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OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHWRITING
FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET
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To
JUDY SMITH
Fax Number 456-6423
Date
11 DECEMBER 1992
From JBUNTON
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NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY ON DRUG ABUSE
POPULATION ESTIMATES 1991
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research
5600 Fishers Lane
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 10, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAN MC GROARTY
FROM:
JEANNIE BUNTON
&
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS AT PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY
COUNCIL LEADERSHIP FORUM
I. SUMMARY
On Friday, December 11th at 9:15 a.m. you will deliver brief
remarks to an audience of 600 at the President's Drug Advisory
Council Leadership Forum in the Ballroom of the Washington Hilton
Hotel.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 5 minutes / cards) focus on the
growing movement of community-based anti-drug coalitions and
congratulate them for their efforts.
Bunton
Dec. 10, 1992
[Council] 2
PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY
COUNCIL LEADERSHIP FORUM
FRIDAY, DEC. 11, 1992
WASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL
9:15 AM
Thank you, Jim [Burke, Chairman of the President's Drug
Advisory Council, as well as Chairman of Partnership for a Drug
Free America], for your kind words. Alvah [Chapman, Chairman of
PDAC's National Coalition Committee, who is hard at work helping
re-build devastated southern Florida.] Reverend Malloy, chairman
of the forum for the past three years. And Bill [Moss, founding
Chairman of PDAC.]
I want to give my heartfelt thanks to the members of the
President's Drug Advisory Council for the outstanding work you
have done to rid the Nation of illegal drugs. Your tireless
service to others is deeply appreciated.
And to all the drug coalition leaders and members with us
today -- here from all across the country -- over 200 cities and
40 states -- let me add a few words.
Charles De Gaulle once said that France was not her true
self unless she was engaged in a great enterprise. Well, you
have led America in a great enterprise -- truly becoming involved
in a cause larger than yourselves.
You are part of a growing movement that is sweeping the
Nation. Today there are more anti-drug coalitions than ever --
over 1,000 across the country -- because of your efforts. That
2
means 1,000 communities, aided by federal, state and local
governments, have accepted the responsibility to work side by
side with their neighbors to get drugs out and keep drugs out of
their neighborhoods.
Block by block, street by street, home by home, ordinary
people are doing extraordinary things. You are showing that
every citizen has a role to play in eliminating drugs from our
neighborhoods. You are enriching our Nation's future through
community-based programs -- the very backbone of America's drug
policy.
That noted philosopher, Barbara Bush, once said, "What
happens in your house is more important than what happens in the
White House."
This won't surprise you. She's right. //
The people with the most influence aren't here in Washington
-- rather, it's the people back home -- the friend -- the pastor
or the parent, the teacher or the team mate, the doctor or the
daughter who can stir the soul of the one needing help.
Our ability to solve the drug problem in America depends on
the extent to which we can convince individuals not to try drugs
or use them -- and to help those individuals addicted, to get
into treatment.
This understanding is the very basis for the enormous
progress that's been made in reducing illegal drug use, and
simply must be the foundation for any future drug strategy.
3
In the span of this administration we've seen drug use go
down -- overall drug use decreased by more than 12 percent
between 1988 and '91; occasional cocaine use went down 25 percent
-- twice the goal we set. Adolescent cocaine use? We'd hoped to
reduce that by 30 percent and it has fallen more than 60 percent.
When a neighbor's front yard became the front line of a drug
war, rather than looking to government for solutions -- you
looked to each other to meet the drug problem in your community
head-on. Because you did -- today a little girl isn't afraid to
ride her bike over to the park ... a senior citizen once again
sits on his front porch in the afternoon without fear.
So, what you are doing in the workplace, the school yard,
and the corner grocery store is working. You are restoring hope,
saving lives, and healing our country -- one person at a time.
And for that, you have the gratitude of your community, your
country and your President. May God bless you all and the United
States of America.
# # #
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 10, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAN MC GROARTY
FROM:
JEANNIE BUNTON
&
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS AT PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY
COUNCIL LEADERSHIP FORUM
I. SUMMARY
On Friday, December 11th at 9:15 a.m. you will deliver brief
remarks to an audience of 600 at the President's Drug Advisory
Council Leadership Forum in the Ballroom of the Washington Hilton
Hotel.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 5 minutes / cards) focus on the
growing movement of community-based anti-drug coalitions and
congratulate them for their efforts.
Bunton
Dec. 10, 1992
[Council] 2
PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY
COUNCIL LEADERSHIP FORUM
FRIDAY, DEC. 11, 1992
WASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL
9:15 AM
Thank you, Jim [Burke, Chairman of the President's Drug
Advisory Council, as well as Chairman of Partnership for a Drug
Free America], for your kind words. Alvah [Chapman, Chairman of
PDAC's National Coalition Committee, who is hard at work helping
re-build devastated southern Florida.] Reverend Malloy, chairman
of the forum for the past three years. And Bill [Moss, founding
Chairman of PDAC.]
I want to give my heartfelt thanks to the members of the
President's Drug Advisory Council for the outstanding work you
have done to rid the Nation of illegal drugs. Your tireless
service to others is deeply appreciated.
And to all the drug coalition leaders and members with us
today -- here from all across the country -- over 200 cities and
40 states -- let me add a few words.
Charles De Gaulle once said that France was not her true
self unless she was engaged in a great enterprise. Well, you
have led America in a great enterprise -- truly becoming involved
in a cause larger than yourselves.
You are part of a growing movement that is sweeping the
Nation. Today there are more anti-drug coalitions than ever --
over 1,000 across the country -- because of your efforts. That
2
means 1,000 communities, aided by federal, state and local
governments, have accepted the responsibility to work side by
side with their neighbors to get drugs out and keep drugs out of
their neighborhoods.
Block by block, street by street, home by home, ordinary
people are doing extraordinary things. You are showing that
every citizen has a role to play in eliminating drugs from our
neighborhoods. You are enriching our Nation's future through
community-based programs -- the very backbone of America's drug
policy.
That noted philosopher, Barbara Bush, once said, "What
happens in your house is more important than what happens in the
White House."
This won't surprise you. She's right. //
The people with the most influence aren't here in Washington
-- rather, it's the people back home -- the friend -- the pastor
or the parent, the teacher or the team mate, the doctor or the
daughter who can stir the soul of the one needing help.
Our ability to solve the drug problem in America depends on
the extent to which we can convince individuals not to try drugs
or use them -- and to help those individuals addicted, to get
into treatment.
This understanding is the very basis for the enormous
progress that's been made in reducing illegal drug use, and
simply must be the foundation for any future drug strategy.
3
In the span of this administration we've seen drug use go
down -- overall drug use decreased by more than 12 percent
between 1988 and '91; occasional cocaine use went down 25 percent
-- twice the goal we set. Adolescent cocaine use? We'd hoped to
reduce that by 30 percent and it has fallen more than 60 percent.
When a neighbor's front yard became the front line of a drug
war, rather than looking to government for solutions -- you
looked to each other to meet the drug problem in your community
head-on. Because you did -- today a little girl isn't afraid to
ride her bike over to the park
...
a senior citizen once again
sits on his front porch in the afternoon without fear.
So, what you are doing in the workplace, the school yard,
and the corner grocery store is working. You are restoring hope,
saving lives, and healing our country -- one person at a time.
And for that, you have the gratitude of your community, your
country and your President. May God bless you all and the United
States of America.
# # #
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PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Washington, D.C. 20503
MEMORANDUM
TO: Jeannie
Rowena Morris, Rewers National Leadership Forum III Coordinator
FROM:
DATE: December 8
RE: President's remarks
Enclosed are:
1.
Remarks suggested by Jim Burke, our chairman
2.
Copy of the working schedule for the Forum
3.
Report given to the President in January 1991, by
Alvah H. Chapman and Bill Moss, (Founding Chairman of the
Council) on the coalition movement, urging development of a
national coalition of coalitions.
4.
Letter from Chapman to President inviting him to speak to
Forum
(Jim Burke also wrote him a letter)
We have no anecdotes, but we are looking for the big picture. It
is the growing coalition movement itself we need to highlight.
Our goal should be to involve every citizen in doing his or her
part to eliminate drugs from their community.
1
We should probably avoid direct reference to CADCA lest other
NOTE:
anti-drug organizations be offended that they have not had the
same attention.
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PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Washington, D.C. 10503
November 17, 1992
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Your those of which you can be the most coalitions. proud
administration can be proud of many accomplishments, is the
but anormous among growth of community anti-drug
with that growth, of course, has been during a
Commensurate significant reduction in the use of illegal drugs
these past four years.
recall a meeting we had in the oval office Advisory in
You may 1991 in which the President's Drug funded,
January proposed the creation of a privately coalition
Council national organization to lead the -- community
CDAC
independent, in America. That organization and
movement Anti-Drug Coalitions of America - is now organized
its budget funded (privately) for three years.
And, 1992 only hours after your return from and
of course, you spoke to Leadership Forum Japan. II in
January warmly greeted by the volunteers
You professionals were who recognize and applaud your of leadership drugs.
in helping our nation.overcome the scourge
heal our
Leadership Forum III will be held in Washington, D.C. the at
nation
the Drug Advisory Council winds down America
Washington Hilton Hotel, December 11 and 12. As its
President's activities, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of the new
will national leadership organization for anti-drug
be formally introduced at Forum III as
coalitions.
We coalition leaders assembled. It would be a chance thank
would be honored to have you speak to the more than
800 all of us there to applaud your leadership and
you for for your contribution in helping our nation return
from the abyss of drug infestation.
I can work this into your schedule, as which it would
hope an you enormous Boost to an activity you to
give authorized in 1991 and would give US the opportunity sincere
say to a President, whom we admire very much, a
thank you for your leadership.
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and of our introductag you concludes program with
I at begins luncheon hope:that I a on Saturday,
Warmest personal regards.
sincerely yours,
alieb Alvan H. chapman, Jr.
AHC:nb CO: Jim Burke, chairman
be: Rowena Morris
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PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Washington. D.C. 20503
DATE:
Dec 8
TO:
Jeannie Speechearting
FAX NUMBER: 456-6218
NUMBER OF PAGES: 29
(much can be
quickly our scanned- forum
after Pres Games)
SUBJECT: Pres. remarks for hlec. 9:15am "
FROM:
Romena Marris
FAX NUMBER: (202) 523-0280
TELEPHONE NUMBER: (202) 466-3100
Please
Call to conferm receipt
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
08-Dec-1992 11:28am
TO:
Jean M. Bunton
FROM:
Christina M. Martin
Office of Communications
SUBJECT: Drug Counci;
Dr. MIKE WALSH/
Contact at Council: Rowena Morris 466-3100
ALVA CHAPMAN- LEAD CLEAN-UP
Address to the President's Drug Advisory Council's Leadership
Forum III
467-9800 DROIC OFFICE
Friday, Dec. 11, 1992
9:15 of p.m.
ANY OF POTLIS STAFF
CHUCK WEXLER
Washington Hilton Hotel
Brief Remarks 2-3p
Due into staffing tom. around 10 a.m.
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PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Washington, D.C. 20503
THEME FOR PRESIDENT'S CADCA REMARKS
December 11, 1992
Although not new or news, the most appropriate and important
message from the President to anti-drug community leaders is that
coordinated, comprehensive community-based programs are the
backbone of America's drug control policy. This should be a
reaffirmation and "thank you" to each and all community leaders,
and a reminder that what they are doing is so important to the
future of our nation; and our ability to deal with all the social
issues we face.
The essence of our ability to solve the drug issue in
America is the extent to which we can convince individual
people not to try or use drugs, and individual people
addicted to drugs to get into treatment. Their friends,
their families, their peers and siblings, their employers
and doctors and clergy and teachers -- those who have the
most influence are not here in Washington, but rather
right there in their own community.
This understanding is the basis for the enormous progress
that's been made in prevention, and simply must be the
foundation for any future drug strategy under the new
administration.
There are now more than 1,000 anti-drug coalitions across
America because of your efforts. That means one thousand
communities, with assistance from federal, state and
local governments, who have accepted the responsibility
for working with their neighbors to get drugs out and
keep drugs out of their neighborhoods.
This is what a "thousand points of light" really means in
action.
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dec 7
FORUM III PROGRAM
"Community Coalitions: From Neighborhood to Nation"
Thursday, December 10, 1992
6:30-7:30 p.m.
Reception (Crystal Ballroom)
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Walt Disney World's Anti-Drug Puppet Show
(International Ballroom West)
8:30-9:00 p.m.
Briefing of Speakers (Military Room)
Friday, December 11, 1992
7:15 a.m.
Bagpiper starts playing. People take seats in
Crystal Ballroom. Reserved seats up front for
Socratic Dialogue participants, PDAC members,
invited guests and staff
No head table - just 4 reserved tables for 8
7:30-8:20 a.m.
OPENING BREAKFAST (Crystal Ballroom)
Chairman:
Reverend Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C.
Invocation:
Reverend Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C.
7:35
Welcomes everyone
thanks the Bagpiper
McLean Highland Bagpiper from McLean High
School, McLean, VA
Notes change in schedule this
morning only, as seen on blue sheet
Gives invocation
7:45
Malloy introduces Alvah H. Chapman, Jr.
Chairman of PDAC's National coalition Committee
whose leadership brought us here today..
7:46
Welcome:Alvah H. Chapman, Jr.,
Thank Fr. Malloy and
Welcoming remarks of 4 minutes, including passing the
torch to CADCA
1
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7:50
Malloy introduces Jim Burke
7:54
Jim Burke speaks on the Future of CommuniSty
Coalitions
8:15
Malloy instructs all to proceed to Internat'l
BallRoom East, through the magnetometers
Housekeeping announcement:
Doors will be sealed by Secret Service at
8:50
8:20-8:50
BREAK (Move to International Ballroom East)
8:50-9:15
"THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY COALITIONS"
Seated at Dialogue chairs:
Malloyk Copple, Chapman, Burke
(any one going to holding room?)
8:52
Malloy introduces Copple
8:55
Speaker:
James E. Copple, National Director, CADCA,
Alexandria, VA
9:12
Malloy thanks Copple
Protocol for President's visit
Will fill in with information after meeting with
Advance team on Tuesday
9:15-9:30 a.m.
PRESIDENT BUSH
Burke to laud President on drug leadership
Chapman to speak after President departs?
Malloy at conclusion to ask people to take a few minutes while chairs
are set up in front. We will begin the Socratic Dialogue promptly at 9:40 right here.
9:30 - 9:40 am MINIBREAK
9:40 - 9:50 a.m.
9:40
9:41
Chapman introduces Malloy
"The Urban Drug Problem: What is at Stake?"
Speaker: Reverend Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C.
10 minute speech, including an intro of Judy Areen
and participants and a brief idea of a Socratic
2
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Dialogue
9:50 - 10:50 a.m. "TACKLING THE URBAN DRUG CRISIS"
(International B.R. East)
Socratic Dialogue
Moderator: Judith C. Areen, Dean, Georgetown University Law
Center, Washington, DC
3
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Panel:
1.
Neil J. Behan, Chief, Baltimore County Police
Department
2.
Ron Benefiel, Pastor, First Church of the Nazarene, Los
Angeles
3.
Alvin L. Brooks, President, Ad Hoc Group Against
Crime, Kansas City, MO; Member, PDAC; Member of
the Board, CADCA
4.
Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., M.D., Senior Vice President,
Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation,
Brooklyn
5.
T. Willard Fair, President and CEO, The Urban League
of Greater Miami, Inc.
6.
Janice Ford Griffin, Director, Houston Crackdown
7.
Zory Z. Kenon II, Principal, Evans Junior High School,
Washington DC
8.
David C-H Johnston, Executive Director, Capital Area
Substance Abuse Council, Hartford
9.
Vincent Lane, Chairman, Chicago Housing Authority,
Chicago
10:50 - 11:05 a.m. BREAK
7:45
Father Malloy introduces Alvah H. Chapman
7:47
Welcome: Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Chairman of the Board,
CADCA; Member, PDAC; Director and Chairman of the
Executive Committee for Knight-Ridder, Inc., Miami
Thank Fr. Malloy and welcome
7:50
Malloy introduces Burke
8:20-8:50 BREAK (Move to International East)
8:50-9:15
"THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY COALITIONS"
Introductions: Edward A. Malloy
4
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8:55
Speaker:
James E. Burke
Chairman, PDAC
9:05
Speaker:
James E. Copple, National Director, CADCA,
Alexandria, VA
9:15-9:30 a.m.
PRESIDENT BUSH
9:30 - 9:40 am MINIBREAK
5
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9:40 - 9:50 am "The Urban Drug Problem: What is at Stake?"
Speaker:
Reverend Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C.
President, University of Notre Dame
Member, PDAC
Member of the Board, CADCA
9:50 - 10:50 a.m. "TACKLING THE URBAN DRUG CRISIS" (International B.R.
East)
Socratic Dialogue
Moderator: Judith C. Areen, Dean, Georgetown University Law
Center, Washington, DC
Panel:
1.
Neil J. Behan, Chief, Baltimore County Police
Department
2.
Ron Benefiel, Pastor, First Church of the Nazarene, Los
Angeles
3.
Alvin L. Brooks, President, Ad Hoc Group Against
Crime, Kansas City, MO; Member, PDAC; Member of
the Board, CADCA
4.
Lawrence S. Brown, Jr., M.D., Senior Vice President,
Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation,
Brooklyn
5.
T. Willard Fair, President and CEO, The Urban League
of Greater Miami, Inc.
6.
Janice Ford Griffin, Director, Houston Crackdown
7.
Zory Z. Kenon II, Principal, Evans Junior High School,
Washington DC
8.
David C-H-Johnston, Executive Director, Capital Area
Substance Abuse Council, Hartford
9.
Vincent Lane, Chairman, Chicago Housing Authority,
Chicago
10:50 - 11:05 a.m. BREAK
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11:05-12:05 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS
"Addressing the Gang Problem" (Georgetown East Room)
Moderator: Neil J. Behan, Chief, Baltimore County Police
Department
Speaker:
The Honorable James L. Burgess, Presiding Judge,
Juvenile Department, 18th Judicial District, and
Member, Inter-Agency Task Force, Project Freedom,
Wichita, KS
Speaker:
Ruben Gonzales, Jr., Deputy Sheriff, San Bernardino
County Sheriff's Department, San Bernardino, CA
"Programs for Neighborhoods & Public Housing" (G'town West)
Moderator: John P. Driscoll Jr., Chairman, American Bar
Association's Special Committee on the Drug Crisis;
Member of the Board, CADCA, Boston
Speaker:
Vincent Lane, Chairman, Chicago Housing Authority,
Chicago
Speaker
T. Willard Fair, President and CEO, The Greater Urban
League of Miami, Inc.
"Working with Law Enforcement" (Map Room)
Moderator: Isaac Fulwood, Jr., Executive Director, Mayor's
Commission on Youth Initiatives, and former Chief of
Police, Washington, DC
Speaker:
Alvin L. Brooks, President, Ad Hoc Group Against
Crime, Kansas City; Member, PDAC; Member of the
Board, CADCA
Speaker:
The Honorable Michael D. Schrunk, District Attorney,
Multnomah County, Oregon; Member, Oregon Regional
Drug Initiative, Portland, OR
"Prevention Strategies for High-Risk Youth" (Int'l. Ballroom East)
Moderator: Scarlett A. Benjamin, Executive Director, Western New
York Communities Against Drug Abuse, Inc.
(WNYCADA), Rochester
Speaker:
Gale V. Barrett-Kavanagh, Director of National
Prevention Program, Boys and Girls Clubs of America,
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Smart Moves Program, New York
Speaker:
Flavia R. Walton, Ph.D., Project Director, LEAD: High
Expectations, The Links Foundation, Washington, DC
"Programs for Drug-Free Schools" (Military Room)
Moderator: Brenda J. Lee, Ph.D., Principal, Glenallan Elementary
School, Wheaton, MD; Member, PDAC
Speaker:
Zory Z. Kenon II, Principal, Evans Junior High School,
Washington, DC
Speaker:
David C-H Johnston, Executive Director, Capital Area
Substance Abuse Council, Hartford, CT
"Making Drug Treatment Available" (Thoroughbred Room)
Moderator: Janice Ford Griffin, Director
Houston Crackdown, Houston, TX
Speaker
David R. Jameson, Executive Director,
Lexington/Richland Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council, Inc.,
Columbia, SC
Speaker:
Frankie W. Sarver, Associate Director, Fighting Back
National Program Office, Little Rock, AR
12:05-12:15 p.m. BREAK
12:15-1:30 p.m. LUNCH
(Crystal Ballroom)
Chairman: James E. Burke, Chairman, PDAC, and Chairman,
Partnership for a Drug-free America
Invocation: Rabbi David Kaye, Congregation Har Shalom, Potomac,
MD
Music:
Montgomery College Music Department Jazz Combo,
Rockville, MD
ADDRESS: Tim Russert, Moderator, Meet the Press and Senior Vice
President, NBC News
1:30-1:45 p.m.
BREAK
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS
"Mobilizing the Religious Community" (Georgetown East Room)
Moderator: Reverend Wesley Abron James, Senior Minister,
Franklin Street Baptist Church; President, GANGS, Inc.
(Groups Against Narcotics and Gangs, Inc.); and
Member, Coalition for a Drug-Free Mobile, Mobile, AL
Speaker:
Robert M. Francis, Executive Director, Regional
Youth/Adult Substance Abuse Project, Bridgeport, CT
Speaker:
Pastor Ron Benefiel, First Church of the Nazarene
Church, Los Angeles
"Organizing a Media Campaign" (Georgetown West Room)
Moderator: Rosalind G. Stark, Senior Vice President and Director,
Newspaper Association of America Foundation; Member
of the Board, CADCA, Reston, VA
Speaker:
Marilyn P. Morey, Executive Director,
Syracuse/Onondaga Drug & Alcohol Abuse Commission,
Syracuse, NY
Speaker:
Mary Willems, Communications Consultant, Fox Valley
Unites, Appleton, WI
"Identifying and Addressing Funding Sources" (Cabinet Room)
Moderator: Marni Vliet, Kansas Health Foundation,
Wichita, KS
Speaker:
Ingrid Kolb, Acting Deputy Director for Demand
Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Speaker:
Donna G. Rader, Assistant Director, The Winston-
Salem Foundation, Winston-Salem, NC
"Evaluating Your Coalition's Effectiveness" (Int'l. Ballroom East)
Moderator: Ruby P. Hearn, Ph.D., Vice President, Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ; Member of the
Board, CADCA
Speaker:
Mark Baldassare, Ph.D., Drug Use Is Life Abuse, Irvine,
Speaker:
Stephen B. Fawcett, Ph.D., Professor of Human
Development and Family Life, University of Kansas,
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"Strategies for Attracting the Business Community" (Military)
Moderator: Richard A. Herndobler, National Director, ELKS Drug
Awareness Program, Ashland, OR; Member of the Board,
CADCA
Speaker:
David N. Saunders, Ph.D., Executive Director, Metro
Richmond Coalition Against Drugs, Richmond, VA
Speaker:
William J. Kaufmann, President DRUGS DON'T
WORK!, Governor's Partnership to Prevent Substance
Abuse in the Workforce, Hartford, CT
"Approaches for Managing an Effective Coalition" (Thorbred Rm)
Moderator: Robert M. Beggan, Senior Vice President for Public
Policy and Communications, United Way of America;
Member of the Board, CADCA, Alexandria, VA
Speaker:
Judi Kosterman, Ed.D., Governor's Special Assistant for
Substance Abuse Issues, State of Washington, Olympia,
WA
Speaker:
Eric Avery, Director, Office of Drug Policy, Metropolitan
Government of Nashville and Davidson County,
Nashville, TN
3:00-3:15 p.m.
BREAK
3:15-4:15 p.m.
GENERAL SESSION (Crystal Ballroom)
"YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN THE COALITION EFFORT"
Moderator: Bradley L. Gates, Sheriff/Coroner of Orange County, CA;
Member, PDAC; Member of the Board, CADCA
Speaker:
William F. Alden, Chief, Office of Congressional and
Public Affairs, Drug Enforcement Administration
Speaker:
Jessica Hulsey, Drug Use Is Life Abuse, Buena Park, CA
4:15-4:30 p.m.
BREAK
4:30 p.m.
"Youth as Leaders in the Coalition" (Georgetown West Room)
Moderator: Nelson J. Cooney, Associate Director, CADCA,
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Alexandria, VA
Speaker:
Sara Kinser, President, Students Against Drug Abuse,
Orange, CA
Speaker:
David Yates, Intern, Youth Resources of Southwestern
Indiana, and Former Member of Youth Resources Teen
Advisory Council, Evansville, IN
Speaker:
Julio Guzman, Youth Committee Member, Partnership
for Prevention Coalition, Dallas, TX
"Coalition Activities to Reach Young People" (Cabinet Room)
Moderator: Tom Landry, Former Coach of the Dallas Cowboys,
Founder of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes,
Member, PDAC
Speaker:
Diane E. Zipay, Assistant to the Mayor, City of Omaha,
and Member, Community Partnership Youth Volunteer
Corps, Omaha, NE
Speaker:
Jerilyn Simpson, President/Chief Executive Officer, San
Bernardino (CA) Community Against Drugs; Member of
the Board, CADCA
"Involving Higher Education" (International Ballroom East)
Moderator: William R. Butler, Ph.D., Vice President, Student
Affairs, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Speaker:
Dennis L. Madson, Ph.D., Vice President for Student
Affairs, Lewis & Clark College; Member, Oregon
Business Council, Portland, OR
Speaker:
William Modzeleski, Director, Drug Planning &
Outreach Staff, U.S. Department of Education,
Washington, DC
"Créative Initiatives for Youth Programs" (Military Room)
Moderator: Patricia A. Burch, Member, PDAC; Member of the
Board, CADCA, Potomac, MD
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Speaker:
Thomas J. Rhone, Director, Youth Development, Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation, and Executive Director,
Project Choice, Kansas City, MO
Speaker:
Lewis E. McGee, Vice Principal, Stilwell High School,
Stilwell, OK
"Addressing Alcohol Use by Teens" (Thoroughbred Room)
Moderator: Betty Herron, President, National Federation of
Parents for Drug-free Youth; Executive Director
Arkansans for Drug-free Youth, Little Rock, AR
Speaker:
Bobby Heard, Special Projects Coordinator, Texans' War
on Drugs, Austin, TX
Speaker:
Maureen A. Ketchum, Executive Director, The Youth
Leadership Institute, San Rafael, CA
5:30-6:30 p.m.
BREAK
6:30-8:30 p.m.
DINNER
(Crystal Ballroom)
Chairman: William Moss, Founding Chairman
PDAC
Music:
Fairfax High School Band, Fairfax, VA
Invocation: Reverend Wesley Abron James, Coalition for a Drug-
Free Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
ADDRESS: The Honorable Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
President, Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
(CASA), and Former Secretary of Health, Education and
Welfare, New York
PLAY
Stop-Gap Youth Group (Santa Ana, CA) presents
"Under Pressure," a drug abuse prevention play
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Saturday, December 12, 1992
8:00-8:30 a.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Crystal Ballroom)
Chairman: J. Michael Walsh, Ph.D.
Executive Director
PDAC
Invocator:
Music:
Bagpipers
8:30-10:30 a.m.
GENERAL SESSION (Crystal Ballroom)
"National Partners in the Local Coalition Effort"
Moderator: James E. Copple, National Director, CADCA,
Alexandria, VA
Panel:
JOIN TOGETHER - David Rosenbloom, Ph.D.,
Executive Director, Boston, MA
DRUGS DONT WORK - J. Michael Walsh, Ph.D.,
Executive Director, PDAC, Washington, DC
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION - R. William Ide III,
ABA President-elect, Atlanta, GA
PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG-FREE AMERICA
Richard D. Bonnette, Executive Director,
New York
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION - Elaine Johnson,
Ph.D., Acting Administrator, Rockville, MD
10:00-10:30 a.m. ADDRESS: "The Strategic Importance of Community
Coalitions"
Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Chairman of the Board,
CADCA; Member, PDAC; Director and Chairman of the
Executive Committee for Knight-Ridder, Inc., Miami
10:30-10:45 a.m. BREAK
10:45-11:45 a.m. BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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"Dialogue with Coalition leaders on the Role of CADCA"
(Georgetown East)
Region I - Facilitator: Patricia Gee
(Geo'town West)
Region II - Facilitator: David Saunders
(Cabinet Room)
Region III - Facilitator: David Choate
(Int'l. Ballroom East)
Region IV - Facilitator: Diane Zipay
(Military Room)
Region V TOW Facilitator: Leslie Bloom
(Thoroughbred)
Region VI - Facilitator: Judi Kosterman
11:45-12:15 p.m.
BREAK
12:15-1:00 p.m.
LUNCHEON (Crystal Ballroom)
Chairman: Alvah H. Chapman, Jr
Invocation: Alvin L. Brooks, President, Ad Hoc Group Against
Crime, Kansas City, MO; Member, PDAC; Member of
Board, CADCA
Music:
Levine School of Music, Washington, DC
Recognition: CADCA Board of Directors
1:00-1:30 p.m.
ADDRESS:
The Honorable Jack Kemp, Secretary
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
1:30-1:45 p.m.
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I.
Introduction
The National Coalition Committee of the President's Drug
Advisory Council began its work on March 21, 1990, to carry out
the mandate from President Bush as described in the briefing
paper given Council members on November 13, 1989:
The Formation of a National Coalition.
[Of Community Anti-Drug Coalitions]
In the beginning, there needs to be a
vehicle created that allows existing
organizations from around the country
to join together in a national coalition
where ideas and information can be shared..
The National Coalition Committee, in the early part of 1990,
studied more than 40 such coalitions and held two full-day
Forum
hearings with the leaders of 15 of the best organized.
The knowledge gained in those two hearings was the genesis for
the first National Leadership Forum held in Washington on
November 9th and 10th, 1990.
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In the initial planning for the Leadership Forum, it was hoped
that 200 leaders from 100 cities might be attracted.
The final result exceeded every expectation with more than 450
in attendance representing 172 cities in 42 states across America.
These leaders represented an estimated 55,000 volunteers. These
individuals are, indeed, the leaders of our nation's drug war
Las
-- fighting and beginning to win in the workplace, schools,
neighborhoods, and communities of America.
Not only did the Council achieve its initial goal of bringing
together community anti-drug coalition leaders from across the
country to share common experiences, success stories and to
discuss common problems, but the Council was also able to obtain
(through written responses to a series of questions) --
information which documented the views of program participants
on a large number of issues important to the development and
growth of community anti-drug coalitions across America.
Programmatically and financially, the Forum was an outstanding
success. Forum attendees paid their own transportation and hotel
expenses. A modest registration fee and contributions from 11
corporations paid for the conference. Surplus funds will be used
as seed money for a proposed 1991 Leadership Forum II.
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II. Major Recommendations and Findings
What we learned from talking with the participants personally
and reviewing the detailed responses is the basis for our findings
and recommendations.
Our Major Recommendations Are:
1.
Citizen-led community anti-drug coalitions are an
emerging national force which should be encouraged by the
President, the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and
the President's Drug Advisory Council.
2.
Leaders of these coalitions should continue to meet (at least
annually) to share success stories, discuss common
problems, and to be encouraged by national leaders.
3.
A national organization of coalition leaders should be
formed at the conclusion of the 1991 Leadership Forum to
continue, expand, and encourage the work of community
coalitions. The United Way of America has offered to
provide staff and initial support for the proposed National
Coalition.
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4.
The President's Drug Advisory Council, through its
National Coalition Committee, should proceed to conduct
a second Leadership Forum. The input of a wider group
of community coalition leaders across America will be
sought in the planning of Forum II. This involvement is
almost assured since 300 participants in Forum I have
volunteered to assist in conducting Forum II.
5.
Once the National Coalition organization has been formed,
the President's Drug Advisory Council should continue to
be closely identified with it, including the possibility of
several President's Drug Advisory Council members serving
on the governing board of the proposed National Coalition.
6.
Plans to encourage the expansion of the coalition movement
into cities and states not now involved should be a priority
project of the National Coalition Committee of the
President's Drug Advisory Council in 1991. A plan to enlist
existing well organized coalitions across the nation to assist
embryonic coalitions should be formulated. (Many
individuals volunteered to help develop new coalitions in
their region, and the United Way of America has offered
to assist in identifying potential leaders of new coalitions.)
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7.
The formation of a National Coalition organization should
have the endorsement of President Bush and the new
Director of National Drug Control Policy.
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8.
Coalitions, to be effective, should be racially and ethnically
diverse in their leadership and broad-based
programmatically. Coalition volunteers should devise
programs to meet community needs and reduce illegal drug
use in the workplace, the neighborhoods, and schools.
Other activities should relate to the religious community,
treatment programs, criminal justice programs, youth
programs, and marketing and public information programs
to insure broad public and political backing and
understanding of these plans.
Our Major Findings Are:
A.
The infectious enthusiasm and gung-ho spirit of the 450
leaders who met in November is both a priceless national
resource and a manifestation of what Americans do
best...rally together to fight a common enemy. It is on this
foundation that our nation can start to reclaim our
communities from the ravages of the drug problem. By far,
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the number one reason given for personal involvement was
a desire to serve their community or nation.
B.
Community anti-drug coalitions are a spontaneous response
by individual communities to "do something" about the drug
problem. In their uniqueness, in their creativity, is their
real strength. Within a national mandate to be "broad-
based" in approach, there is room for the creativity that
leads to local success. The sharing of ideas and success
stories and the discussion of common problems gave the
National Leadership Forum a special element of success.
C.
Coalition leaders told us that the work of local coalitions
is "making a difference" (in local drug problems). Forty-
four percent said that in their own communities coalitions
are "making a significant difference." Fifty-two percent
said coalitions are "making a modest difference." Only four
percent said "little difference."
D.
Coalition leaders told us in November that volunteers are
easier to get. Ninety-six percent are increasing volunteer
activity and 83% said that volunteers are easier to get than
last year. However, because of the complexity of the
problem, 63% report volunteer burnout is a problem.
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E.
A National Coalition is favored by 93% of those who
completed the Leadership questionnaire. One hundred
percent of those responding said the Leadership Forum
should be repeated next year and 98% said they would
attend if it were.
F.
The Forum itself received very high marks by those who
attended or participated. It was unquestionably a success.
All respondents said the Forum was effective. Sixty-four
percent the Forum was "very effective."
G.
Director William Bennett and Secretary Jack Kemp as
featured speakers made a significant contribution to the
success of the program.
H.
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While the Forum itself was well covered by the local and
regional press -- focusing primarily on the local coalition
leaders who were program presenters and local attendees,
the national press largely ignored the Forum. The difficulty
in getting national press interest and understanding on the
national coalition movement is a major concern.
In all fairness, the community anti-drug coalition story is
not an easy one to tell. It does not lend itself to a three-
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minute slot on TV evening news. The coalition story is a
complex one. The National Coalition Committee should
enlist the best minds in our country who understand public
policy issues and who are knowledgeable of the strengths
and weaknesses of media forms to help us deal with this.
Recognition of the front line leaders of successful coalitions
and the documentation of these stories is vital to the
formation and encouragement of new coalitions.
I.
Coalition leaders across America are realistically assessing
the drug problem from a special vantage point. When
coalition leaders were asked how citizens of their
communities would characterize the last year's progress in
the war on drugs; 38% said things are "getting better"; 54%
said things are "about the same"; and only 8% felt things
were "getting worse."
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draft presented
at Jan 30 Council
President's Drug Advisory meeting Council
Report on
National Community Coalitions
to Fight Drug Abuse
January 1991
Executive Office of the President
Washington, D.C.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
I.
Introduction
1
II.
Major Recommendations and Findings
3
III.
Appreciation
10
IV. Mission Statement of the President's
12
Drug Advisory Council
V. Membership of the President's
13
Drug Advisory Council
VI. Summary of Group Responses to the National
17
Leadership Forum Questionnaire
VII. Membership of National Coalition Committee
19
VIII. Copy of Leadership Forum Program,
20
A List of Participants, and a Map
of the Cities Represented at the Forum
Bunton
Dec. 9, 1992
[Council] 2
PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY
COUNCIL LEADERSHIP FORUM
FRIDAY, DEC. 11, 1992
WASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL
9:15 AM
Thank you, Jim [Burke, Chairman of the President's Drug
Advisory Council, as well as Chairman of Partnership for a Drug
Free America], for your kind words. Alvah [Chapman, Chairman of
PDAC's National Coalition Committee, who is hard at work helping
re-build devastated southern Florida.] Reverend Malloy, chairman
of the forum for the past three years. And Bill [Moss, founding
Chairman of PDAC.]
I want to give my heartfelt thanks to the members of the
President's Drug Advisory Council for the outstanding work you
have done to rid the Nation of illegal drugs. Your tireless
service to others is deeply appreciated.
And to all the drug coalition leaders and members with us
today -- here from all across the country -- over 200 cities and
40 states -- let me add a few words.
would be true to
Charles De Gaulle once said that France could not^ truly be
if
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herself unless shewas engaged in a great enterprise. Well, you
have led America in a great enterprise -- truly becoming involved
in a cause larger than yourselves.
You are part of a growing movement that is sweeping the
Nation. Today there are more anti-drug coalitions than ever --
over 1,000 across the country -- because of your efforts. That
2
means 1,000 communities, aided by federal, state and local
governments, have accepted the responsibility to work side by
side with their neighbors to get drugs out and keep drugs our of
their neighborhoods.
Block by block, street by street, home by home, you name it.
Ordinary people are doing extraordinary things. You are showing
that every citizen has a role to play in eliminating drugs from
our neighborhoods. You are enriching our Nation's future through
community-based programs -- the very backbone of America's drug
control policy.
That noted philosopher, Barbara Bush, once said, "What
happens in your house is more important than what happens in the
White House."
This won't surprise you. She's right. //
The people with the most influence aren't here in Washington
-- rather, it's the people back home -- the friend -- the pastor
or the parent, the teacher or the team mate, the doctor or the
daughter who can stir the soul of the one needing help.
Our ability to solve the drug problem in America depends on
the extent to which we can convince individuals not to try drugs
or use them -- and to help those individuals addicted, to get
into treatment.
This understanding is the very basis for the enormous
progress that's been made in prevention, and simply must be the
foundation for any future drug strategy.
3
In the span of this administration we've seen drug use go
down -- overall drug use decreased by more than 10 percent
between 1988 and '90; occasional cocaine use went down 29 percent
-- twice the goal we set. Adolescent cocaine use? We'd hoped to
reduce that by 30 percent and it has fallen more than 60 percent.
When a neighbor's front yard became the front line of a drug
war, rather than looking to government for solutions -- you
looked to each other to meet the drug problem in your community
head-on. Because you did -- today a little girl isn't afraid to
ride her bike over to the park
a senior citizen once again
sits on his front porch in the afternoon without fear.
So, what you are doing in the workplace, the school yard,
and the corner grocery store is working. You are restoring hope,
saving lives, and healing our country -- one person at a time.
And for that, you have the gratitude of your community, your
country and your President. May God bless you all and the United
States of America.
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Bunton
Dec. B, 1992
[Council] 1
PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY
COUNCIL LEADERSHIP FORUM
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FRIDAY, DEC. 11, 1992
WASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL
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try drugs or use them -- and to help those individuals addicted
to drugs get into treatment. This understanding is the very
basis for the enormous progress that's been made in prevention,
and simply must be the foundation for any future drug strategy.
In the span of this administration we've seen drug use go
down -- overall drug use decreased by more than 10 percent
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-- twice the goal we set. Adolescent cocaine use? we'd hoped to
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war, rather than looking to government for solutions -- you
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head-on. Because you did -- today a little girl isn't afraid to
ride her bike over to the park
a senior citizen once again
sits on his front porch in the afternoon without fear.
So, what you are doing in the workplace, the school yard and
the corner grocery store is working. You are restoring hope,
saving lives, and healing our country -- one person at a time.
And for that, you have the gratitude of your community, your
country and your President. May God bless you all and the United
States of America.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 9, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
DAN MC GROARTY
FROM:
JEANNIE BUNTON
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS AT PRESIDENT'S DRUG ADVISORY
COUNCIL LEADERSHIP FORUM
I. SUMMARY
On Friday, December 11th at 9:15 a.m. you will deliver brief
remarks to an audience of 600 at the President's Drug Advisory
Council Leadership Forum in the Ballroom of the Washington Hilton
Hotel.
II. DISCUSSION
Your remarks (approximately 5 minutes / cards) focus on the
growing movement of community-based anti-drug coalitions and
congratulate them for their efforts.