Greg Mancini

Contact: Greg Mancini610-574-8030gmancini@hds.harvard.edu
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"We were frustrated by the absence of a civic space for young adult Catholics who were committed to political engagement and interested in their faith's bearing on political issues," said the group's founding director, Greg Mancini.Mancini continued, "At a time when religious communities seem divided and some groups are presenting Catholics' political obligations with a partisan interest, we wanted to help Catholic students and young professionals to recognize the complete scope of Catholic Social Teaching, to empower Catholic civic leaders and to bring young adult Catholics together on campuses and online."

Greg Mancini, Project Director
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Greg Mancini, Project DirectorResponsible Citizenshipgmancini@hds.harvard.eduGreg Mancini has recently led several social entrepreneurial projects with the support of service and academic fellowships.As a Fulbright Enterprise Scholar, Greg lived in Berlin, Germany where he researched 20th century European literature and philosophy and prepared for an intensive research trip to Zagreb, Croatia to study transitional justice.In Berlin, Greg helped to direct an academic forum on Post-Conflict Reconstruction as well as to facilitate an educational project for first-year students at the nearby University of Stettin in Stettin, Poland.Before his time as a Fulbright Scholar, Greg participated in a year long service fellowship during which he founded the New Jersey Catholic Coalition for Environmental Justice and led several other community and faith-based organizing projects.Greg is a founding director of The Daily Princetonian Summer Journalism Program, an educational summer camp for high school students from low-income communities.Greg graduated cum laude in 2001 from Princeton University where he majored in German Literature and Cultural Studies.He will attend Harvard Divinity School this Fall.

"Unfortunately, some partisan groups want to exploit Catholic ethics by ignoring the full range of Catholic Social Teaching," says founding director Greg Mancini.