based czar, Joshua DuBois. OK, maybe divine intervention was at play, too.
The White House receptionist who took Copeland's February call to Washington, D.C., advised her that it was highly unlikely Copeland would talk to DuBois personally. But when the call was transferred, DuBois himself picked up.
He is the 26-year-old wunderkind/executive director who wants to use the revamped White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships to promote responsible fatherhood programs, reduce poverty and bring together interfaith coalitions.
Copeland, the executive director of the Conference of Churches in Hartford, said she left her 45-minute Good Friday meeting in D.C. impressed with DuBois' wisdom, vision and awareness of Hartford's interfaith efforts.
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