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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 7, 1995
Sister Camille D'Arienzo
President
Brooklyn Regional Community
273 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205-1487
Dear Sister Camille:
Mrs. Clinton was pleased to meet you at
Brooklyn College. She found your invocation
at the commencement most inspiring.
Thank you very much for giving her a
copy of "Together" and the "Declaration of
Life". Best wishes in the important work you
do.
Sincerely,
meme
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
Hermanas de la Misericordia de las Americas
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D'Arienzo, RSM
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Brooklyn Regional Community
273 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11205-1487
(718) 622-5750
Fax (718)398-7866
June! :- 1995
Dear Hillary,
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
I'm honored to share
your platform and hope
you u consider there
materials
Camelle
Melanne Verveer
PIS Menh her
materials
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Together
Vol. 19 No. 4
1994
Cherish Life, Declare Women Religious
Despite Governor George
Community of the Sisters of Mercy
required statement has swelled to
Pataki's reaffirming his support of
of the Americas, told the New York
some 1,200. They have directed
the death penalty, a movement
Times in an interview published
that the petition be handed over to
opposing capital punishment
Dec. 24: "Killing doesn't solve the
the judge hearing the case, attor-
among Religious in New York State
societal problem or the problem of
neys, the county recorder and
continues to gain adherents.
the soul. If you talk about it in terms
media, should such a woeful deed
In a letter to Mr. Pataki, the
of the soul, then you talk about peo-
occur.
ple with a life beyond this one. It
Sister Camille was one of the
leaders of women's religious orders
in the State with 2,500 members in
gives us a different perspective with
signers of the letter to Governor
what to do with a criminal."
the Brooklyn and Rockville Centre
Pataki. The signatories said they
Sister Camille and associates
Dioceses wrote:
opposed capital punishment
formed a group which they have
because it:
"Many of us have worked and
named the Cherish Life Circle. They
"Does not respect human
1 in crime-infested neighbor-
have created a two-page state-
life" and represents "short-term,
noods. We have experienced fear
ment, called "The Declaration of
quick-fix 'solutions' to the very deep
and have been tempted to desire
Life," which says that if a signer
problems of crime, poverty, unem-
violence; however, life experience
dies from a violent crime, the death
ployment, lack of education and
and our Christian faith call us to
penalty is not to be meted out to the
decent housing and hopelessness."
reject any complicity with vio-
person or persons who committed
Does not deter crime, with
lence."
the act.
studies showing that "murder rates
Sister Camille D'Arienzo, presi-
The number of individuals who
dent of the Brooklyn Regional
have signed the notarization-
Continued on Page Two
Making a Difference on Rikers Island
The Rikers Island prisoner's
Institution for Men, or Building
Correctional Institution for Men on
words to the Catholic chaplain were
C-76.
her ministerial ledger, Sister Mary is
poignant: "This is the nicest
Her most recent celebration of
a familiar and friendly face in a
Christmas I've ever had."
tense and sometimes violent envi-
the Nativity there brought its own
For an instant, the inmate in
ronment. She is the steady pres-
anecdote. This one was more prac-
Building C-76 had blotted out the
ence of Christ amid 2,200 individu-
tical than poignant.
memory of the turbulent years and
als who have lost their way.
dysfunctional life that preceded his
"We expected 144 prisoners for
While about a third of the
incarceration. Instead, he was
Christmas Eve Mass," she said, "but
inmates were baptized as Catholics,
awash with the Nativity story and
165 came." It meant that the gifts
she reaches out to anyone who
mindful that people like Sister Mary
she had amassed of a pair of white
wishes to avail himself of her min-
O'Connor and others, through acts
socks for each prisoner would fall
istry. As the only full-time chaplain
of kindness and concern, had made
short by 21. It was a concern to
at the facility, "I deal with all of
Christmas in jail unexpectedly
her.
them" regardless of their religious
.ceful, - in a word, unfor-
The prisoners resolved her
affiliation or lack of it, she said.
gettable.
dilemma themselves, however.
"The door is always open."
The Sister of Mercy recalled the
Some said they would give their gift
The opportunity for Sister Mary
prisoner's comment, made a few
to another inmate. The others said
to work among prison inmates
years back, while taking a brief
they didn't mind at all waiting until
came about after 14 years in the
respite following the rapid pace of
after Christmas to receive theirs.
activity that led to Christmas '94 at
With six Christmases and seven
the New York City Correctional
years as Catholic chaplain at the
Continued on Page Four
273 Willoughby Avenue. Brooklyn, New York 11205-1487
(718) 622-5750
Fax (718) 398-7866
DECLARATION OF LIFE
Cherish
Life
I, the undersigned, being of sound and disposing mind and memory,
Circle
do hereby in the presence of witnesses make this Declaration of Life.
Circle
Sophia
7
BACKGROUND
1.
I believe that the killing of one human being by another is morally wrong.
2.
I am opposed to capital punishment on any grounds whatsoever.
3.
I believe it is morally wrong for any state or other governmental entity to take the life of a human being
by way of capital punishment for any reason.
4.
I believe that capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime and serves only the purpose of revenge.
THEREFORE, I hereby declare that should I die as a result of a violent crime, I request that the person
or persons found guilty of homicide for my killing not be subject to or put in jeopardy of the death penalty
nder any circumstances, no matter how heinous their crime or how much I may have suffered.
I believe it is morally wrong for my death to be the reason for the killing of another human being.
I request that the Prosecutor or District Attorney having the jurisdiction of the person or persons alleged
to have committed my homicide not file or prosecute an action for capital punishment as a result of my
homicide.
I request that this Declaration be made admissible in any trial of any person charged with my homicide
and read and delivered to the jury.
I request the Court to allow this Declaration to be admissible as a statement of the victim at the
sentencing of the person or persons charged and convicted of my homicide; and, to pass sentence in accordance
with my wishes.
I request that the Governor or other executive officer(s) grant pardon, clemency or take whatever action
is necessary to stay and prohibit the carrying out of the execution of any person or persons found guilty of my
homicide.
This Declaration is not meant to be, and should not be taken as, a statement that the person or persons
who have committed my homicide should go unpunished.
I request that my family and friends take whatever actions are necessary to carry out the intent and
purpose of this Declaration; and, I further request them to take no action contrary to this Declaration.
Dear Friend,
As the cries for the death penalty mount in New York State and around the nation and as executions increase
in those states which currently allow them, we invite you to make your personal statement as detailed in the above
Declaration of Life. In signing this document, you declare that, should you become a homicide victim, you do not want
your murderer executed.
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO SIGN THIS, WE ASK YOU TO RETURN TO US THE TEAR SHEET
LISTED ON THE OTHER SIDE. Keep the above signed, witnessed and notarized (if possible) document with your
personal papers.
Many of our newly elected state and congressional leaders included a commitment to capital punishment in their
campaign promises. Our task, consequently, has become much more difficult. Please duplicate this tear sheet and the
Declaration and try to get at least two other people to sign them. Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Camille D'Arienzo, RSM
During my life, I want to feel confident that under no circumstances whatsoever will my death result
the capital punishment of another human being.
I request that, should I die under the circumstances as set forth in this Declaration and the death penalty
is requested, my family, friends and personal representative deliver copies of this Declaration as follows: to the
Prosecutor or District Attorney having jurisdiction over the person or persons charged with my homicide; to the
attorney representing the person or persons charged with my homicide; to the judge presiding over the case
involving my homicide; for recording, to the Recorder of the County in which my homicide took place and to
the Recorder of the County in which the person or persons charged with my homicide are to be tried; to all
newspapers, radio and television stations of general circulation in the County in which my homicide took place
and the County in which the person or persons charged with my homicide are to be tried; and, to any other
person, persons or entities my family, friends or personal representative deem appropriate in order to carry out
my wishes as set forth herein.
I affirm under the pains and penalties for perjury that the above Declaration of Life is true.
WITNESS
DECLARANT
Printed Name
Printed Name
Printed Name
STATE OF
)
SS:
COUNTY OF
)
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared the Declarant and
acknowledged the execution of the foregoing instrument this
day of
19
.
WITNESS my hand and notarial seal.
My Commission Expires:
NOTARY PUBLIC
County of Residence:
Printed Name
Please fill out the bottom TEAR SHEET and send it to: Cherish Life Circle, Convent of Mercy, 273 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Because I am opposed to capital punishment as a solution to violence, I have signed the Declaration of Life.
Please number me among its supporters.
NAME (PRINTED)
SIGNATURE
COMMENTS:
273 Willoughby Avenue. Brooklyn, New York 11205-1487
(718) 622-5750
Fax (718) 398-7866
DECLARATION OF LIFE
Cherish
Life
I, the undersigned, being of sound and disposing mind and memory,
Circle
do hereby in the presence of witnesses make this Declaration of Life.
Circle
Sophia
7
BACKGROUND
1.
I believe that the killing of one human being by another is morally wrong.
2.
I am opposed to capital punishment on any grounds whatsoever.
3.
I believe it is morally wrong for any state or other governmental entity to take the life of a human being
by way of capital punishment for any reason.
4.
I believe that capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime and serves only the purpose of revenge.
THEREFORE, I hereby declare that should I die as a result of a violent crime, I request that the person
or persons found guilty of homicide for my killing not be subject to or put in jeopardy of the death penalty
nder any circumstances, no matter how heinous their crime or how much I may have suffered.
I believe it is morally wrong for my death to be the reason for the killing of another human being.
I request that the Prosecutor or District Attorney having the jurisdiction of the person or persons alleged
to have committed my homicide not file or prosecute an action for capital punishment as a result of my
homicide.
I request that this Declaration be made admissible in any trial of any person charged with my homicide
and read and delivered to the jury.
I request the Court to allow this Declaration to be admissible as a statement of the victim at the
sentencing of the person or persons charged and convicted of my homicide; and, to pass sentence in accordance
with my wishes.
I request that the Governor or other executive officer(s) grant pardon, clemency or take whatever action
is necessary to stay and prohibit the carrying out of the execution of any person or persons found guilty of my
homicide.
This Declaration is not meant to be, and should not be taken as, a statement that the person or persons
who have committed my homicide should go unpunished.
I request that my family and friends take whatever actions are necessary to carry out the intent and
purpose of this Declaration; and, I further request them to take no action contrary to this Declaration.
Dear Friend,
As the cries for the death penalty mount in New York State and around the nation and as executions increase
in those states which currently allow them, we invite you to make your personal statement as detailed in the above
Declaration of Life. In signing this document, you declare that, should you become a homicide victim, you do not want
your murderer executed.
SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO SIGN THIS, WE ASK YOU TO RETURN TO US THE TEAR SHEET
LISTED ON THE OTHER SIDE. Keep the above signed, witnessed and notarized (if possible) document with your
personal papers.
Many of our newly elected state and congressional leaders included a commitment to capital punishment in their
campaign promises. Our task, consequently, has become much more difficult. Please duplicate this tear sheet and the
Declaration and try to get at least two other people to sign them. Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Camille 'Arienzo, RSM
During my life, I want to feel confident that under no circumstances whatsoever will my death result
the capital punishment of another human being.
I request that, should I die under the circumstances as set forth in this Declaration and the death penalty
is requested, my family, friends and personal representative deliver copies of this Declaration as follows: to the
Prosecutor or District Attorney having jurisdiction over the person or persons charged with my homicide; to the
attorney representing the person or persons charged with my homicide; to the judge presiding over the case
involving my homicide; for recording, to the Recorder of the County in which my homicide took place and to
the Recorder of the County in which the person or persons charged with my homicide are to be tried; to all
newspapers, radio and television stations of general circulation in the County in which my homicide took place
and the County in which the person or persons charged with my homicide are to be tried: and, to any other
person, persons or entities my family, friends or personal representative deem appropriate in order to carry out
my wishes as set forth herein.
I affirm under the pains and penalties for perjury that the above Declaration of Life is true.
WITNESS
DECLARANT
Printed Name
Printed Name
Printed Name
STATE OF
)
SS:
COUNTY OF
)
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared the Declarant and
acknowledged the execution of the foregoing instrument this
day of
19
.
WITNESS my hand and notarial seal.
My Commission Expires:
NOTARY PUBLIC
County of Residence:
Printed Name
Please fill out the bottom TEAR SHEET and send it to: Cherish Life Circle, Convent of Mercy, 273 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Because I am opposed to capital punishment as a solution to violence, I have signed the Declaration of Life.
Please number me among its supporters.
NAME (PRINTED)
SIGNATURE
COMMENTS:
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 22, 1995
Mr. Morton A. Davis
Montgomery County Department
of Police Training Academy
10025 Darnestown Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Dear Mr. Davis:
Thank you for sharing your recent letter
with the President. The First Lady thanks
you for your support and your efforts to
bring the message of the importance of
mammograms to the senior citizens of
Montgomery County.
Good luck in the important work you do.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
06/21/1995 10:22
301-279-1323
MONT CO POLICE ACAD
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POLICE
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Montgomery County Department of Police
Training Academy
10025 Darnestown Road
Rockville, MD 20850
CARDER NEW
FAX# 279-1323
Montgomery
Voice (301) 279-1841
County. Md
FAX TRANSMITTAL
Date: 6/21/95
Time:
1015 A.M.
To: Ms. Meolane Veer
FAX Nbr: (202)456-6244
Company: White House
From: Morton a Wairs
Pages (incl. cover):
3
Notes:
I would like Mrs Clinton to read
the letter & Sent to the President-
Thank you naton
CTU/jmd
06/21/1995 10:22 301-279-1323
MONT CO POLICE ACAD
PAGE 02
May 14,1995
The President
The White House
The AmeriCorps Program
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington. D.C. 20502
Dear Mr. President,
Thank you for your letter asking for my input about AmeriCorps challenges
and my personal accomplishments. AmeriCorps faces many challenges and my
personal challenge is "CRIME PREVENTION" for senior citizens. I have en-
closed several articles written about some of my accomplishments.
The White House Conference on Aging was a learning experience for me. It
was an exceptional choice to have Mr. Robert B. Blancato as Executive Director.
Mrs. Clintons message on "MOMOGRAMS" and prostate exams gave me concern
for our seniors. I am now working on several ideas to bring her message to the
seniors of Montgomery County in Maryland.
In closing let me say that I am proud to be serving you and my country. Again
thank you for your personal interest in AmeriCorps and with the continued support
of the Montgomery County Police Department. I will make a difference for all
county seniors citizens.
Sincerely yours
Morton a.Wans A: Davis
PAGE 03
Montgomery County Government
MONT CO POLICE ACAD
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Department of Police
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Silver Spring. MD 20910
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06/21/1995 10:22
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 21, 1995
Mr. Bruce W. Davis
Executive Director
Arts Council of Santa Clara County
4 North Second Street
Suite 505
San Jose, CA 95113-1305
Dear Bruce:
Thank you for writing and for inviting
me to visit Silicon Valley. I doubt I will
have time to take you up on your wonderful
offer, but I'll keep it in mind should it be
possible.
Thanks again and I hope to see you in
June. Best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
was
grear It to han, you
Melanne Ane Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
from
Arts Council of Santa Clara County
Thanks
4 North Second Street, Suite 505
San Jose, CA 95113-1305
Tel 408-998-2787 Fax 408-971-9458
ARTS
COUNCIL
SANTA CLARA COUNTY
April 12, 1995
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff to Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
Bruce W, Davis
Executive Director
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C. 20005
Dear Melanne:
As the official co-host of the upcoming National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies Convention in
San Jose, I am delighted to know that you and Jane Alexander will be delivering the Advocacy
Keynote address on Monday, June 12.
It will be good to see you again and let me reiterate an offer I made to you when I first took the
job at the Arts Council of Santa Clara County.
If I can be of any assistance to you in helping plan a visit to Silicon Valley, please do not
hesitate to ask. When Jane Alexander was here last October, I helped arrange a visit and tour
to Silicon Graphics, the same tour both the President and Vice-President have taken. It is
really quite amazing what they are doing over there with computers, graphics, video and film
technology. I recommend it highly.
You are probably aware that this is still quite a "Democratic" area we even elected a
freshman Democrat (Zoe Lofgren) to Congress! Several of the county's Democratic leaders are
on my Board of Trustees.
Consuelo Santos-Killins, the President of the Arts Council Board of Trustees, is a longtime
acquaintance of Leon Paneta. She and other local supporters of President Clinton would like to
host a small reception for you on Monday, June 12, to express their appreciation for your
support of the arts.
As we get closer to June, please let me know if this idea has any appeal to you and I will move
forward accordingly.
I am looking forward to seeing you in June at NALAA. Thank you SO very much for your
support of the arts during this unsettling time.
Best Some regards,
Bruce W. Davis
Executive Director
A private not-for-profit
agency in partnership
with the County of
Santa Clara and the
California Arts Council
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 15, 1995
Ms. Jane Deren
Center of Concern
3700 13th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017
Dear Ms. Deren:
Thank you for sending the press releases
and the text of the press conference on the
religious community's position on the UN
World Summit for Social Development and its
importance to the global community. Mrs.
Clinton was pleased to have had the chance to
participate briefly in the summit events and
to underscore its critical goals.
Thanks again. I appreciate your
thoughtfulness. Best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
MAR-10-95 FRI 02:59 PM CENTER OF CONCERN
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CENTER OF CONCERN Thank
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Today's Date:
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News
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Women of
The Federation of Temple Sisterhoods
838 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10021-7061
Reform Judaism
212-249-0100 FAX 212-861-0831
3/6/95
For Immediate Release
Contact: Department on Religious Action
We appeal to the leaders of the world's nations as they convene in Denmark for the
United Nations World Summit for Social Development to address the issues of
poverty, unemployment and social disintegration with meaningful commitments for
action. Women and children are bearing the tragic brunt of poverty, illness and lives
of quiet desperation in the United States and globally. In the United States more than
one in five children are part of families subsisting in poverty and the infant mortality
rate is one of the highest among industrialized nations. In large parts of the world,
the harsh facts include the daily tragedy of children dying of malnutrition and
preventable disease. Globally, more than one in five families live in absolute poverty
in environments degraded by warfare and indiscriminate development.
The impact of poverty, unemployment, low wages, family stress and violence falls
most heavily on women and communities of color. In the United States there has been
a drastic deterioration of the quality of life for women since the 1970s.
Women of Reform Judaism, The Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, with a
membership of 100,000 in 600 communities in the United States and Canada and in
13 other countries, considers that the increasingly global nature of our world requires
a concerted effort to find solutions to such problems: internally - within the United
States and globally - with the nations of the world.
Deeply rooted in the religious values and prophetic mandate of our tradition, the
Women of Reform Judaism today urges the United States Administration and
Congress to reform poverty programs to provide meaningful job training, health care
and other resources to strengthen and not to harm impoverished families by cutting
needed benefits.
We call on the leaders meeting at the World Summit for Social Development to use
this time to build a cooperative global network of social programs and work towards
sustainable development to improve the quality of life of the world's people today and
create a better future for the world's children tomorrow.
CENTER
OF
CONCERN
AR-10-55 09:44 FROM:
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People to People
NATIONAL CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
3033 Fourth St N.E.
FOR INTERRACIAL JUSTICE
Washington, D.C. 20017
(202) 529-6480
CAV. 525-1262
STATEMENT CF THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC COMPERENCE FOR INTERRACIAL JUSTICE it
THE PRESS BRIEFING "BRING THE SUMMIT HOME"
March 10. 1895 Maria Luisa Coston. Exac. Dir
1 am Maria Luisa Gaston and ! greet you with 3 "Buenos Dias"
Yes, I am American a naturalized Cuban-American If you will, a Hispanic
American. But I am not just a short and chubby Hispanic Catholic lay
woman with Cuban roots and c\Caribbean soul
1 come today not only with this voice with a slight accent.. 1 come as
Executive Director of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial
Justice - an umbrella organization of Interracial Councils, diocesan
coordinators and affiliates, and over 3,000 individual and group members
and donors from throughout the U.S. - founded 35 years ago during 25 Civil
Rights Movement times and continuing today to renew its mandate for
interracial and interethnic justice in Church and society.
I come today with the voice of women of color, and men of color, of these
United States and not so united states, those with a true yearning to speak
to you. to paraphrase Maya Angelou in the 1992 tnaugural Poem:
on this morning so say the Aslan, the Hispanic,
the Jew, the African, the Native American
so say the Catholic, the Muslim, the Greek,
the Minister, the Ranoi, Shiek, Preacher or Priest
they all hear the speaking of the tree
they are yearning to respond
They are all, now as then, the masses, yearning to breathe free"
I am Vietnamese, and I greet you CHAO, QUI VI
I am Korean, I am Chinese, 1 am from the Navajo or Cherokee nation.
1 am from Cameroon, and 1 greet you
1 am French "Bon Jour" and Itallan "Buona Sera"and German "Gutten
Morgen"
I am from Halti or Jamalca or Mexico, as much as 1 am a recent "balsera"
from Cuba now languishing in Guantanamo
I speak with the voice of all the Maya Angelous who have poems in their
hearts, but have not spoken them because you do not understand their
language and they are trying but not succeeding in learning English
1 speak wills the voice of all the Mrtin Luther Kings and Cesar Chavezes,
who struggle to receive decent wages for the fruits of their labors,
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and who work and pray to bring the dreams for their children a little closer
to reality.
They, 1, speak to you, press persons. and through you to the U.S.
Government delegation to Copenhagen, and to you fellow Americans,
brother and sister Americans.
"Each of you (again says Maya) decendants of some
passed-on traveller, has been paid for..."
Paid for what, Maya?
As we need to pay to get on the ferry, to cross the River of life. or of death.
or the sea toward freedom. so. you and me, we have paid passage, we are
"pald for" by the blood and sweat and bitter tears of our ancestors, our
martyrs, our saints, our holy ones. We are all paid for. we are all
welcome,, or are we?
Many of us preach from our Bibles the message that God wants the Lion
and the Lamb to lle together in Peace
We Ilve In the country where Martin Luther King sald that he had a dream,
that the children of white slave owners and the children of black slaves
would one day sit at the same table.
As you sit at the negotiating tables in Copenhagen, you will find among you,
even In your same language group, people of many colors, warring tribes
and traditionally separated religions and ethnic groups. They may look to
you, the United States, with hope. If It Is possible for jew and Palestinian to
live in one same city, for Protestants and Catholics and Moslems to work in
the same building, and to form Inter-falth Task Forces such as this one, if
we can heal these divisions in America, Is there a way for them ?
But If they see the so called while "majority" of Americans now turning a
fearful eye to the "different" and reneging on the CIVII Rights laws, on
Housing Equality, on School and Health Services to recent Immigrants... will
It make them skepties?
Will Proposition 187 and its aftermath haunt you in Copenhagen?
We ask that you listen to the powerful gende voice of Pope John Paul II
urging forgiveness. reconcillation, dialogue between brothers and sisters
who belong to one same land, but different race, religion or ethnic
background, In Bosnia, Israel, Ireland, South Africa. But also hear the soft
voice of the Korean or Mexican children. the Salvadorean or Chinese
immigrants here, who want an opportunity for education for their children In
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schools, and healing for their Illnesses in clinics, but Proposition 187 and Its
aftermath threatens their very survival.
As you join other nations to address the Issues of poverty, employment and
social disintegration, remember that 60 million Americans, people of color In
the U.S. and many other Americans of good will, also want to address
these same Issues at home.
Thirty million African Americans, 24 million Hispanics, 7.3 million Asian and
Pacific Islanders, 2 million Native Americans, one in four of our population
is a "person of color" seeking equality of opportunity and respect for their
dignity as human being.
Maya's poem reminds us:
"history despite Its wrenching pain
cannot be unilved
but If faced with courage
need not be lived again..."
We commemorated this week one of those historic moments of wrenching
pain -
the Selma March for civil rights. so that by remembering and facing it we
do not have to re-live it
This country Is a nation of immigrants, peopled by successive waves of
humans of different races and cultures, from the ancestral Native
Americans marching from Asia, to the most recent African Immigrants from
Rwanda or Afro-Latinos from Cuba.
It Is not easy to work for Interracial justice. to collaborate accross ethnic
and faith differences, across cultural stereotypes and language barrlers,
and uwritten customs and nonverbal Indicators.. which we all have.
But It Is the only way left to us, to learn to do In our world today.
it Is a small world after all... one with limited amount OF created resources.
If we persist like donkeys tied together but pulling In apposite directions, no
one will ever reach their food, no one survive for long.
But If we cooperate, and collaborate, we can first eat the pile in the left, the
riches of the land, and If that becomes scarce, we can turn to the pile on
the right, the hidden riches of the oceans,
and together we'll discover how to preserve and co-create these limited
resources which belong to all and to no one,
they are lent for our sustenance and use,
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as our Native American sisters and many other Indigenous groups tell us.
and our Brother Francis of Assissi reminded us.
What the U.S. promises and commits at the World Summit, for the social
development of other nations, are they not willing to give and pay for. "to
protect and defend for your own fellow Americans back home... wether
their last name be Gonzalez or Pilarzchik (sp?). Tong or O'Grady?
As you urge the Bosnian Serbs and Muslims to sit at the table of Peace, and
carve out compromises so their peoples can live together and prosper, with
mutual respect and acceptance, so we ask that you "bring home the
Summit" and continue to gather your different citizens at the dialogue table
of diversity, to build bridges in black and brown. to break down walls of fear
and ignorance that continue to divide us.
There Is much more to be done in our country to reach peace among the
races and ethnic groups, The fighting between Hispanic and African
American prisoners in a Texas prison this week, is It not evidence of the
long road still to travel, in our prisons and out of them?
We need more, not less, billngual education, education in diversity,
education in equality. education in conflict resolution and moral values
clarification for our parents as well as for our children.
NCCW represents African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans,
some of the most ancient and some of the most recent Americans. Yet
each of these groups, because of shade of color, accent of speech, shape
of face or "difference" of customs has been at one time or another deprived
of a constitutional or civil or human right in this country, either In the
workplace or searching for a home or school or place to worship. They
turn to our Civil Rights laws to protect and defend them from employer, real
estate agent, club owner or yes, even Church leader, who would deny them
the same equal rights under the law, the same equal opportunity to prove
themselves worthy "by the content of their character" and by their skills
and effort, rather than be deemed unworthy by the color of their skin.
NCCW stands for and In its programs works for:
* Interracial justice education. interethnic awareness training, of youth and
adults, In Churches and College Campuses, In neighborhood schools and
homes.
"economic self sufficiency, economic development assistance of the
marginated by promoting opportunities for minority and women owned
businesses to compete for the purchasing dollars of the Church
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Institutions, second only to the Government. as the largest buyer of goods
and services.
*racial and ethnic Inclusion in every aspect of human life, through changes
in policies and practices of groups and institutions.
We join many other Clvil Rights organizations In stating that Affirmative
Action is a Clvil Rights remedy originally created with strong bipartisan
support, and still needs that bipartisan support to continue. Literally
millions of men and women have had access to and equal opportunity for
better education, better jobs, better housing and loans, voting rights, etc,
only because of Affirmative Action laws in our books and EEOCS to enforce
their compliance. At NCCIJ we have been working to make Church
Institutions voluntarily comply with the same standards they fought for in
the BOs and 70s to establish Into law, in employment, purchasing and
banking, etc, but may not have enforced within their own ranks with as
much zeal.
By all means let us correct the errors, improve implementation but do not
step back or eliminate that which Is still much needed. Serious
discrimination persists today. Too often, Individual or institutional
discrimination, Intentional or not. prectudes minorities and women from
participating In many levels of our society. As long as there Is
discrimination baced on race and gender, we must fashion remedies that
take race and gender Into account.
Civil rights advocates and Church advocates also support other efforts to
expand educational and employment opportunities, from Head Start to
college assistance and job apprenticeship. Public services such as health
care, child care and housing assistrice also help people attain their full
potential. While some well meaning people suggest that clvil rights
enforcement and affirmative action are less important than education,
employmenty housing and health care, these statements suggest a false
choice that the United States should not make. Morte than ever before,
our society needs to tear down discriminatory barriers to achievement and
provide all our people with the education, health care, and job training they
need to make their fullest contributions to our society.
We, all the I's 1 started with, and the WE that we've become
we are praying for you, our delegation as you go to Copenhagen,
and sit across the table with our ancestors, and yours, from Africa, Latin
America. Asia, Australla and Europe.
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As you extend to them a hand in friendship, and offer economic assistance,
peacekeeping and conflict resolution services, we urge you to "bring home
the summit" and come back to the dialogue tables here In this country. Let
us fashion domestic remedies for the violence, discrimination and economic
Inequalities that still plague so much of our nation.
Thus we need the world to be - to take the best from each other and work
to heal the worst In each. it's a small world after all
and we want to find food and jobs and housing and warm welcome for all
the small and big people in it... and economic opportunity and equality of
rights for all colors, races creeds and traditions.
it's a small world after all.... its a worderfully diverse creation
In diverse lands and among different peoples and cultures
we may praise the Creator in different languages
and with to us seemingly "foreign" rituals.
But the Creator has made us all, to be one family of nations and nations
filled with healthy families, united to strengthen the weakest and smallest
among us.
May we all some day soon extend to them from afar. and to those who are
near, un ABRAZO, not un "abrazo cubano" as my son would ask me
growing up, but
UN ABRAZO HUMANO,
for In the words of Nelson Mandela
"we are human together or not at all..." M
Thank you.
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Statement by Dr. Paul H. Sherry, President
United Church of Christ
United Church of Christ
March 10, 1995
The World Summit for Social Development is convened at a critical moment in the history of
our nation. The responsibility of our government to care for the most vulnerable of our
citizens, the commitment of our society to embrace the gifts of diverse racial and ethnic
communities, our willingness to welcome the immigrant and the refugee to our shores. and
our readiness to engage in global leadership for peacekeeping, justice making, and the care
of creation are each being challenged by voices of cynicism, self centeredness, and isolation.
The World Summit reminds Christians of our deepest religious commitments - hospitality for
the stranger in our midst, care for the neighbor in need, compassion for the outcast and the
rejected, devotion to the created world as God's gift and as the arena of God's redemption
As we consider what we can offer to our partners at the Summit, let us first reflect on the
word the global community may speak to us as we struggle to discover again what it means
to be a people of faith In a land of promise.
In the past few years. many in our church have found the simple phrase, "building a world
fit for children," to be a meaningful statement of our ethical and religious vocation. I pray
that the delegates to the World Summit for Social Development will keep before them the
needs and aspirations of children, particularly those who are hungry or homeless, whose lives
are threatened by ethnic conflict or urban violence, who must call refugee camps home, who
are punished by governments because of the poverty or national origin of the parents, who
hope for so much yet who expect so little. Surely a world fit for children is a vision faithful
people can offer to those who gather to consider social policies for our common future.
Faith calls Christians to account for the hope that is within us. May the World Summit be
graced by God so that hope. rather than cynicism, selfishness, or despair, is the message
proclaimed and the commitment made to all our children.
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InterfaithIMPACT
for Justice and Peace
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World Summit for Social Development
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Statement from Interfaith Impact for Justice and Peace
March 10, 1995
Interfaith Impact for Justice and Peace joins the interreligious community as our eyes are
turned toward Copenhagen and the opening of the World Summit for Social Development.
While we wish President Clinton had been able to attend personally, we applaud the
prominence he is giving to the Summit by asking Vice President Gore to be his
representative.
The Summit is taking place at a time when our own country is retreating from our historic
concern about the welfare of poor people both in this country and around the world. While
this country already has the largest number of poor children in any industrialized nation, the
Congress of the United States is making an effort to cut the WIC nutrition program for up to
100,000 women, infants and children; to eliminate housing assistance to nearly 90,000 low
income households or homeless families; to eliminate programs that support drug prevention
efforts in 94 per cent of the school districts in our country.
This outrageous attack on children and the poor is nothing more than a blatant effort to help
pay for huge tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
Added to this is the push to retreat from our commitment to affirmative action, the attempt to
abandon our meager progress in the areas of preserving the environment, the backing away
from our commitment to social programs that have improved the quality of life for many
people in this human community.
The Summit is about the spiritual and moral issues that form the foundation for human
society. We should not be deceived that the Summit is only about economics. This is an
international opportunity to discuss justice, dignity, quality of life, equality and the inclusion
of people of every nation. It is our hope that the United States will set a moral tone to lift up
a vision about the kind of values needed if we are to have a long-term commitment to social
programs that improve the lives of people and advance human society.
We hope the religions of the world will become partners in the Summit by calling people to
prayer, meditation and advocacy for the well being of all persons and, indeed of the world
itself. We strongly agree with the Religious Task Force on the World Summit for Social
Development that the bottom line must not be dollars but the quality and dignity of people's
lives.
James M. Bell
Executive Director
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CHURCH WOMEN UNITED ENDORSES GOALS OF
U.N. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT
WASIINGTON,D.C., March 10, 1995-- As world leaders meet in Copcnhagen, Denmark this
week, Church Women United- the largest ecumenical movement of Christian women in the United
States, joins the interfaith community today in support of the agenda of the United Nations World
Summit for Social Development (WSSD). The WSSD agenda proposes innovative approaches to the
issues of poverty, employment, and social disintegration, including the establishment of contracts
between developing and donor countries to share the responsibilities of development; implementation
of an international tax to fund sustainable development; and international debt cancellation and swap.
"As heads of state meet in Copenhagen to adopt the Platform for Action, we will continue to move
our long-standing agenda to eradicate poverty, particularly as it addresses women and children," said
Church Women United General Director, Marguerite Belisle.
In the late 1980s CWU undertook a five-year economic justice imperative, building on the aggressive
social reform agenda that has evolved throughout this historic movement's 54-year lifetime. The
movement is currently at the forefront of the welfare reform debate, calling on the 104th Congress
to adopt a comprehensive anti-poverty strategy.
Commenting on the interdependence of the global community, Belisle stated that "We believe that
the health of American society is inextricably linked to the health of nations around the world. Our
work leading to the millennium will expand our initiatives in the area of community economic
development, a strategy designed to foster structural change in the economy of America's
neighborhoods."
Belisle also noted that study and action by CWU constituents has lcd to the identification of the
following elements, seen as critical to the economic and social well-being of America's people, with
special concern for the disadvantaged position of women and children:
income assistance providing a floor of adequate support for all in need
universal child allowances and child care as a social, rather than an individual, good;
tax structures which do not disproportionately overprivilege and underprivilege certain populations;
jobs that provide wages adequate to cover basic living expenses;
access to quality health care, via a single payer system;
affordable housing, accessible to all; and
access of disadvantaged groups to economic resources and credit.
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"Church Women United is concerned that public policy adopted in the United States is consistent
with the concerns of our international partners and that such policy contribute to a broader global
economic health and human security." concluded Belisle. "We will continue to be a presence in the
legislative assemblies in the United States to insure that human needs are addressed during this period
of reexamination, reprioritizing, and restructuring of our public policies."
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In a joint statement issued March 10, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the
Conference of Major Superiors of Men's Institutes expressed their hopes for the UN Summit on Social
Development taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The two Conferences represent the leadership of the
more than 100,000 religious sisters, brothers, and priests of the United States.
"Within the United States and around the world (through more than 4,500 missionary members),
religious work in education, social service, policy advocacy, feeding programs, homelessness programs, and
a host of other grass roots services with and among the poor. We see daily the devastating impact of
growing destitution both in the United States and in the nations of the southern hemisphere," the statement
said.
After commenting on the involvement of the Conferences of the United States and religious
around the world in advocacy during the preparatory period for the Summit, the Conferences shared the
experiences of U.S. religious and their international missionaries from the perspective of the religious VOW
of poverty and its mandate to view the world through the eyes of the poor. They see an "obsessive,
unintegrated, and monomaniacal pursuit of unrestrained trade and investment policies reducing human
beings throughout the world to cogs in a massive economic system that brings them no hope for a secure
present or future".
They refer to violations of the rights of workers to form workers' associations, and to child and
even slave labor in some countries, justified as a necessary stage of economic development. They point out
the special suffering of women often rendered invisible "because of inadequate reporting mechanisms that
fail to count them" and crushing debt burdens that "preclude any hope for dedicating sufficient domestic
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cconomic resources to social development especially in Africa, Asia, and Central and Laun America".
The statement interprets present world economic policy as the export "of a cold, uncaring neo-
liberalism being imposed upon the developing nations that would broadcast abroad a social and economic
system that has left the United States itself reeling from new depths of poverty and unemployment
generated in recent years."
The Conferences express their minimum hopes for a successful Summit as "measurable by the
protection and enhancement of human rights-civil and political rights and economic, cultural and social
rights". Specific outcomes need to include "a substantial economic multi-year investment in real
development by the wealthier nations in the poorer nations; a way to break the logjam of intractable debt
choking the poorest nations; protection of the rights of workers, both women and men, to organize their
own associations, bargain collectively, and enforce the minimum standards set by the International Labor
Organization of the UN, all enforced by national labor laws; careful attention to the effects of poverty upon
women around the world and programs to protect them from development that too often leaves them
behind; encouragement of international investment policies that emphasize the development of jobs that
pay a living wage; re-enforcement of the goals of the Rio Summit that would protect the world
environment from the ravages of insensitive plundering of its material resources."
The Conferences commit themselves to following up on the consequences of the Social Summit
for future domestic political and economic agenda, here in Washington and around the United States.
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Statement on the World Social Summit
David Beckmann
President, Bread for the World
March 10, 1995
Committees in the House of Representatives have already
approved cuts in food and other anti-poverty programs of more
than $60 billion over the next five years. So the Social Summit,
at which the nations of the world are vowing to end poverty,
seems far away indeed.
Ending hunger and poverty is much more a matter of political
will than know-how or resources. The proportion of the world's
population that goes hungry has been coming down over the past 20
years. The two main places where hunger has been on the increase
are Africa and the U.S.A.
$60 billion in cuts will take an average of $1,500 away from
each of the 40 million Americans who subsist below the poverty
line, which is less than $15,000 a year for a family of four.
Tt is not that we can't afford to make sure that all
American children have enough to eat. We Americans spend about
$60 billion each year on household cleaning and polishing
supplies. We spend about three times that much each year eating
out.
Congress is also poised Lo slash foreign aid and to orient
what's left even more toward U.S. commercial and political
interests. Senators Helms and McConnell, the key committee
chairs in the Senate, have both especially targeted development
aid to Africa.
The U.S. Development Fund for Africa now amounts to $800
million a year. That's about $3 per U.S. family. Yet Helms and
McConnell propose to eliminate the Development Fund for Africa.
The Bible teaches that harshness toward poor people SOWS
violence and destruction. The War Against the Poor that is going
on in Congress right now is not in keeping with American values,
certainly not with religious values. So I hope and pray that
today's rush to judgment in Congress, especially in the House of
Representatives, will prove to be short-lived.
We applaud Mrs. Clinton and Vice President Gore for leading
the U.S. delegation to the World Summit. I'm glad that the
United States will join together with the other nations of the
world in making plans to deal with problems of poverty,
employment and social integration worldwide. It is certainly
reasonable to commit ourselves to eradicating hunger in our own
wealthy nation.
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The United States could get rid of widespread hunger within
a couple years by increasing funding for the federal food
programs -- food stamps, WIC, and school lunches -- by about one
percent of the federal budget. It's a bigger and more complex
challenge to overcome poverty, but getting rid of hunger --
absolute poverty -- in the United States is an eminently feasible
project.
The World Summit seems quixotic in the climate of Washington
today. But we look to the Summit as an important step in global
dialogue and goal-setting, and T expect it to be a point of
reference over the next two decades. Maybe we will have
forgotten about today's proposals for orphanages and punitive
"welfare reform" by then.
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A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
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A Catholic Lobby Urges U.S. Government Implementation of World
summit Plan of Action in Domestic and International Policy
March 10, 1995
UNITED NATIONS' WORLD SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
NETWORK whole heartedly endorses The United Nations' World
Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 6-12,
1995. The Social Summit presents an opportunity for the
Governments of the world to advance a people-centered development
agenda as together we move into the Twenty-first Century. The Plan
of Action to be approved at the Summit calls to the attention of
the world community the needs of the majority of the people of the
world, including many in the United States and other Developed
countries, who live in poverty. These people are victims of
national and global social, political and economic structures which
favor the minority and exploit the middle and lower classes as well
as the natural recource base upon which WC all depend.
In the United States poverty is increasing as meaningful
employment that ensures sustainable wages, health benefits and
safety is decreasing. The social disintegration which inevitably
accompany these conditions is evidenced by an alarming increase in
homelessness. Estimates range from 1.3 to 3 million of which 40%
are working families, 25% children, 40 % are single men, 33% of
whom are veterans. In addition, over 40 million Americans lack
health insurance. Violence is rampant in our homes and on our
streets. we, as a nation, are increasingly divided along class
lines. It is an unhealthy situation which threatens the very
fabric of the American experiment in an inclusive democracy.
NETWORK believes in the dignity of human persons and the
dignity of work. We believe that all people should have access to
their nation's resources that would enable them to participate
fully in the life of the society equal to their dignity as human
persons, and without destruction to the environment.
Ordinarily such access is through meaningful employment which
provides a living wage.
We look forward to the results of the Summit and anticipate
that those results identify ways of fostering national and global
policies that generate productive employment, create workable
solutions toward the elimination of poverty, and promote social
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structures that respect the dignity of all people and protect the
environment.
In 1986 the Bishops of the United States issued a document
entitled Economic Justice for All. Paragraph 80 of that document
shows a connection between the United Nations Declaration of Human
Rights and Catholic social teachings. About human rights the
Bishops say:
A number of human rights also concern human welfare and
are of a specifically economic nature. First among these
are the rights to life, food, clothing, shelter, rest,
medical care, and basic education. These are
indispensable to the protection of human dignity. In
order to ensure these necessities, all persons have a
right to earn a living, which for most people in our
economy is through remunerative employment. All persons
also have a right to security in the event of sickness,
unemployment, and old age. Participation in the life of
a community calls for the protection of this same right
to employment, as well as the right to healthful working
conditions, to wages, and other benefits sufficient to
provide individuals and their families with a standard of
living in keeping with human dignity, and to the
possibility of property ownership. These fundamental
personal rights --- civil and political as well as social
and economic --- state the minimum conditions for social
institutions that respect human dignity, social
solidarity, and justice. They are all essential to human
dignity and to the integral development of both
individuals and society, and thus are moral issues. Any
denial of these rights harms persons and wounds the human
community. Their corious and sustained donial violates
individuals and destroys solidarity among persons.
The United Nations World Summit for Social Development holds
the potential to enflesh in day-to-day living the principles
articulated by the Bishops. We encourage the United States to
implement the findings of the Summit that do lead to greater
justice for all.
NETWORK is a national Catholic social justice lobby. We are
a membership organization of approximately 10,000 members. NETWORK
analyzes public policy issues primarily from the perspective of how
the poor and vulnerable are affected. our vision or the good
society is rooted in the tradition of Catholic social teachings: we
work through the political process to change societal structures
which violate people's dignity, diminish the common good and/or
threaten ecological sustainability. This material may be used with
attribution to NETWORK.
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AS UNITED NATIONS PREPARES FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
BISHOPS WARN NOT TO DECRY DIGNITY OF HUMAN PERSON
Washington - -- As the United Nations prepares for The Copenhagen Summit, a conference on
worldwide social development, the Chairman of the International Policy Committee, United States
Catholic Conference (USCC), is calling on attendees to remember that human dignity must be at
the center of recommendations. Bishop Daniel P. Reilly, of Worcester, said "The Copenhagen
Summit could not come at a more opportune time or have a more pertinent agenda."
Bishop Reilly is calling for a reaffirmation of the principle that "the moral test of
economic activity is how it affects people and to emphasize that real progress on social
development worldwide requires locating the dignity of the human person and the spiritual
oneness of humankind at the center of programs of social action." The summit will address
poverty, unemployment, and social disintegration.
1996 will mark the tenth anniversary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops'
pastoral letter Economic Justice for All In that letter the bishops declared that "the fundamental
moral criterion for all economic decisions, policies and institutions is this: they must be at the
service of all people. especially the poor."
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Bishop Reilly's statement discusses the changes in the world economy since the 1986 pastoral
letter, and calls for the U.S. delegation to Copenhagen to consider the moral principles that were
outlined in that letter, namely: (1) the right of every person to economic participation, (2)
commitment to the poor, (3) the inclusion of the excluded in the economic mainstream, (4)
investment directed to improve the condition of the economically insecure, and (5) the evaluation
of economic and social policies as well as the organization of work by its impact on the family.
Bishop Reilly calls on commentators and members of Congress, in the words of Pope John
Paul II, "to abandon a mentality in which the poor--as individuals and as peoples--are considered
a burden, irksome intruders trying to consume what others have produced." The Pope has called
the upcoming summit in Copenhagen "a concrete step forward toward the desired and hoped for
global solidarity."
The summit will be held in Copenhagen March 6-12.
The full text of Bishop Reilly's statement is attached.
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Statement of Bishop Daniel P. Reilly
Chairman of the USCC Committee on International Policy
ON THE COPENHAGEN SUMMIT
Next year will mark the tenth anniversary of the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops' 1986 pastoral letter Economic
Justice for All. There the bishops declared that "[t]he
fundamental moral criterion for all economic decisions, policies
and institutions is this: They must be at the service of all
people, especially the poor. (#24)
We welcome the upcoming United Nations World Summit for Social
Development as an opportunity to re-attirm the principle that the
moral test of economic activity is how it affects people.
The Social Summit offers an occasion to remind ourselves, and the
leaders of states, that for there to be true social development,
economic activity must honor the dignity of the human person. As a
gathering of people's groups and national leaders, the Summit
testifies to the need for collective action on behalf of the one
human family.
Aims of the Summit. The Social Summit addresses a vital agenda.
Under the three headings of attacking poverty. building solidarity,
and creating jobs, it proposes to address the needs of people in
the new economy. It aims at eliminating absolute poverty and
alleviating extreme poverty. It highlights the need for integration
of marginalized groups into the material progress enjoyed by the
wider society. And it seeks to stimulate the creation of work to
provide sustainable livelihood 00 that familico may live with
decency and dignity.
Changes in the World Economy. The years since the publication of
Economic Justice for All have seen rapid and dramatic changes in
the global economy. Among trends that have amplified the need for
world leaders LO Lake action on social development are these:
The command economies of Eastern Europe and China are in
transition to open and free markets, but not without social
dislocations.
The countries of East Asia and South Asia have emerged as
economic powerhouses, increasing economic competition.
Even developed economies like our own have experienced
extended periods of "jobless growth," widening the gap
between rich and poor nations as well as individuals.
Much of the growth in employment in industrial nations has
failed to produce jobs of high quality with decent wages.
While regional and global trade agreements have expanded
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markets around the world, they could worsen conditions for
workers, weaken social safety nets, and put much social and
onvironmental logislation in jeopardy.
In both developing and developed economies, the poor, the
less educated and migrant workers often find themselves
untouched by the gains made in the new world economy.
In the midst of a global recovery, a " Iourth world,"
a global underclass, has taken root in even the most
affluent countries.
Moral Principles. AB the U.S. delegation goes to Copenhagen, we
urge it to consider the moral principles set forth by the U.S.
bishops nearly a decade ago:
the right of every person to economic participation,
commitment to the poor,
the inclusion of the excluded in the economic mainstream,
investment directed to improve the condition of the
economically insecure, and
the evaluation of economic and social policies as well as
the organization of work by its impact on family life.
(Economic Justice for All, #85-94)
Aid: A Duty of Solidarity. At the international level, we urge the
U.S. delegation to commit itself to an increase in resources for
development assistance to less developed nations. As the bishops
wrote in 1993, "Foreign aid is more than an optional form of
largesse. It is a fundamental obligation of solidarity on the part
of those who possess a plentiful share of earth's richec to promote
the rightful development of those who have barely enough to
survive.' (The Harvest of Justice Is Sown in Peace, p.11)
This Conforence has been constant in its support of bilateral and
multilateral aid that empowers poor men and women to share in the
bounty the Lord has intended [01 the whole human family. We will
continue to BO advocate.
We call on policy makers and legislators to abandon a mentality, in
the words of Pope John Paul II, "in which the poor--as individuals
and as peoples--are considered a burden, irksome intruders trying
to consume what others have produced." (Centesimus Annus, #18)
we urge opinion leaders to join in crafting "a new covenant between
North and South, between rich nations and poor for sustainable
global development." (Harvest, p.10) A sense of global solidarity
cught to sustain efforts to improve and re-design U.S. foreign aid
and continue U.S. involvement in multilateral lending agencies with
a focus on sustainable, grassroots development.
Responsibilities of Transnational Corporations. We call on the U.S.
delegates to the Social Summit to find ways of engaging leaders of
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tranonational corporations in the promotion of social development
and especially the inclusion of the poor into the global economy.
These companies should assume their responsibilities to the world
community in ways commensurate with their enormous influence on the
conditions of life around the planet.
Accountability of Financial Markets. Bonds of accountability need
to be forged for the speculative sector which realizes huge profits
in the global financial markets, with ever less relation to the
"real world economy" or to the everyday lives of people.
Negotiators should be encouraged to consider ways by which this
sector can contribute in a manner proportionate to its power and
profits to the goals of the Summit: elimination of absolute, and
alleviation of extreme, poverty; the integration of the excluded;
and the creation of decent jobs for sustainable livelihood.
An Unfinished Experiment. A decade ago the U.S. bishops called for
a new American experiment to create an order that guarantees the
minimum conditions of human dignity in the economic sphere for
every person. With the economy more and more an international
reality, the task today has become a global one. "The unfinished
business of the American experiment," as the bishops wrote in
Economic Justice for All, "includes the formation of new
international partnerships, especially with the developing
countries, based on mutual respect, cooperation, and a dedication
to fundamental justice. II (#322)
The World Summit for Social Development offers the opportunity to
begin to undertake such an experiment on the international scale.
We pray that the negotiators and their governments may not pass up
this opportunity to contribute to the Global Common Good.
Washington, D.C.
February 28, 1995
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GENERAL COMMISSION ON RELIGION AND RACE
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Postal Address: 110 Maryland Ave., N.E. #48
Washington, D.C 20002-5680
Street Address: 100 Maryland Ave., N.E. (Suite 401) (United Methodist Building) Washington. D.C. 20002-5680
(202) 547-2271 (202) 547-4828 (Self-Determination Fund) (202) 547-0358 (FAX)
GENERAL SECRETARY
ASSOCIATE GENERAL SECRETARIES
Barbara R Thompson
Kenneth Deere
Elaine lenkins
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Yolanda Pupo-Ortiz
Melvin Watkins
Hidetoshi Tanaka
James E Taylor
Statement on the World Summit For Social Development
(Being held March 6-12, 1995; Copenhagen, Denmark)
Barbara Ricks Thompson, General Secretary
The General Commission on Religion and Race
The United Methodist Church
Washington, D. C.
Friday, March 9, 1995
"The United Methodist Church has a long history of concern for social justice. Its
members have taken forthright positions on issues involving Christian principles." (The
book of Discipline 1992, Part III, Preface), Out of this heritage grows my enthusiasm for
the promise of "making a difference" that is offered by the World Summit for Social
Development now underway in Copenhagen.
As an African-American woman, I know well the significance of being a part of a tradition
which challenges us to recognize the Inextricable linkage that exists between faith and
works. It is heartening to note that the Summit is predicated upon the acknowledgement
that societies must respond more effectively to the material and spiritual needs of
individuals, their familics and communities (Introduction to the Draft Declaration for
the Summit).
The summit proposes to address a broad spectrum of manifestations of social injustice:
the need to alleviate and reduce poverty; to expand productive employment and to
enhance social integration. How did the planners of the event foresee that at the very
moment of its convening, the very issues which the Summit would address would be
under such violent attack, especially in the United States? The easy answer is that such
problems are a part of the eternal human dilemma, a dilemma that has not yet been
deemed profitable to address.
In this 50th anniversary year of the United Nations, General Secretary Boutros-Ghali, in
his opening address, called for a "a new social contract, at the global level to bring
hope to states and nations, and to men and women (and I would add children) around
the world." At the same time, our United States Congress is busily dealing with the
"Contract 'on' America". It is a contract which intends to bring hope to a few (the
PRESIDENT
Bishop Joseph B. Bethes
4908 Colonial Drive, #108
Columbia, SC 29203
VICE-PRESIDENT and CHAIRPERSON, FUNUING COMMITTEE
Bishop S. Cutton ives
900 Washington Street. East.
300
Charleston. HVV 25301
SECRETARY
Harriet McCabe
9 Bailey Road
Naperville. IL 60565
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Speech for Religious Task Force on the
World Summit for Social Dvelopment
Press Conference
National Press Club- Zenger Room
Friday, March 10, 1995; 10:00 a.m.
Imam M. Bashar Arafat
An-Nur Institute for Islamic Studies and Arabic Language
Baltimore, Maryland
The world today has become a small village. Television brings into our
homes the events happening around the globe and we experience the triumphs
and misery of people like ourselves everywhere. Domestic problems most of the
time have an effect on national and foreign policy.
The World Summit for Social Development (WSSD) is being held in a
critical time for all of the 125 participating nations. But, in the United States it is
appropriate to reflect on the issues domestically since the problems discussed are
considered crises with no simple solutions in sight:
Up to 40 million Americans are living in poverty -- many of them in the
worst imaginable conditions.
More than 8 million are unemployed, waiting and watching for their
chance to be part of the American Dream.
In the inner cities, the lack of peace and sense of security is felt no less than
in any war zone.
The tide of crime and social unrest is overwhelming our communities. The
six o'clock news cannot pass by one day without noting that plenty of
serious crimes took place locally and nationally.
The increasing number of illegitimate children has exhausted the welfare
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Leadership Conterence
Conference of Major
of Women Religious
Superiors of Men
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STATEMENT OF
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AND THE
CONFERENCE OF MAJOR SUPERIORS OF MEN'S INSTITUTES
ON THE UN WORLD SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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LOWR CMSM
Leadership Conference
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Hope for a More Compassionate Present
and a Future of Peace
Our Conferences represent collectively the leadership of the more than 100,000 Catholic Religious Sisters,
Brothers, and Priests of the United States. Within the United States and around the world (through more than
4,500 missionary members), religious work in education, social service, policy advocacy, feeding programs,
homelessness programs, and a host of other grass roots services with and among the poor. We see daily the
devastating impact of growing destitution both in the United States and in the nations of the southern hemisphere.
We Religious in the United States along with our fellow Religious in other nations have been involved in
the advocacy efforts on behalf of the poor in preparation for the United Nations World Summit for Social
Development because we have been convinced that the Summit holds the potential for a new and hope-filled
approach 10 economic and social development for many years to come. The world faces a unique moment of
opportunity and challenge after so many years of being fixated on the stand off between the post World War II
superpowers. In the chaotic churning of the international system of these years a new world is being born. It is our
hope and Our prayer that it will genuinely bc a new world-a world committed Gually to cradicating dire poverty as
a disaster of past history unbecoming a future humanity that perceives itself to be created in dignity for a life of
hope.
As U.S. Religious we continue to be inspired and challenged by the teaching of the U.S. Bishops in their
1986 pastoral letter on economic justice. Its principles frame our advocacy stances:
1) every human being has 8 right to participate in the economy,
2) the impact of economic decisions must be analyzed from the viewpoint of their
consequences for the poor;
3) the economy must seek for ways to include the "excluded";
4) investment should be encouraged for projects that improve the condition of the
economically insecure;
5) economic and social policy as well as the organization of work must be
evaluated by way of its impact on the family.
The human being was made for community and can only find human dignity by a full life in community and
society. In past statements our Conferences have emphasized the responsibility of society to guarantee the
minimum required for a life of dignity. This minimum is measurable by the protection and enhancement of human
rights-ctvil and political rights and economic, cultural and social rights.
Our vow of poverty commits us to seeing the world and exercising our ministries through the eyes of a
preferential option of special love for the poor. When we look at the world this way,
We see the obsessive, unintegrated, and monomaniacal pursuit of unrestrained trade and
investment policies reducing human beings throughout the world to cogs in a massive cconomic
system that brings them no hope for a secure present or future.
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Speech for Religious Task Force on the
World Summit for Social Dvelopment
Press Conference
National Press Club- Zenger Room
Friday, March 10, 1995; 10:00 a.m.
Imam M. Bashar Arafat
An-Nur Institute for Islamic Studies and Arabic Language
Baltimore, Maryland
The world today has become a small village. Television brings into our
homes the events happening around the globe and we experience the triumphs
and misery of people like ourselves everywhere. Domestic problems most of the
time have an effect on national and foreign policy.
The World Summit for Social Development (WSSD) is being held in a
critical time for all of the 125 participating nations. But, in the United States it is
appropriate to reflect on the issues domestically since the problems discussed are
considered crises with no simple solutions in sight:
Up to 40 million Americans are living in poverty - many of them in the
worst imaginable conditions.
More than 8 million are unemployed, waiting and watching for their
chance to be part of the American Dream.
In the inner cities, the lack of peace and sense of security is felt no less than
in any war zone.
The tide of crime and social unrest is overwhelming our communities. The
six o'clock news cannot pass by one day without noting that plenty of
serious crimes took place locally and nationally.
The increasing number of illegitimate children has exhausted the welfare
here in this room call for love, peace, and social solidarity, regardless of race or
origin. We share the responsibility for what happens if we don't reach the people
and get the message to our politicians.
I believe that the way to build a cohesive society is by remembering that
our Lord, the Creator is One. He created the Muslims, the Christians, the Jews,
and everybody. We are all God's family. As the Qur'an says in Surah 49, Verse
13: "O, mankind! We created you from a single pair of a male and female and
made you into nations and tribes that you may know each other. Verily, the most
honored of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you, and Allah has
full knowledge and is well acquainted with all things." Also, Prophet
Mohammad (saws) says: "He is not a believer even for one hour of the day who
spent the night full, knowing that his neighbor next to him is hungry."
This country has a lot of things to offer the world, but we must overcome
greed, selfishness, and our ego. This summit should spark a national dialogue
about the type of future Americans want for their children and a deeper
understanding of the connections between human well-being and a full range of
economic, environmental, and social factors. Remember that if we continue to
achieve successes in space without improving our situation on the earth, then
surely something is terribly wrong.
I hope that interfaith gatherings such as this will always be there to help
build our society as well as bridge the gaps of understanding among the servants
of God.
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GENERAL COMMISSION ON RELIGION AND RACE
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Postal Address: 110 Maryland Ave., N.E. #48 Washington, D.C. 20002-5680
Street Address: 100 Maryland Avo., N.C. (Suite 401)
(United Methodist Building)
Washington, D.C 20002-5680
(202) 547-2271
(202) 547-4828 (Self-Determination Fund)
(202) 547-0358 (FAX)
GENERAL SECRETARY
ASSOCIATE GENERAL SECRETARIES
Darbara R Thompson
Kenneth Deere
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Elaine Jenkins
Melvin Watkins
Yolanda Pupo-Ortiz
Hidetoshi Tanaka
James E Taylor
Statement on the World Summit For Social Development
(Being held March 6-12, 1995; Copenhagen, Denmark)
Barbara Ricks Thompson, General Secretary
The General Commission on Religion and Race
The United Methodist Church
Washington, D. C.
Friday, March 9, 1995
"The United Methodist Church has a long history of concern for social justice. Its
members have taken forthright positions on issues involving Christian principles." (The
book of Discipline 1992, Part III, Preface). Out of this heritage grows my enthusiasm for
the promise of "making a difference" that is offered by the World Summit for Social
Development now underway in Copenhagen.
As an African-American woman, I know well the significance of being a part of a tradition
which challenges us to recognize the inextricable linkage that exists between faith and
works. It is heartening to note that the Summit is predicated upon the acknowledgement
that societies must respond more effectively to the material and spiritual needs of
individuals, their families and communities ...". (Introduction to the Draft Declaration for
the Summit).
The summit proposes to address a broad spectrum of manifestations of social injustice:
the need to alleviate and reduce poverty; to expand productive employment and to
enhance social integration. How did the planners of the event foresee that at the very
moment of its convening, the very issues which the Summit would address would be
under such violent attack, especially in the United States? The easy answer is that such
problems are a part of the eternal human dilemma, a dilemma that has not yet been
deemed profitable to address.
In this 50th anniversary year of the United Nations, General Secretary Boutros-Ghali, in
his opening address, called for a "a new social contract, at the global level to bring
hope to states and nations, and to men and women (and I would add children) around
the world." At the same time, our United States Congress is busily dealing with the
"Contract 'on' America". It is a contract which intends to bring hope to a few (the
PRESIDENT
Bishop Joseph B. Bethea
4908 Colonial Drive. # 108
Columbia. SC 29203
VICE-PRESIDENT and CHAIRPERSON, FUNDING COMMITTEE
Bishop $ Clifton Ivas
900 Washington Street, East. #300
Charicaton. WV 25001
SECRETARY
harriet McCabe
9 Bailey Road
Naperville, L 60565
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"have's") through tax cuts and budgets balanced on the backs of the many (the "have
not's") who struggle to survive in this materialistic society.
While I would like to address many of the issues before the Summit, I will speak to only
a few.
The Summit agenda includes a commitment for promoting social integration by
fostering societies that are stable, safe and just". I urge that the United States not see
this as an issue for "those people over there who live in the midst of civil strife". We must
not relegate the issue to one that applies only to areas where governance is viewed as
not democratic enough. We must not consider the issue satisfactorily addressed in the
United States because we have laws against racial, cultural or gender segregation and
therefore believe that integration is accomplished. I suspect that the poverty of the
English language hands us the code word "integration" which we understand in only one
narrow way - submersion into the current White, conservative ethos that is trying to
dominate the current U.S. scene.
The United States must come out of this world consultation understanding that in the
global context, the majority of the populace are people of color. They are people who
yet are treated as second or third class citizens in the United States. The United States
should provide leadership for the global community by committing itself to the
examination of its own racist responses to the demographic reality of the ever-growing
racial and cultural diversity of this nation.
There are some who view this growing diversity as the cause of many of the problems
in this nation. i view the diversity as an asset our economy and our society have not
accepted, and therein lies the problem. The systems and institutions of this nation have
continued to be the gate keepers, limiting access to work, to the necessities for life and
to the experiences of true community. The people who enjoy the benefits have seen no
reason to reform the systems out of fear they will lose in the process. However, I believe
the time is past when those persons have the luxury of choice. Change will occur. The
question is how soon and how smoothly.
1 maintain that the religious community has a responsibility to enable persons to be
spiritually transformed from selfish to selfless members living in community. Then we
will be willing to address the problems of under-employment, unemployment, lack of
meaningful work and the inequities in what workers receive for their labors.
In the United States, self-esteem, dignity and worth, rightly or wrongly, are directly
connected to meaningful labor. Yet, the U.S. economic system accepts as a given an
unemployment rate of 6-8 percent. The rate is more than double that in many
racial/ethnic minority communities in this country. Yet, we say that those who do not
work are not entitled to the necessities of life.
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Instead of eliminating affirmative action programs, we should work to ensure that those
programs are implemented in accord with the original intent. The intent was, and still
needs to be, to remedy the systemic exclusion of racial and ethnic minority persons and
women from full involvement in the economic and employment arenas. We must
recognize that institutional racism continues to contaminate this society and those who
have benefitted from that contamination continue to limit access to the workplace.
Instead of eliminating job training and anti-poverty programs because they are perceived
as not being effective, we need to enrich them SO they include helping persons to build
healthy relationships, to enhance self-esteem and dignity, and to participate more fully
in the American society. Further stripping persons of humanity will only exacerbate the
incidents of mental, and physical violence plaguing the nation. When people are denied
access to the means for fulfilling the basic human needs - food, clothing and shelter -
social instability results. Dean Koontz, author of the Best Seller Mr Murder, has his main
character observe need leads to frustration, frustration leads to anger, anger breeds
violence and sometimes violence brings relief."
Failure to take the hard steps today, simply passes on to subsequent generations, greater
suffering by the many for the sinful decisions of the few. Even today millions of children
suffer, in the United States, as well as around the globe. Nearly 16 million children live
in poverty; 9 million children have no health insurance. Racial/ethnic minority children
are disproportionately represented in these groups. For example, in 1993, 46.1% of all
African American children were poor. It must be understood that poverty adversely affects
a child's health, family stability, education and future earnings, then it is clear that the
legacy for this nation is doomed to the perpetuation , and deepening, of the ills of
today. (CDF Reports; January 1995; Children's Defense Fund)
Clearly, these are but a few examples of why the United States must participate in this
Summit with integrity. We must acknowledge that there is a need for reform at home as
well as there is for other places in the global community. We must be willing to make
our contribution to the world economy and not just to the world-wide rhetoric about
doing good. We must be willing to commit the resources to deal with the domestic
problems as well as those of the global communities.
The religious community must accept the on-going challenge to help its members be
transformed into people who understand that there must be space for all to sit at the
table and there to have enough to eat and to live abundantly.
This is a statement by Barbara Ricks Thompson, General Secretary of the General Commission on Religion
denomination. and Race of The United Methodist Church. Only the General Conference speaks for the entire
wssd
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LCWR CMSM
Leadership Conference
Conference of Major
of Women Religious
Superiors of Men
301/588 4955
301/588 4030
Fox 301/587 1575
8808 Cameron Street/Silver Spring/MD 20910
Hope for a More Compassionate Present
and a Future of Peace
Our Conferences represent collectively the leadership of the more than 100,000 Catholic Religious Sisters,
Brothers, and Priests of the United States. Within the United States and around the world (through more than
4,500 missionary members), religious work in education, social service, policy advocacy, feeding programs,
homelessness programs. and a host of other grass roots services with and among the poor. We see daily the
devastating impact of growing destitution both in the United States and in the nations of the southern hemisphere.
We Religious in the United States along with our fellow Religious in other nations have been involved in
the advocacy efforts on behalf of the poor in preparation for the United Nations World Summit for Social
Development because we have been convinced that the Summit holds the potential for a new and hope-filled
approach to economic and social development for many years to come. The world faccs a unique moment of
opportunity and challenge after so many years of being fixated on the stand off between the post-World War II
superpowers. In the chaotic churning of the international system of these years a new world is being born. It is our
hope and our prayer that it will genuinely be a new world--a world committed finally to eradicating dire poverty as
a disaster of past history unbccoming a future humanity that perceives itself to be created in dignity for a life of
hope.
As U.S. Religious we continue to be inspired and challenged by the teaching of the U.S. Bishops in their
1966 pastoral letter on economic justice. Its principles frame our advocacy stances:
1) every human being has a right to participate in the economy;
2) the impact of economic decisions must be analyzed from the viewpoint of their
consequences for the poor;
3) the economy must seek for ways to include the "excluded";
4) investment should be encouraged for projects that improve the condition of the
economically insecure;
5) economic and social policy as well as the organization of work must be
evaluated by way of its impact on the family.
The human being was made for community and can only find human dignity by a full life in community and
society. In past statements our Conferences have emphasized the responsibility of society to guarantee the
minimum required for a life of dignity. This minimum is measurable by the protection and enhancement of human
rights-civil and political rights and economic, cultural and social rights.
Our vow of poverty commits us to sceing the world and exercising our ministries through the eyes of a
preferential option of special love for the poor. When we look at the world this way,
We see the obsessive, unintegrated, and monomaniacal pursuit of unrestrained trade and
investment policies reducing human beings throughout the world to cogs in a massive economic
system that brings them no hope for a secure present OI future.
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We see workers's rights being violated throughourthe developing world by efforts to Justify child
and even slave labor as a necessary stage in a nation's economic development, along with the
brutal repression of labor organizers and workers' associations.
Wc see women suffering the brunt of most of the worst poverty throughout the world often
invisibly bccause of inadequate reporting mechanisms that fail to count them.
We see debt burdens frequently incurred by oppressive regimes long gone from the political scene
that now prectude any hope for dedicating sufficient domestic economic resources to social
development especially in Africa, Asia, and Central and Latin America.
We see a cold, uncaring nco-liberalism being imposed upon the developing nations that would
broadcast abroad a social and economic system that has left the United States itself reeling from
new depths of poverty and unemployment generated in recent years.
We see the effects of 30% of the world's labor force (820,000,000 people) unemployed and
underemployed, a shameful consequence of an international economics that has emphasized profits
for investors over the creation jobs for workers, both women and men.
It is Our clear conviction that a mínimum successful outcome of this Summit would include
--a substantial economic multi-year investment in real development by the
wealthier nations in the poorer nations;
--a way to break the logjam of intractable debt choking the poorest nations;
--protection of the rights of workers, both women and men, to organize their own
associations, bargain collectively, and enforce the minimum standards set by the
International Labor Organization of the UN, all enforced by national labor laws;
-careful attention to the effects of poverty upon women around the world and
programs to protect them from development that too often leaves them behind;
--encouragement of international investment policies that emphasize the
development of jobs that pay a living wage;
--re-enforcement of the goals of the Rio Summit that would protect the world
environment from the ravages of insensitive plundering of its material resources.
There is a not a single issue raised by this Summit that does not have its counterpart in U.S. domestic
economic strategy and national politics. We commit ourselves as U.S. religious to following up on the consequences
of the Social Summit for tuture domestic political and economic agenda, here in Washington and around the
United States. We, among others, will not permit this Summit to become window dressing for a world that moves
on in forgetfulness.
Our hopes for this Summit are tempered by realism about the present state of U.S. and world opinion on
issues of development and by limitations on resources in the present economies of the developed nations. But we
call on the powerful nations of our world to give not only from their excess but also from their substance in order
to guarantee a future of peace. A significant contribution to development now can hopefully stave off the potential
disasters of the next century. If world poverty is not confronted now in our generation, it will fester into a gaping
wound on the future of our children and their children. depriving them of any hope for a peaceful world. Our
future calls us to peace, generosity, compassion, and hope. It will accept nothing less from us.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 28, 1995
Mr. Melvin Deveau
502 Manor Road
Beverly, MA 01915
Dear Mr. Deveau:
The First Lady asked me to thank you for
writing and for sending the excerpts from
Mrs. Rockefeller's book. Thank you also for
your support of Mrs. Clinton's efforts on
behalf of children. Your own work to improve
the schools of Beverly is so commendable.
Thank you again for writing and best
wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Michael
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
R
502 Manor Road
Beverly Mass. 01915
January 29 1995
Dear Hillory Rodham Clinton,
This is a copy of page 92 of Mrs. Lucy W.
Peabodys book, " A WIDER WORLD FOR WOMEN"
written in 1935 while I was her chauffeur-
gardener. One day while dictating to her secretary
she told me that she was writing about my sainted
mother and including as one of the twelve great
women she had met in her lifetime.
Page 93
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller promised Mrs. Lucy
W. Peabody two million dollars if she would raise
one million dollars more to build the first
hospital to train young women to be nurses in India.
There were no nurses in India. This is a real
story of dedication and perserverence. Mrs. Lucy
W. Peabody raised the million dollars. Mrs. John
D. Rockefeller gave Mrs. Peabody the two million
dollars an d the hospital in India was built. All
this gave me a unique lifetime appreciation for the
role of women in the world.
Sincerely Yours,
melvin Avean
Melvin Deveau
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
PLEASE FOR GIVE THE TYPING OF AN
83 YEAR OLD PERSON. / NEUER LEARNED
TO TYPEMelvin Devean
92
A WIDER WORLD FOR WOMEN
MAINTAINING STANDARDS
93
fine type the wife of one of the highest officials in the land.
gence in things that would hurt the child. Nicotine poisoned
This man's mother was the wife of a country parson. She
babies, born dead, are the best argument against cigarettes.
represented in character the type her son had in mind when
The recent statements of medical associations have appeared
he chose his wife. In her he found grace, beauty, intellect,
in a few papers and in medical journals. The cocktail habit
culture and Christian character. She has lived her life with-
lics back of many a divorce or suicide. The freedom of the
out publicity, doing quietly many generous and helpful
press is hampered in noting such dangers, as subsidies of
things. She met a great sorrow in the death of a beloved
advertising interfere with "freedom."
daughter, but has great joy in the high standards of her sons
Two retiring women, known as wives of two of the richest
and remaining daughter. The children have found in their
men in the world, are fine examples of wife and mother. As
stately home the same simple, high ideals of service that
I have seen them in their homes, and have known some of
their father had found in the little parsonage. I shall not
their interests, I must include in this list Mrs. John D.
give her name, as I respect her preference for retirement,
Rockefeller and Mrs. Henry Ford, who maintained dignity
but I never meet her or hear from her, without comparing
and simplicity through changes of fortune, and have repre-
her with those who have sought and won publicity with the
sented high types of Christian womanhood. There are
loss of other values.
many of this type.
Another mother lives in humble conditions, with a drunken
We do not, in our democracy, have the royal woman,
husband, in a state which seeks profits in liquor taxes and
though there are great and fine types in Europe. Queen
loses financially more than it gains in blood money. She has
Victoria set a good example of reform after the disreputable
been obliged: to work unceasingly to support seven children,
monarchs who preceded her, and displayed many virtues, as
who call her "blessed." She has been able, with all the
well as statesmanship of high order. Cheap caricatures of
handicaps, to make a real home. The horror of drunkenness
Victoria, Queen and Empress, will die, while history will do
which casts its shädow through the years was lightened dur-
justice to a great and good woman, perhaps the greatest
ing the period of Prohibition. The Eighteenth Amendment,
queen that England has ever seen, unsurpassed in any na-
though badly enforced by men who deliberately broke it in
tion. Victoria was a Bible student, devoted to its precepts.
order to repeal it, brought relief to many a home. With re-
Our favourite in royalty is the noble Queen of Holland,
peal, the tragedy is again in full effect. The only relief in
Wilhelmina. She inherited from her mother, Queen Emma,
the family is an occasional jail sentence for the father.
Christian ideals which she has never relinquished. She is a
There is a woman whom her neighbours and children honour
statesman who has shown the highest type of life as a wo-
pure in heart, loyal to her vows, deeply religious, devoted
man, daughter, wife, mother, and is today the head of the
to her home. She is the type of many women, who are ex-
best governed nation in the world, with the least political
amples to some whose names are known in society columns.
interference and trickery.
These two represent the family. Between them is a wide
A day in the Palace at Appledoorn, as a guest of Queen
range socially, but not morally.
Wilhelmina, gave me a close-up which will never be forgot-
Some young mothers have not understood the things that
ten. The gracious and beautiful hostess, who received the
poison life, but youth can learn, and does; and we see hope
International Council, of which I had the honour of being
among young women who, with the age-old mother-longing,
the American woman member, impressed every member of
choose the welfare of the children rather than selfish indul-
the Council, and Americans almost wished they had a queen,
502 Manor Road
Beverly Mass. 01915
January 29 1995
Dear Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Thank you for your kind letter of June 24 1994. It
was the influence of another Wellesley College graduate Mrs.
Lucy W. Peabody of Beverly that promted me to write to
you. I would not write today if I were not convinced
that you can initiate a program in our schools that will
do more For the future of our young people than any
effort offered by the wives of past Presidents.
Today after reading an interesting article about
you in the Washington Post I decided to mail you a
copy of a recent article in our local paper. The
reporter wanted to know some of the highlights of
my life since graduating from Beverly High School sixty
five years ago. I had to mention that seventy years
ago I worked for Mrs. Lucy W. Peabody a graduate
of Wellesley College and one of the most influential
woman in America During the 1920;s and that she
wrote a book, A WIDER WORLD FOR WOMAN in 1935 that
influenced my whole life, a book every young woman should
read with care.
Would you like to have a copy of this hard to get
or find book about women written by a graduate of
Wellesley College?
Sincerely yours,
melvine Deveau
Melvin Deveau
Hio crusade for youth goes straight to the top
A POOR PICTURE
Bevers Times 9/9/1994
By SUSAN FLYNN
Times staff
"
BEVERLY - Mel Deveau sat
down to write a letter to Hillary
Clinton last month to outline his
We are spending billions of dollars on a crime
deep-felt concerns for the youth
bill. We can spend a couple of million dollars to
of today.
A reply with an authentic sig-
help youths conduct themselves better. The
nature from the first lady arrived
last week at the Manor Road
heck with the little guy. I am now going right to
apartment of the 82-year-old resi-
the top and I'll work my way down.
dent.
Deveau, well known in the
"
community for his work in youth
sports, has launched a crusade to
help the children he says. are
- Mel Deveau
besieged by media messages of
sex, violence and drugs.
He already grabbed the atten-
A subcommittee will soon be
section of the city
tion of Clinton, and, two weeks
created to work on the challeng-
In the book, Peabody wrote
ago at a barbecue in Peabody,
ing, and likely controversial,
that the only way to improve our
Deveau got the ear of U.S. Rep.
undertaking.
society was by reaching out to
Peter Torkildsen. Deveau plans
The letter from the first lady
the youth. Deveau decided to
to send the congressman a letter
was hardly the first to arrive at
write to Hilary Clinton after
this week.
502 Manor Road from a famous
learning she went to Wellesley
In 1990, Deveau went to the
person. Deveau has made it his
College because Peabody went to
School Committee to advocate
hobby to write to celebrities
Wellesley College and he figured
for a "Code of Conduct." He pas-
across the United States to offer
he had an "in."
sionately believes lessons in val-
compliments and seek support
Deveau even wrote a letter to
ues should be taught in the
for his youth crusade.
Pope John Paul II in Rome, but
schools, beginning with kinder-
He also has spent years writing
never heard a reply. Instead, he
garten and continuing until grad-
to business executives, presi-
received a letter from a man with
uation
dents, and even Supreme Court
an Italian name "this long,"
We are spending billions of
justices to find out what verse in
Deveau said, extending his arms
dollars on a crime bill. We can
the Bible they consider the most
out in both directions to demon-
spend a couple of million dollars
challenging.
strate.
to help youths conduct them-
"The pope was too busy to lis--
selves better," Deveau said last
Letters have arrived from Lee
ten to Mel Deveau - that was the
week. "The heck with the little
Iacocca, the former chairman of
gist of it," he said.
guy. I am now going right to the
the board at Chrysler; Barbara
These days, Deveau, who has
top and I'll work my way down."
Bush, Nancy Reagan, U.S. Sen.
never been into politics, plans to
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sandra
embark on a new strategy by
While it may be four years
Day O'Connor, the first female
seeking the help of politicians.
after Deveau's visit, the School
Supreme Court Justice.
Committee recently has started
Deveau said much of his work
"I'm not going to see the
work on a code of conduct. The
has been inspired by a book writ-
youths go down the wrong road if
board plans to survey parents to
ten by Lucy Peabody in 1935.
I can do something to help,"
Nancy Shackleton photo
find out what lessons in morals,
Deveau had worked as a chauf-
el Deveau holds a letter from Hillary Clinton and stands beside the message that motivates
Deveau said. "As Mrs. Peabody
ethics and values the schools
feur and gardener for Peabody,
would say, it's unconscionable -
m to correspond with influential people in his campaign to better youth.
should teach their children.
who had lived in the Montserrat
whatever the heck that means'
LIKE THIS
PHRASEDRUEAN
spective of the father, the prodi-
gali son and the good son, who
had to feel left out, when the
father took back the boy who
had squandered his birthright
you read through that and
there's a passage that just struck
me, Hillary Clinton says. And
the phrase is. the discipline of
gratitude
I don't mean to
sound out of touch, but there
SO much that goes on in my-life
on a daily basis that I'm grateful
for despite everything else that's
going on. And then to think
about gratitude as a discipline,
SO that every day gives you an
opportunity to practice that grati
tude, is very important to me: So
there are days when I'm more
chipper than others. but there
isn't a day when I'm not trying at
least to remember and be grate
ful for all that I have
It is typical of Hillary Clinton
that even in her gratitude there
would be a discipline.
TO THE FIRST LADY'S STAFF
any talk of how she has receded
from the public fray since the
health care defeat is preposter
ous. Hillary Clinton, says
Melanne Verveer, her deputy
chief of staff, is "constitutionally
incapable of being inactive.' She
has spent the last two months
REUTER
shaping her course for the next
ary Rodham Clinton Is trying to find a balance between the many Interpretations of her rol
two years, her aides say. The
10PE
new course she has begun
appears, so far at least, to be amore traditional one
She intends, Hillary Conton says; to pursue her long-
ng interests in women children and health in
realm, concentrating less on legislation and more
on bullv nulnit
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Mrs. Clinton asked me to thank you for your two letters.
She greatly appreciates your writing to share your experiences as
a myasthenia gravis patient who has experienced adverse reactions
to pyridostigmine bromide, and to describe the problems you and
your husband experienced after your husband's military service in
Vietnam.
The Administration has made important strides in the last
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Dear
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greatly
Mrs. Clinton asked me to thank you for your two letters.
She appreciates your writing to share your experiences as a
myasthenia gravis patient who has experienced adverse reactions
to pyridostigmine bromide, and to describe the problems you and
your husband experienced after your husband's military service in.
Vietnam.
The Adminis has
we hope well lead to,
We believe that we have made important strides in the last Covelusing
few months. For example, the President signed a new law in about me
October that will require the Department of Defense to spend
millions of dollars on research that will determine the likely
exponyed
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(like your husband?)
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still suffering and that current law does not allow VA to provide
medical care or disability compensation if a veteran's family
member has an illness related to the veteran's military service.
Mrs. Clinton has asked me to forward your letter to the V.A. to
ask for their help-regarding your husband's application for
disability compensation.
Thank you for your encouragement. The President is fully
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DEAR MRS CLINTON,
I Do HOPE you get To READ This LETTER
BECAUSE IT is going To TAKE SOMEONE LIKE you To HELP
PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND THE VETERANS OF THIS COUNTRY
THIS IS URGENT I KNOW well WHAT PYROSTIGHINE
BROM DE DOES To SOMEONE WITH THE symPToms OF HYASTHENIA
GRAVIS I CONTACTED SENATOR JAY ROCKEFFELER AND SENATOR ALAN
SIMPSON WITH THIS INFORMATION
My SYMPTOMS FROM PYROSTIGMINE BROMIDE WAVES OF NAUSEA Lift
BEING PREGRANT Mascles THAT TURNED To Jully REALLYBAD
DIARHEA I HAD To WEAR A PAD- EXCESSIVE SALIVA- SLUBRING
0 PEECH- - Musclos TWITCHING
STill HAVE THE WAVES OF NAUSEA
THERE is A CONNECTION To THESE DRugs USED ON out TROOPS
I MUST ALSO ADD THAT THE Botulesa INJECTIONS
CAN CAUSE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS Also
UNLESS THE DOCTORS HAVE TAKEN ANY OF THIS MEDICINE
THEY Do NOT KNOW
1969 I WAS CONTRMINATED FROM AGENT ORANGE
No I WAS NEVER IN VISTAM
My HUSBAND WAS
I get CHLORACNE DIAGNOSED AT CHANATE AIRFORCE base
ILLINOIS, GIVEN THE SAME MEDICINES AS THE MEN IN NAM
ONE WEEK LATER STOURD MUSCLE WEAKNESS, yes THATWOULD
NOT STAY OPEN, MANY DOCTORS FINALLY A DIAGNOSIS OF
MYASTHONIA GRAVIS -
Two BROTTEN NOSES because OF Eyes BEING CLOSED - 3900F09 4P
SURGERYS
26 YEARS OF being TOLD IDO Not COUNT by THE VETERANS
ADMINASTRATION
TOLD REPEATROLY IFI WAS A DETERAN, I would qualify FOR
BENEFITS CIVILIAN Forgor IT
I Do NOT qualify For Social SECURITY. NEVER WORKED Long Discript
I Also HAVE PERIPHERAL NEUROPATITY
T. GOVERNMENT is RESPONSIBLE For My PROBLEMS FROM AGENT
ORANGE
I KNOW you ARE A Busy WIMAN
I THANK you IN SHOWING AN INTEREST IN THE GALFWAR
VETERANS -
I would APPRECIATE ANY HELP you Covely OFFER ME
AND THE VETERANS STILL SUFFERING FROM AGENT ORANGE
THANK you FOR TAKING THE TIME To READ THIS
GOD BLESS you AND PRESIDENT CLINTON
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APRIL 11TH 1995
DEAR Has CLINTON
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JUNE 26 1990 By THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND INTER
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THAT AGENT ORANGE DID MAJOR DAMAGE To OUR
TROOPS AND THERE FAMILIES
BUT BECAUSE OF COST
IT WAS SWEPT UNDER THE Rug.
How CAN I A CIVILIAN CONTAMINATED by AGOUT
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EVER TRUST THE GOVERNMENT AGAIN.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 13, 1995
Ms. Sharta Dixit
Rato Bangala School
PO Box 42
Patan Dhoka
Lalitpur, NEPAL
Dear Ms. Dixit:
Mrs. Clinton asked me to thank you
for providing her with the information on
the Rato Bangala School. She was
disappointed she was unable to visit the
school, but truly enjoyed her trip to
South Asia.
Jan Piercy of the World Bank shared
her positive impression of the school with
the First Lady.
It was a pleasure to meet you at the
tea and to hear your moving account of the
founding of the school. Thanks again and
best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Me Melanne Verveer we
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 22, 1995
Hon. Christopher J. Dodd
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510-0702
Dear Senator Dodd:
Thank you for your letter and invitation
for Mrs. Clinton to participate in the 1995
SNET Classic. She regrets that she will be
unable to attend.
Thank you again for thinking of the
First Lady. I hope that the 1995 SNET
Classic is a success. Best wishes.
Sincerely,
me
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD
CONNECTICUT
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May 26, 1995
Ms. Margaret Williams
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Chief of Staff
Office of the First Lady
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Ms. Williams:
I am pleased to enclose correspondence to the First Lady regarding an invitation for her
to participate in the festivities of the 2nd Annual SNET Classic this August.
I would appreciate your assistance in forwarding this request to the First Lady and the
appropriate office within the White House.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to
contact Stanley Israelite, my Senior Advisor, in the Connecticut office at (203) 240-3470.
With all the best, I am
Sincerely
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD
United States Senator
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Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton
First Lady
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006-9900
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
It is with great pleasure that I extend an invitation for you to participate in the festivities
of Connecticut's 2nd annual women's tennis tournament - the SNET Classic. Coinciding with
the 75th anniversary of womens' rights to vote, the Classic will be held at Yale University and
the Tennis Center in New Haven. Connecticut from August 24 -26, 1995.
As you may know, last year's tournament proved to be a tremendous success. Attracting
thousands of families and children from Connecticut and surrounding states, the attendance even
surpassed that of the Volvo International men's tournament.
The 1995 SNET Classic promises even greater success. Hosting a number of activities
and exhibits to honor the 75th anniversary, the Classic will also sponsor a fundraiser to support
various women's causes. In addition, the tournament anticipates the exciting return of such
world-renowned players as Martina Navratilova, Gabriela Sabatini, and Brenda Schultz.
I truly appreciate your consideration of this invitation and hope that your schedule will
permit your participation in the 1995 SNET Classic. Should you require additional information
regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact Stanley Israelite, my Senior Advisor, in
the Connecticut office at (203) 240-3470. With all the best, I am
OPM
Sincerely,
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD
United States Senator
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Putnam Park
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 11, 1995
Mr. Bill Drayton
Ashoka Innovators for the Public
1700 North Moore Street
Suite 1920
Arlington, VA 22209
Dear Bill:
Thank you for your thoughtful offer to
put Mrs. Clinton in touch with the members of
Ashoka in South Asia. Mrs. Clinton was
fortunate to meet with a representative of
Ashoka and she is well acquainted with the
important service Ashoka performs throughout
the world.
Thank you for you interest and
thoughtfulness.
Sincerely yours,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
1
To: Ann Bartty
MEMO FROM:
BILL DRAYTON
3/3/95
Dear Ann,
Would you Kindly pass
the attached on ? I'm
confident the Fellows could
add a valuable dininsion
to the trip.
Give me a call
and let's have a meal
one of these days
Cheers.,
Ball
Ashoka
Innovators for the Public
1700 North Moore Street
Suite 1920
Arlington, Virginia 22209 USA
ph. (703)527-8300
fx. (703)527-8383
E-mail Ashoka @ tmn.com
March 3, 1995
R from mv
Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
Sorry HRC
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
couldn't meet
Washington, DC 20500
w/ them. etc
Dear Hillary,
We'd be delighted to put you together with some of the leading
public entrepreneurs who constitute Ashoka in South Asia (and that
your contributions over the years have helped launch) while you're
there. Just have your office give me a ring.
I attach several sample profiles of the roughly 150 Fellows in
the region. They represent a different and very independent
perspective.
With warmest wishes,
Cheers!,
Bill
Bill Drayton
Attachments
Abidjan
Bamako
Bangkok
Calcutta
Dakar
Dhaka
Harare
Hyderabad
Jakarta
Johannesburg
Kathmandu
Lagos
London
Mexico, D.F.
Quito
Rio de Janeiro
Ashoka Fellow
SUNITA SATYARTHIA
Sunita Satyarthia, a lawyer from Jaipur, Rajasthan, is using strategic combinations of the law,
the press, and institutional reform to change ancient patterns of discrimination and brutal
behavior against women.
The New Idea
Indian society values boys, not girls. From birth onward women suffer, often grotesquely.
Several years ago, for example, a young widow was burned alive on the same funeral pyre as
her husband in Deorala, Rajasthan. The woman was drugged and pulled by her hair to the pyre
crying. Although this practice of sati is illegal, thousands participated in the ceremony,
including politicians and the police.
No one acted.
Sunita then filed a public interest suit in the Rajasthan High Court on behalf of the victim.
When the day of the hearing came, thousands of villagers with guns and swords surrounded the
court. They were not supportive of her position. Her colleagues at the bar stayed home. She
pressed on, and ultimately the court ordered the state government to act.
Sunita also forced the issue in the press, bringing national attention to this brutal demonstration
of many Indians' failure to value women as equal human beings. Finally the National
Parliament enacted legislation barring anyone who attends a sati from subsequently running for
public office.
This case illustrates most of the key elements of Sunita's approach. First, the courage to see
the problem and to act. Second, the orchestrated use of the courts, the press, and the
administration, providing each the impetus it needs to take action. Finally, the ability to spot
and develop the particular case that provides the precedent-making earthquake that changes the
prior landscape of relationships.
Sunita will continue to seek such opportunities to shake the patterns of abuse Indian women
suffer. She has recently struck a blow against India's widespread female infanticide by bringing
a successful, highly publicized case against a leading state politician whose family had not had
any girls for generations. She has also closed over half the state rescue homes for girls after
demonstrating that officials were exploiting and even selling the girls brought to them.
The second half of her strategy involves creating a statewide chain of emergency homes for
women in crisis. While her litigation pushes the patterns, soon more and more women still face
personal crises and have no safe place to turn to. Sunita hopes to have a safe haven within reach
in all parts of the state.
These centers would provide more than a safety net; they would help the women develop the
awareness, confidence, literacy, and job skills they need to stand and support themselves
independently. Ultimately, the ability to support themselves economically is what will allow
them to look anyone in the eye.
These centers will also support Sunita's legal, press, and policy work. Women in trouble coming
for legal help often will need broader human and more immediate help as well.
The Problem
India, almost unique in the world, has more men than women in its population. Even more
striking, the men live longer on average that the women. Moreover, the proportion of men in
the population has been increasing over the last several decades.
Female infanticide and systematic neglect of girl children are key explanations. An Indian
woman's problems only begin with infancy. Dowry and death are another extreme outcropping
of the underlying problem, the failure of so many Indians to value women as equal beings.
The Strategy
Women fear approaching the courts. For most, the legal process results in public humiliation.
Most lawyers are men and insensitive to the abuses carried out against women and the state of
victimization in which they live. Only a handful of individuals in the legal community are
addressing this particular aspect of women's oppression. However, if women fear losing their
privacy in court, those who harass them are equally afraid of the publicity that a case generates.
Sunita brings the public attention generated by these cases to bear on the perpetrator of the
crimes, rather than on the victim.
Because she has a reputation for fighting difficult cases, women in trouble, once afraid to voice
their complaints, increasingly come to Sunita on their own and ask her to present their cases to
the courts. To the extent she and her colleagues can, she tries to help.
Her biggest impact, however, comes from her use of India's newly liberalized rules for
public-interest litigation to press cases likely to set important precedents. She spots and defines
an outrageous pattern of abuse against women, typically exemplified in a vivid case example.
She pins it down in court and spotlights it in the press. The perpetrator loses the anonymity that
previously cloaked the abuse, and Sunita (backed by press attention) prevents the male-dominated
courts from viewing the offense as perhaps acceptable in the light of community standards.
Sunita's methods not only discomfort the defendants she is after; they build the self-confidence
of the women who are her clients. To realize that the full sovereign power and majesty of the
law will stand behind them is profoundly empowering.
The safe shelters Sunita is now about to set up will also make a major difference. In addition
to helping protect the complainants in these key cases, these shelters will provide a second home
for women facing the consequences of trying to stand up in the male world. In such moments
of stressful change women are often ostracized by their families and other normal support
systems. The centers will provide the missing housing, physical protection, and psychological
support.
The Person
Both Sunita's grandfathers were active members of the progressive reform Arya Samaj. Their
values gave her a childhood unlike most Indian girls; she was respected and encouraged to go
to school.
She went to the University of Rajasthan and was drawn into student activities, quickly emerging
as the first woman vice president of the student union. This experience helped her develop her
organizing skills and endowed her with a contact network across the state that she puts to good
use.
After finishing her legal studies, she served as a junior to a senior advocate at the high court,
handling the full range of legal matters. As she matured professionally, she took on an
increasing proportion of public-interest matters, and will now devote herself entirely to her
public work. "Anything that infringes on human dignity, anything that is unjust moves me
strongly," she says. Her whole life is testimony to that.
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Ibrahim Sobhan Arms
confidence and
leadership skills,
Bangladesh with its
and allows
students to move
Greatest Tool:
at their own pace.
Educated Children.
In addition to
revamping the
ineffectual
The economically deprived children of
structure of the
Bangladesh everyday find themselves torn
classroom, Sobhan
between the present and the future. Should
has also launched
they pursue an education or should they work
cooperative
to support their families' day to day life?
programs run by
Because Ashoka Fellow M. Ibrahim Sobhan
the schools. These
understands the urgency involved in both roles
co-ops include a
he created an alternative school system that
wholesale school
addresses both sets of needs. Sobhan's schools
supplies store, a tree nursery, and a poultry
are currently educating some 150,000 low-
farm. The children learn valuable skills and
income students all over Bangladesh. His
entrepreneurial strategies from working in
innovations are specifically designed to remove
these enterprises. At the end of the school year,
many of the barriers which prevent children of
each child still enrolled in school receives a
poor families from attending school.
dividend of the profits earned - a further
incentive to remain in school.
Sobhan, elected a Fellow in 1988, found that
traditional Bangladeshi schools rely heavily on
Sobhan's Association for School Based
parental tutoring and home study. However,
Education is dedicated to improving rural
the parents of impoverished households are
primary education for children in Bangladesh
typically illiterate and lack not only the ability
through teacher training programs in non-
to tutor their own children, but also the funds to
governmental schools, Islamic schools, and
hire an outside tutor. Furthermore, these
public secondary schools. Since founding his
families rely on their children's labor at home in
organization, Sobhan has seen enrollment in
the evenings and cannot forego any study time
schools using his ideas rise 44.8%, as compared
for the children.
to the national rise of 5.6% over the same
period. In his first year, he cut the dropout rate
Realizing that education is not a luxury, but a
in his schools in half. Sobhan has succeesfully
necessity, Sobhan has developed an educational
found a way to make schooling more appealing
framework that takes these conditions into
to both Bangladeshi children and their parents.
account. Sobhan's reforms start by doubling
classroom instruction time so that students will
Sobhan is investing in the future of Bangladesh
spend more time in the classroom and less time
everyday by giving its children the chance to
doing homework. He then divides the class into
develop their minds. He has created a system
small groups, each with its own student leader,
that is sensitive to the plight of these children,
utilizing cooperative learning techniques . peers
but fully aware of the importance of a good
guiding peers. This approach builds self-
education.
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fax: (703)527-8383, E-mail: [email protected]
Ashoka Fellow
DR. R. THARA SRINIVASIN
India has somewhere between four and eight million people with schizophrenia and tens of
millions with other forms of severe mental illnesses. To deal with this and all the many less
acute forms of mental illness, the country has only 1500 psychiatrists and an equal number of
paraprofessionals.
Dr. R. Thara Srinivasin, who grew up with the social stigma of a relatively minor physical
deformity, has committed herself to finding a way to help these millions of sufferers and their
families. She took her degree in psychiatry from Madras Medical College. Since then, she has
been conducting research into the causes of the illness, and three years ago co-founded the
Schizophrenia Research Foundation. She now chairs the Foundation's public education work.
Dr. Thara will go to work to develop a model approach that can practically reach these
sufferers, their families, and communities. She feels the family is especially critical --
psychologically, economically, and socially. Second, given the unequalled strength of the family
as a social unit in India and the extremely limited access to professional psychiatric care, it must
provide much of the early identification and subsequent care and rehabilitation. To make this
family-centered approach work, Dr. Thara feels she must also win over the families'
neighborhood community.
By working intensively over the next several years with 100 severely affected families in
Madras's Chintadripet slums, Dr. Thara plans to develop a broadly replicable model for such
family-focused, community-backed intervention. This model will include basic education
regarding the disease and how to cope with both its medical aspects and its periods of crisis.
Mutual support groups for the families will help to break down their sense of isolation and their
acceptance of the stigma. Getting families to take major responsibility for aftercare should not
only encourage them to believe in the possibility of a cure, but will also engage those best
positioned to observe small changes and to support, even discipline the patient.
Although she plans also to work with local leaders and social workers, Dr. Thara considers the
families to be the most effective avenue to winning over the neighborhoods. Furthermore, she
hopes eventually to integrate the growing number of such family groups into the core of a
national advocacy organization pushing for major policy changes.
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Ashoka Fellow
BHARAT KOIRALA
Bharat Koirala is helping to introduce modern journalism to Nepal. A former reporter and
editor of two of the country's largest newspapers, he is well qualified.
The Idea
Bharat left his safe, prestigious work to found the independent, non-profit Nepal Press Institute
(NPI), an organization devoted to improving the press skills of Nepal's urban and rural
journalists, both established and just starting out. "Our job is to help create a new generation
of journalists. They will bring life to the press."
The Problem
Today in Nepal, despite the rising literacy rate, there has been a decrease in the readership of
the nations' newspapers. Readers complain that newspapers are poorly written and that the news
is uninteresting.
There are probably limits to how interesting a constrained press can become, but the press has
recently won greater freedom, and Bharat believes he can help by strengthening the journalists.
He can give them skills, and can help them develop a modern sense of intellectual and
professional standards.
He also believes he can help journalists write about development issues of concern to the
common person, and increase their reach in the process.
The Strategy
At the Institute, located on the south side of Kathmandu, Bharat and his colleagues conduct
training classes for students who are the equivalent of college sophomores. These students pay
an admission fee and are trained in the fine art of reporting and writing a news story.
Bharat and his colleagues are also training established journalists in better methods of reporting
and writing. At a seminar the Institute just conducted for 25 leading journalists in radio,
television and the press, journalists were trained in new technologies and were given refreshed
courses on reporting and writing. At the other end of the scale, he's also helping many of the
journalists putting out one person journals at the (lively) bottom of Nepal's press. He is also
running a program of seminars for rural journalists.
Bharat has hopes that he will eventually be able to support the Press Institute through
consultancies that the Institute can do on contract for the Nepal government and for international
organizations. For instance, The National Press Counsel, a government body, recently
commissioned a paper on the working conditions of journalists in Nepal from 1901 to the
present. The National News Agency, which is presently being subsidized by government, also
commissioned a study on how they could become self-sufficient financially. It's a beginning.
Bharat believes that building a research effort will be an added element of not just income but
also prestige for the Institute. He notes that there is nowhere for people inside or outside of
Nepal to run for even the most basic information on media within Nepal. For instance, simple
questions such as: how many radio listeners or television viewers does the country have, or
what do readers of newspapers in the country like to read about, are unanswerable at present.
The Institute is beginning to fill this need.
The Press Institute has also recently begun a wall newspaper for the villages. It focuses on rural
development and local news for rural people in Nepal and in the first effort of its kind in Nepal.
UNICEF has just pledged six years of support for the wall newspaper, which will come out once
a month. Bharat's co-workers travel throughout the country looking for relevant stories and
developing the newspaper's sales and distribution.
A recent issue had articles on the need for vaccinations for rural cattle, oral rehydration formula
and how to mix it yourself, a plant the protects crops from insects and animals with its strong
smell, a type of manual pump that is effective in many areas of Nepal, helpful hints on the
storage of seeds during winter, a Bangladesh hen that has a higher egg yield, and a story on a
Japanese peanut with higher nutritional content that can be grown easily.
He also uses carefully researched success stories. A recent issue featured a town that had
worked together to install an innovative small scale irrigation system. Another issue had a story
about a cobbler's wife who was able to get credit and begin her own business.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 5, 1995
Father Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001-2022
Dear Robert: Father Drenan
Thanks so much for writing and for
sending a copy of your remarks to the Loyola
University Chicago School of Law. Your words
were such an important reminder of all that
we can and need to do for the world's
children. This is a subject of great
interest to the First Lady.
Thanks again for writing and best
wishes.
and Manks for
Sincerely yours,
all ymd
Me Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
Robert F. Drinan, S.J.
Professor of Law
April 24, 1995
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Office of Mrs. Clinton
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Melanne:
I thought that you and Mrs. Clinton might be interested in the attached address which
I gave at the opening of the new clinic on children's rights at Loyola University Law School
in Chicago.
I was immensely impressed at the potential of this unique law school clinic.
With every best wish, I am
Cordially yours,
Robert Br F., Drinan, S.J.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 27, 1995
Mr. Nicholas Duplak
Editor
Narodna Volya
440 Wyoming Avenue
Scranton, PA 18503-1290
Dear Mr. Duplak:
Thank you very much for your letter and
for the article. I hope your readers enjoyed.
it as much as I did. I also was pleased to
get the information about your daughter. I'm
sure you are very proud of her. Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Syxce grayn!
Melanne New Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
Thanks
НАРОДНА ВОЛЯ
NARODNA VOLYA
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FAX (717) 347-5649
PiK основання 1911
Since 1911
Пресовий opΓaH УБСоюзу
Ukrainian weekly published by UFA
June 12, 1995
Melanne Verveer
Office of Administration
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Melanne,
Enclosed you will find a copy of "Narodna Volya". In it is an article
about the interview I feel honored to have had with you.
I am also enclosing an article published i a Syracuse, NY newspaper
The Post Standard about my daughter Orysia, who is a junior at West
Genesee High School in Camillus, N.Y. I hope you will enjoy it.
If I could be of any assistance to you in the future, please feel
free to let me know.
Sincerely Yours,
Nicholes Nicholas Daplar Duplah
MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR
West Genesee student sees
need for reform in society
Orysia Duplak's dream job is "something in poli-
tics."
She said, "I think I could make a difference."
Like any budding politician, the Camillus resident is
not short of opinions.
"I love President Clinton," she said. "I think it's im-
portant to follow what people want and address their
problems, but he gets criticized for having his ear to
the ground."
Duplak, 16, attends West Genesee High School. In
January, she won second place in the annual "Voice of
Democracy" speech-writing contest sponsored by Ca-
millus Post 8664, Veterans of Foreign Wars. She was
presented a certificate at a Jan. 14 ceremony.
Duplak's speech was titled "My Vision for Ameri-
ca." That vision includes social reform.
"We need social reform," Duplak said. "I work at
P&C, and I see a lot of people using welfare who
Orysia Duplak
shouldn't. We should take care of our own people first
before we help other countries."
In my spare time: I play tennis and the violin. I
Taking after her father, the editor of a Ukrainian-
like to swim.
American newspaper, Duplak grew up paying close at-
Best advice I ever received: I can do anything I
tention to the news.
set my mind to.
"I guess my dad rubbed off on me," she said.
- John Hilton
My college plans: I want to go to Le Moyne. Both
my sisters went there. It's a small, private school. I
don't want to feel like I'm just a number. It's definitely
Meet Your Neighbor Is a weekly feature about people
who make up your neighborhood. If you know someone
my No. 1 choice.
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February 15, 1995
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WG speech contest
winners honored by VFW
West Genesee High School stu-
state and then national levels to
dents Tim Zawacki and Orysia
compete against speeches which
Duplak were honored Jan. 14 by
won in post competitions through-
members of the Camillus Veter-
out the United States.
ans of Foreign Wars Post 8664 for
During the Jan. 14 ceremony,
their entries in the post's annual
Zawacki received a certificate and
Voice of Democracy speech writ-
a savings bond from the post,
ing contest.
while Duplak was presented with
Zawacki placed first in the lo-
a certificate for her achievement.
cal level of the contest, while
"We honor two bright young
Duplak took second place. Their
students (who) participated in our
speeches were on the topic, "My
Voice of Democracy program
Vision for America."
which is a speech writing contest
Zawacki's recorded speech also
for 10th, 11th and 12th grade stu-
earned second place at the VFW
dents," post Quartermaster Ed
council level which includes a five-
Fletcher said of the winners.
county area of Central New York.
"Many thanks to West Genesee
Speeches which win in the
teacher Dianne Emmick for her
council level can go on to district,
involvement." he added.
Orysia Duplak, at right, accepts her award from Voice of Democ-
racy program Chair Pat Fletcher, left. Fletcher also chairs the
hospital and V.A.V.S. programs for the state ladies auxiliary.
Camillus's Volce of Democracy contest winner Tim Zawacki, at
left accepts his award from program chair Pat Fletcher, while post
Quartermaster Ed Fletcher (third from left) and Commander Hank
Polech, at far right, look on.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 13, 1995
Jorgen Ejbol
Editor-in-Chief
Jyllands Posten
Grondalsvej 3
8260 Viby J
Denmark
Dear Mr. Ejbol:
Mrs. Clinton asked me to thank you for
the photos from her trip to Denmark, which
Ambassador Elson kindly forwarded. The First
Lady enjoyed her all-too-brief trip to
Copenhagen and hopes someday to be able to
return for a longer visit.
Thanks again and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
New Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
Sand
Thank you
Ambassador of the United States of America
Copenhagen
Edward Elliott Elson
March 20, 1995
Ms. Melanie Verveer
Office of the First Lady
The White House
Dear Melan:
My great friend, Jørgen Ejbøl, Editor-in-Chief of the
Jyllands-Posten, most generously sent the enclosed photographs,
which I know the First Lady will enjoy having. Each of these
appeared in an edition of the Jyllands-Posten during Hillary's
visit. Jørgen's address is: Jyllands-Posten, Grøndalsvej 3,
8260 Viby J, Denmark.
Sincerely,
S
Enclosures
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 14, 1995
Ms. Marlene T. Elias
377 South Walter Avenue
Newbury Park, CA 91320-4346
Dear Ms. Elias:
Mrs. Clinton asked me to thank you for
introducing yourself and for sending the
article, music and album of the songs which
you wrote for Mother Teresa. She found the
music to be very inspirational.
Thank you again for writing and for all
the important work you do on behalf of Mother
Teresa. God bless you.
Sincerely yours,
Manne Verveer uer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
thank 1pm
from HRC
Marlene T. Elias
377 South Walter Ave.
Newbury Park, Ca. 91320-4346
805-498-3431
January 31. 1995
Mrs. Hillary Clinton
Office of the First Lady
Washington, 20050
Dear Mrs. Clinton,
By way of this letter, I'd like to introduce myself to you, SO that when we meet in the
near future we'll be new friends. My name is Marlene Elias, wife, mother, freelance
writer, singer, songwriter and since 1987 an "adopted daughter" of Mother Teresa of
Calcutta. She is the reason I am writing to you. When I called Mother at Christmas, she
made a point of asking me to contact you concerning the project she asked you to help
her with, when she spoke to you last February after the breakfast in Washington. In
speaking with Sister Sylvia today after her meeting with you, she informed me that you
were very much into the plans for the home.
Later, trying to get in touch with you, I spoke to lovely Melanne, who told me that you
have been tireless in your efforts, spending the better part of last year to see this come to
fruition. GOD BLESS YOU! You've sent a personal letter to Mother filling her in on the
progress and explaining the process it took. And the letter hand delivered by Sandy
MacMurtrie who accompanied Sister Priscilla. Thank you for caring enough to help
Mother. You will be blessed greatly by God for your efforts.
My brother, Monsignor John Esseff, a priest from Scranton, Pa., is Mother Teresa's
confessor and the spiritual director of Mother and her nuns around the world. It was he
who took me to Calcutta in 1987, where I met and worked with Mother Teresa. This
humble, dynamic, gallant woman touched my heart as I watched her in the streets of
Calcutta, caring for the poorest of the poor. Never had I seen such tenderness and love.
Her total giving of self, prompted me to write dozens of articles, sharing my experiences
with this Saint of the Gutters. Words to songs, melodies and music exploded in my
mind. Out of this came six albums of original songs. Photos which I took in Calcutta,
and subsequently in the Bronx, became the basis for a Slide Presentation with the music,
which I've taken around the country. We began sending the proceeds from the concerts
and tapes to the Missionaries of Charity to help in their work.
Now I am in the process of writing a book about Mother with stories she's shared with
me through letters, tapes, by phone and in person. And you, dear Hillary Clinton, First
Lady, will play a very significant part in Mother Teresa's life and so, will be a very
special chapter in the book about her life.
It would be an honor and a privelege if my brother and I could be at the dedication of
Mother's facility Monsignor John to give a special blessing, and my daughter MaryAnn
and 1 to sing a song for the occasion, the one I wrote for the homeless, "AM I MY
BROTHER'S KEEPER?" I'll be speaking to Mother this week, after she's had a chance to
visit with Sandy and read your message.
Enclosed please find a copy of "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" and one of the albums I
wrote for Mother Teresa, along with a recent article I wrote. I would appreciate your
letting me know when the dedication will be, so we can arrange our schedules.
God bless you, your husband Bill, daughter Chelsea (and Socks,too). My husband
Tony and I and our family, pray for you, our First Family, asking God to help you in all
things.
Love in Him,
Marlene 9. Elias
Marlene T. Elias
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
MOTHER TERESA,
THE "AMBASSADOR OF LOVE"
by Marlene T. Elias
people's hearts to help, then they will share what they have. It breaks
her heart to see countries such as the United States waste SO much.
Once when speaking at a banquet for the Knights of Columbus she
looked at the grand ballroom with its elegant chandeliers, opulent
decor, and gourmet dinners being served. She told the audience that the
exorbitant cost of this evening would feed thousands of her poor. The
Knights were SO touched, they matched the cost of the dinner, and
donated it for her work.
Miracle in Beirut
She speaks honestly from her heart. No gimmicks, no rehearsed
gestures. My brother was in Beirut for four years helping refugees and
orphans. He worked with the Missionaries of Charity and through them
met Mother Teresa. Monsignor John shared a story about how her
prayers brought miraculous results.
Beirut was in the midst of a horrendous war, shelled and bombed
relentlessly. Many were homeless. Mother Teresa heard of retarded
Those who have heard Mother Teresa speak attest that she is the
children left behind to die. She approach President Jamail of Lebanon
communicator extraordinaire. This diminutive, humble, yet dynamic
to ask for permission to cross the Green Line to rescue them. He told her
lady, is known throughout the world for her love of the poor and
it was too dangerous. "If the war stops, may I go in after them?" she
destitute. She became my guide on a special odyssey when I gazed with
asked. He agreed, though he knew it was impossible.
wonderment into her penetrating eyes, hardly able to believe I was
She gathered her nuns around her in the Chapel and prayed all
actually in her presence in Calcutta, India.
night. Suddenly the noise of the bombing stopped. She rushed to call
Why has she touched SO many lives? Why was I SO blessed and
President Jamail. "May I go for the children now?"
privileged to be there with her? I hungered for an insight into what makes
He not only allowed her to go, but sent several Red Cross trucks,
her Teresa SO beloved and revered by people of all persuasions.
personnel and equipment with them to rescue the children. They found
ht to Calcutta
64 retarded children, half starved, crying. They cleaned them up and got
I wanted to learn what makes her SO fascinating. I watched her with
them aboard the trucks. As they crossed back over the Green Line, the
the poor and the rich, dignitaries and common people. As I saw her with
shelling and bombing resumed.
her nuns and saw her speak to each person she met, the solution to the
"Just Good Boys"
mystery began to unfold. Her great gift is humility. She demonstrated it
My brother witnessed her powers of communication and loving
from the first moment I met her.
persuasion when he went to Ethiopia with Cardinal John O'Connor of
I had traveled to India with my brother, Monsignor John Esseff, a
New York, accompanied by an entourage of hierarchy and film crew
priest in the Diocese of Scranton, PA. He was to conduct a retreat for
from the United States. Their mission was to check conditions and to
Mother Teresa and her Sisters in Calcutta. I could hardly contain my
send aid from the Mission Societies to the starving people. At Addis
excitement during the 26 hour flight. On entering the airline terminal,
Ababa they discovered the trip by land to the Famine Center was not
I was rendered speechless as I spotted Mother Teresa. She approached
possible. They would have to fly.
us with outstretched hands and a radiant smile.
The Russian pilots, learning that these were hated Americans, became
Here was one of the most famous of women in the world, winner
angry. They did not want the famine area filmed. They refused to help.
of the Nobel Peace Prize. She could have sent someone else to pick us
It was hopeless
up, but instead chose to come in person. Then she began hoisting our
Then my brother spotted Mother Teresa and several of her Sisters.
luggage into the dilapidated ambulance which was to be our transpor-
As he watched she went directly to the Russian pilots and spoke to them
tation. [ was bowled over!
in Russian (She is of Slavonic descent). Mother Teresa took some medals
As we rode with her to her Motherhouse she pointed out the
of the Virgin Mary from her pocket. Then this tiny lady reached up to the
devastating effects that poverty and hunger create in Calcutta.
big, fierce, atheist Communist soldiers and placed a medal over each
1 was horrified at the sight of emaciated shells of human beings
one's head, while asking God to bless them.
barely able to walk. They ambled aimlessly along filthy disease infested
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streets. I will never forget the smell. Little naked children begged for
food. Lepers approached our truck hoping to get alms. I began crying.
These scenes are etched into my soul.
Mother Teresa told me to stop crying, for these unfortunates had
enough misery. She told me they needed smiles, not tears. Their pinched
faces turned from dour to radiant when Mother Teresa smiled at them. She
reached out to touch them, giving them consolation and hope.
Her gentleness with the sick and dying is a quality 1 SO admire. She
kes each one feel that they are special. Mother and her nuns go out
the streets daily and bring as many as possible to the hospital. Food
Sked by the sisters and volunteers is given out until it is gone. Then
they pray to God to send food enough for the next day. Each day we
watched in amazement as the larders were replenished for that day's
needs. She has total trust in the Lord to provide.
More Blessed to Give
Mother never has fund raisers. She asks that God put the desire in
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 26, 1995
The Honorable Ed Elson
United States Embassy
Copenhagen, DENMARK
Dear Mr. Ambassador:
Enclosed are photos from Mrs. Clinton's
visit to Copenhagen which we thought you and
Susie might enjoy. We would appreciate your
help in distributing them to the appropriate
people.
Thank you again for your wonderful
hospitality and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 1, 1995
Mr. Ronald H. Field
Senior Vice President
Office of Public Policy
1319 F Street, NW, Suite 204
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Mr. Field:
Thank you for your letter and for
sending a copy of your annual report. Good
luck in your important work.
Thank you again for your letter and for
your support. Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
FSA
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Family Service America. Inc.
May 22, 1995 Prob
Daniel A. Phillips
Chair
Melanne Verveer
Adrian R. Fowler
Vice Chair
Deputy Assistant to the President
Nancy S. Gilliland
Vice Chair
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the First Lady
David R. Powell
The White House
Vice Chair
Lee Randall Jones
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Secretary
Washington, DC 20500
J. Hunter Atkins
Treasurer
Peter B. Goldberg
Dear Ms. Verveer:
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Enclosed please find a copy of our new annual report. You may find it
interesting in its descriptions of the many things we do as a not-for-profit
human service provider.
I especially want to draw your attention to page 1 inside, where you will
find President Clinton's special message to and about family services
and Family Service America. We were pleased to receive that earlier this
year and are especially happy to be able to display his support of our
work in this way.
I feel confident that we share with the Clinton Administration the goal
expressed in our vision statement: "A health society built on strong
families and communities." " We look forward to our continued work with
you toward that end.
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ms Versea-
Peter Doldberg
Ronald H. Field
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has told me how
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 25, 1995
Dr. Julie E. Fisher
Visiting Fellow
Yale University
Program on Non-Profit
Organizations
88 Trumbull Street
P.O. Box 208253
New Haven, CT 06520-8253
Dear Dr. Fisher:
Thank you for sending me a copy of your
book, The Road From Rio. It provided very
useful background material on the importance
of NGO's. We found the book helpful in
preparing Mrs. Clinton's visit to South Asia.
Your thoughtfulness is greatly
appreciated. Good luck in the important work
you do.
Sincerely Minner yours,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
Yale University
Program on Non-Profit Organizations
Telephone
88 Trumbull Street
203 432-2121
P.O. Box 208253
FAX:
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Thank you 203 432-7798
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Room 100
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Ms. Verveer:
Since Mrs. Clinton will be visiting Asian nongovernmental organizations such as
the Grameen Bank, I thought she might be interested in the enclosed copy of my
book. I would be very grateful if you could get this to her before she leaves.
I also enclose some recent articles on NGOs in the Third World.
Sincerely,
Julie Fisher
Julie E. Fisher, PhD
Visiting Fellow
The Road
Sust From tain Non me 3rd wall
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 22, 1995
Mr. Bruce Merlin Fried
Vice President, Federal Affairs
FHP International Corporation
1401 Eye Street, NW, Suite 210
Washington, DC 20005
Dear Mr. Fried:
Thank you very much for your letter and
for sharing "FHP: The Evolution of a Managed
Care Health Maintenance Organization" with
Mrs. Clinton.
Thank you again for thinking of the
First Lady. Best wishes.
Sincerely,
mean Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
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FHP®
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202.408.7620 Fax 202.408.7628
June 5, 1995
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
Office of the First Lady
The White House
Washington, DC
Dear Melanne:
I would greatly appreciate your assistance in having the enclosed book delivered to
The First Lady.
In his book, Robert Gumbiner, M.D. founder and Chairman of the Board of FHP
International Corporation, relates the story of the creation and growth of one of the nation's
leading health maintenance organizations. I hope The First Lady finds "FHP: The Evolution
of a Managed Care Health Maintenance Organization" to be enlightening and thought
provoking.
I trust all is well with you. Thank you for your assistance with this matter. With best
personal regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Bruce Merlin Fried
Vice President, Federal Affairs
cc: R. Gumbiner, M.D.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 28, 1995
Mr. Bruce M. Fried
VP, Federal Affairs
FHP Health Care
FHP International Corporation
1401 Eye Street, Suite 210
Washington, DC 20005
Dear Bruce:
Thank you for writing and sending a copy
of The FHP Journal of Clinical Research. I
hope you're enjoying the new job.
Thanks again and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Min
lti
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
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February 9, 1995
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Deputy Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff to First Lady
100 Old Executive Office Building
17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Ms. Verveer: Melame
It is my pleasure to provide you with a copy of the Winter issue of The FHP Journal
of Clinical Research.
The FHP Journal of Clinical Research provides an important forum for the
dissemination and exchange of timely, medically relevant issues within the context of
managed care. In the enclosed edition, for example, you will find articles on a study
conducted by FHP Hospital in Utah on a new method of diagnosing dizziness; how HMOs
are using cancer registries to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of cancer treatment;
and a look at FHP's Senior Plan, which provides comprehensive coverage to more than
350,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
As you may know, FHP International is a diversified health care services company.
FHP's federally qualified health maintenance organization (HMO), the third largest in the
nation, provides prepaid health care to more than 1.7 million people in Arizona, California,
Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Utah and Guam.
Since its inception in 1961, FHP has been a leader in managed care. The FHP Journal, a
unique publication among HMOs, is an example of that leadership.
With your interest in health care policy, I am hopeful that you will find the material
in The FHP Journal of interest. Should you wish to continue to receive complimentary
copies, please fax the enclosed form back to me at (202) 408-7628. With every good wish
I am,
Sincerely,
Br
Bruce M. Fried
Vice President, Federal Affairs
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 28, 1995
Mr. David Furchgott
Executive Director
International Sculpture Center
1050 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Mr. Furchgott: David
I wanted to write and let you know how
wonderful it is that the sculpture exhibit
from the White House will be extended at the
Gibbes Museum. It is so gratifying to know
that this wonderful collection will be made
available to an even wider audience.
Thank you for all your important work in
making this possible and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
International Sculpture Center
1050 17th Street, NW
202 785.1144
Suite 250
202 785.0810 Fax
Washington, DC 20036 USA
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February 7, 1995
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Mr. Rex Scouten, Curator
The White House
1400 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
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Dear Mr. Scouten:
are
As you already know, the International Sculpture Center is preparing to extend the
about
exhibition Twentieth Century American Sculpture at The White House, to the Spoleto
Festival USA, in South Carolina. We have been securing loan extensions from the various
lending institutions and obtaining insurance coverage. You will of course receive
the
documentation of all loan extensions and insurance coverage for your records soon.
I am making preliminary arrangements to transport the entire exhibit from your
Riverside storage facility, to South Carolina. Would it be possible to use the funds that you
have allocated for the return shipment of the twelve individual sculptures to their respective
lenders, for transportation of the exhibition to it's new site at the Gibbes Museum in South
Carolina. Transportation costs for shipping the exhibition as one unit would be less
expensive, and your assistance would enormously help with this project. Please let me
know if this is a viable possibility. I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
David Furchgott
Executive Director
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 21, 1995
Ms. Eddah Gachukia
Executive Director
FAWE
12th Floor, International House
Mama Nigina Street
PO Box 53168
Nairobi, KENYA
Dear Ms. Gachukia:
Thank you for writing and for sending
information about FAWE. FAWE's commitment to
promoting girls' education is commendable; I
have forwarded your information to Carol
Lancaster at the U.S. Agency for
International Development for further review.
Thanks again for writing and best
wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Melanne Verveer Jer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
Forum for A r'ca Wo ne 1 Educationa ists
F
W
(FAWE)
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"Supporting Girls and Women to Acquire Education for Development"
12th Floor, International House
TELEPHONE: (254) 2 330352
Mama Ngina Street
226590
P.O. Box 53168
FAX: (254) 2210709
NAIROBI, KENYA,
568278
12 April 1995
R and
rend to
Ms Melanne Verveer
Deputy Assistant to the President
Carol Lancaster
and Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
USML
Washington, D.C. 20500
USA
Dear Ms Verveer
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) is an unprecedented group
of 34 women cabinet ministers and women vice chancellors of universities in Africa
who assume leadership for education planning and implementation in their countries.
Created in 1992, FAWE has built a strong operational base from which to address
female education as it relates to long-term economic development and its centrality and
urgency in education sector planning.
FAWE's structure, through its General Assembly and Executive Committee brings
together women policy makers from 24 countries with a commitment to the philosophy
of self-reliance to confront female education problems specific to the African region.
Together, they have developed an innovative work programme and modality for
collaborative activity. FAWE has also extended its base to include as associate
members male ministers of education who have a growing awareness of and
commitment to the education of African girls. FAWE recognizes the importance of
creating partnerships with other actors - NGOs, teachers, researchers etc. who play
a key role in determining access, survival and performance of girls in education. This
awareness has led to the expansion of the FAWE membership base through the
creation of National Chapters in Seventeen countries. These Chapters bring together
concerned people to address issues which eventually must and only can be dealt with
at the local level.
FAWE is registered as an international, non-profit organization with headquarters in
Nairobi, Kenya. FAWE is the coordinator of African NGOs participation at the
Beijing Conference on the Education sub-theme.
Enclosed please find materials with more background information on FAWE.
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12 April 1995
Ms Melanne Verveer
The reason we decided to write to you is because of the well publicized announcement
on the support forthcoming from the United States of America Government targeting
education of poor girls in Africa.
It is our hope that you will find FAWE a useful ally in your efforts to assist poor
girls' participation in education.
Please do not hesitate to request for any other information you may require from and
about the Forum.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely
Eddah Gachukia
Executive Director
cc.
Hon Gennet Zewide
Chairperson, FAWE
Minister for Education
Ministry of Education
P O BOX 1367
Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA
Ambassador Sally Shelton
Assistant Administrator
Bureau for Global Programs
United States Agency for
International Development
Washington, D.C. 20523
USA
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 7, 1995
Dr. Pradeep Ganguly
President
ICCC, Inc.
9236 Copenhaver Drive
Potomac, MD 20854
Dear Dr. Ganguly:
The First Lady asked me to thank you for
your invitation to attend the India Day
festival in the Greater Washington area on
August 19, 1995. However, she regrets that
she cannot attend.
Good luck with your work and thank you
for thinking of the First Lady.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer we
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
05/31/1995 13:28
410-333-8309
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INDIA CULTURAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE, INC.
ICCC
9236 Copenhaver Drive, Potomac, Maryland 20854
Regist
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1995-96
May 30, 1995
President
Pradeep Ganguly
Ms. Melanne Verveer, Deputy Chief of Staff
301-279-8794
Office of the First Lady
V.P. Organizational
The White House
Renuka Misro
Washington, D.C. 20500
301-695-9225
V.P. Cultural
Inder Chandra
Subject: INDIA DAY in Washington
703-569-2276
Dear Ms Verveer:
Secretary
Raj Singh
703-256-8099
I am writing to solicit your help is inviting Mrs. Clinton to the INDIA DAY
Joint Secretary
festival in the Greater Washington area on August 19, 1995. This annual
Shobhana Sharma
community event is organized by ICCC which has been in existence since 1976.
301-869-1488
Treasurer
For several reasons I believe that Mrs. Clinton (and Chelsea) should attend this
Satish Uppal
301-869-6366
event. First, her recent visit to India has stirred the Indian American community
who have always held her and the President in high regard. Her participation
Joint Treasurer
Shiv Jindal
will further cement the bond of friendship between the two nations and their
703-644-5815
people. Second, this gesture is likely to promote U.S.-India cooperation on
trade and investment that will benefit both nations and create jobs here in
MEMBERS
America. Third, Indian Americans are great supporters of the First Lady and
Sulochana Ayya
the President, especially for their emphasis on health care, education and family
301-890-9716
values. Fourth, this is the largest event of the Indian American community in
Gopal M. Bhatnagar
the Greater Washington area. Last year over 2,000 people attended this event.
301-921-9332
Finally, ICCC organizes this annual event in cooperation with many local
Dev Chaudhry
organizations and talented artists. Therefore, this truly is a community event,
202-512-1018
and it will provide the First Lady an opportunity to reach out to the entire
Homeed Khan
Indian American community.
301-496-1485
Mohini Khattar
If I can provide further information, please have your office call me at home
410-418-9217
(301) 279-8794 or at work (410) 333-6948.
Archana B. Patel
703-750-9192
Sincerely yours,
T. Srikantaiah
301-530-4511
Sudhir Srivastava
301-977-0561
Prodeep Ganguly
nand K. Verma
301-585-1851
Dr. Pradeep Ganguly
President
Past President
Suresh Chandra
703-569-2276
05/31/1995 13:28
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INDIA CULTURAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE, INC.
LCCC
9236 Copenhaver Drive, Potomac, Maryland 20854
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1995-96
May 25, 1995
President
Pradeep Ganguly
301-279-8794
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
V.P. Organizational
The White House
Renuka Misra
Washington, D.C. 20500
301-695-9225
V.P. Cultural
Subject: INDIA DAY in Washington
Inder Chandra
703-569-2276
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
Secretary
Raj Singh
703-256-8099
It is with great pleasure that I invite you and Chelsea to join us on
*
Saturday, August 19, 1995 as we celebrate INDIA DAY in the Greater
Joint Secretary
Shobhana Sharma
Washington area. The program will be held at the John F. Kennedy High
301-869-1488
School, 1901 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20902.
Treasurer
Satish Uppal
ICCC takes pride in organizing this annual event in cooperation with local
301-869-6366
organizations and talented artists. This is the largest event of the Indian
Joint Treasurer
American community in the Greater Washington area. The event will
Shiv Jindal
703-644-5815
feature an outdoor bazaar, live entertainment and cultural presentations.
The outdoor bazaar and entertainment will start at 2:00 PM. The cultural
MEMBERS
program inside the auditorium will begin at 5:30 PM.
Sulochana Ayya
The members of the ICCC Board and the Indian American community feel
301-890-9716
especially honored that you and Chelsea recently visited India. We hope
Gopal M. Bhatnagar
301-921-9332
that you can arrive early so that you may see the outdoor bazaar, address
the community and enjoy the cultural presentation. If you need further
Dev Chaudhry
202-512-1018
information, please ask your office to call me at home (301) 279-8794 or at
Hameed Khan
work (410) 333-6948.
301-496-1485
Mohini Khattar
Sincerely yours,
410-418-9217
Archana B. Patel
703-750-9192
Pradeep lyanguly
T. Srikantaiah
301-530-4511
Dr. Pradeep Ganguly
Sudhir Srivastava
President
301-977-0561
Anand K. Verma
301-585-1851
Past President
Suresh Chandra
703-569-2276
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 18, 1995
Mr. Michael J. Gerhardt
Visiting Professor
Cornell Law School
Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
Dear Michael:
Thank you for sharing with me your essay
on Stephen Carter's book on the confirmation
process. I look forward to reading your
upcoming book. Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Mever
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
R
Cornell Law School
May 6, 1995
Ms. Melanne Verveer, Deputy Chief of Staff
Office of the First Lady
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Melanne:
I am terribly embarrassed that my enclosed essay on the confirmation process that
I hoped to send to you several months ago has just now for reasons beyond my control
gone to the printer. I thought the piece would be of interest to you. Although the essay is
a critical review of Stephen Carter's book on the confirmation process, it includes my
analysis of various confirmation episodes that were not dated at least as of the time I
finished it last fall. In offering my opinions about the confirmation process, I have tried
to balance my commitment to the current administration and my academic integrity. I
suspect many of my opinions are shared by many people in the administration. In any
event, as I think I have previously indicated to you, the review essay touches on a number
of themes that I will develop more extensively in my forthcoming book on the federal
appointments process, which I have recently contracted with the Princeton University
Press to publish. Obviously, I welcome any comments.
I will, of course, keep you posted on whether I am able to come to Washington this
summer. As always, I greatly appreciate your interest, support, and patience with me.
Very truly yours,
Mike
Michael J. Gerhardt
Visiting Professor
Myron Taylor Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-4901 ~ Fax: (607) 255-7193
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 2, 1995
Mr. Peter B. Goldberg
President and CEO
Family Service America, Inc.
11700 West Park Lake Drive
Park Place
Milwaukee, WI 53224
Dear Peter:
Thank you for writing and for sending a
copy of "An Advocacy Agenda for Children and
Families." Nothing is more important. Your
message is a clear and compelling reminder of
our responsibilities to our nation's children
and families in need.
It was so nice to meet you at the
Kiwanis luncheon. Thanks again for writing
and best wishes.
lenging 8207
Sincerely Ane yours,
in souch
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
FSA
Family Service America, Inc.
thank
Jack R. Childs
February 14, 1995
Chairman
Nancy S. Gilliland
Vice Chairman
Glen M. Rosenthal
Vice Chairman
Patricia Taylor
Vice Chairman
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Lee Randall Jones
Deputy Assistant to the President, and
Secretary
Daniel A. Phillips
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Treasurer
The White House
Peter B. Goldberg
President and
Washington, DC 20500
Chief Executive Officer
Dear Melanne:
It was a pleasure to sit with you at the February 8th luncheon honoring the Kiwanis
Clubs for their commitment to children. I enjoyed our conversation about
communications and advocacy agendas for children very much.
I am enclosing for your information a copy of a speech I gave a few months ago,
imploring family service agencies to strengthen their efforts in the area of public
communications. I think you will resonate to this message; it amplifies on the
discussion we had at lunch.
Please let me know if there are ways we can strengthen the family service
movement.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Pite Peter B. Goldberg
President and
Chief Executive Officer
PBG:jel
letters. 214
Enclosure
11700 West Lake Park Drive Park Place Milwaukee. WI 53224 (414) 359-1040 Fax (414) 359-1074
Families Strengthen America
Washington, DC.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 14, 1995
Ms. Leslie Gottlieb
Director of Communications
The League Treatment Center
30 Washington Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201
Dear Ms. Gottlieb:
Thank you for your invitation to Mrs.
Clinton to visit The League Treatment Center.
The First Lady is aware of the wonderful work
your organization has done over the years on
behalf of needy children.
At this time Mrs. Clinton's schedule is
quite full. However, if circumstances should
permit, we will advise.
Thank you for writing and best wishes in
the important work you do.
Sincerely yours,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
The League Treatment Center
for CHILDREN & ADULTS
30 Washington Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 718-643-5300 Fax 718-237-2793
R
Bernice Sherman
Feb. 3, 1995
President
Board of Trustees
Ms. Melanie Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
Hannah Achtenberg Kinn
Executive Director
Office of Hillary Clinton
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Trustees
David Aiken
Philip S Altheim
Dear Ms. Verveer:
Freda Diamond Baruch
Dr Doreen Blanc
Ann Brancato
As you may recall, my mother Doris Brickner introduced us at
Clarence Clark
Stella Filippelli
the People For the American Way reception during the
Sylvie Gallagher
Democratic National Convention in New York.
Robert F. Gartland
Dr Sara Gordon
LOUIS Green
Rose R. Jones
I am contacting you now in my position as Communications
Dr. Steven E. Katz
Director of the League Treatment Center, the nation's oldest
Dr. Celedonia Koh
Peter M Lehrer
program treating children with autism ( we now effectively
Paul Lenner
Judith Lipsey
treat children and adults with multiple handicaps ) We are a
Gerard P Lynch
model for other programs in Boston, Los Angeles and other
Sen Marty Markowitz
Dr Marcia Kramer Mayer
cities in this country and overseas.
David Ogilvie
Bruce C Ratner
LOUIS Ricciardelli
Our Executive Director Hannah Achtenberg Kinn knows Hillary
Betsy Seidman
Sherman
Clinton and has met her on a number of occasions. She was
Shulkin
also a classmate of Bill Clinton's at Oxford.
Silverman
in
Helene Coles Stein
Carol Gamm Wilner
We have been committed to treating the most vulnerable
Honorary Trustees
children in our society -- the mentally handicapped, the
Rebecca DerBrucke
abused, the crack baby, the low birth weight infants, and the
Bess T Pflug
angry, violent teenager. Most of our clients are from the
Mrs. Harold Silvey
Cong. Stephen Solarz
inner city, from deprived backgrounds, many come from foster
Eli Wallach
homes. Our programs are almost completely funded by city,
Past Presidents
state and federal funds.
Dr. Joseph Mandelbaum
Charles MOOS
And we have results. Fifty percent of our children we test
have raised IQs (contrary to the supposed "theories" in the
Bell Curve) from below normal to normal; and 50% progress so
far that they leave our program for kindergarten or programs
transitional to kindergarten. Take Cynthia for example, When
she came to us she was retarded, diagnosed as autistic and
would not speak or let anyone touch her. After intensive
therapy 3 years later her IQ was normal, she speaks and laughs
and hugs and is now in a public school. Her life has been
transformed.
In short, our commitment mirrors the commitment Hillary
Clinton has made to the poor and deprived children of this
country when she was president of the Children's Defense Fund
and in her leadership as First Lady.
A visit to our programs offers a great opportunity to have
photos with the children and The League for School Mrs 56 Clinton Kingston Avenue to Brooklyn, her NY to 11203 talk
18-498-2500
about the needs of some of the 1n2 18-434-3106
Carl Fenichel Community Services, Inc.
885
Rogers
Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11226
718-856-4300
Joan Fenichel Therapeutic Nursery 30 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-643-5300
Morgan Stanley/Forest City Pierrepont Opportunity Center
30 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-643-5300
Administrative Offices 30 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-643-5300
FAX 718-237-2793
society.
Located conveniently in Brooklyn Heights, just minutes from
Wall St. we would be glad to accommodate Mrs. Clinton's
schedule in one of two ways: any weekday she is in New York
and can schedule about an hour we would be glad to arrange a
tour of the nursery, photos with some of our children ( from
our roof overlooking the Manhattan skyline ) and perhaps a
brief talk about the importance of programs that help the most
needy and vulnerable in our society. Or we could feature her
in one of our many upcoming events which include: Spring
Festival on April 20th; Mother's Day celebration on May 12th
Field Day on May 18th and Graduation for the nursery June 9th
and for our school ( ages 5-20 ) June 15th. Finally our major
corporate dinner featuring many Wall Street leaders is
tentatively scheduled for June 8th.
I am enclosing a copy of the letter we have sent to Kelly
Craighead and would greatly appreciate it if you might assist
in furthering its progress. I would be glad to provide
additional information or answer any questions you might have.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Communications
The League Treatment Center
for CHILDREN & ADULTS
30 Washington Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 718-643-5300 Fax 718-237-2793
Bernice Sherman
President
Board of Trustees
Hannah Achtenberg Kinn
Executive Director
February 6, 1995
Trustees
David Aiken
Philip S. Altheim
Ms. Kelly Craighead
Freda Diamond Baruch
Dr. Doreen Blanc
Office of Hillary Clinton
Ann Brancato
The White House
Clarence Clark
Stella Filippelli
Washington, D.C.
Sylvie Gallagher
Robert F. Gartland
Dr. Sara Gordon
Dear Ms. Craighead:
Louis Green
Rose R Jones
Dr. Steven E. Katz
When Hillary Clinton was president of the Children's Defense
Dr. Celedonia Koh
Peter M. Lehrer
Fund and as First Lady she has spoken movingly about the
Paul Lenner
plight of our nation's children.
Judith Lipsey
Gerard P. Lynch
Sen. Marty Markowitz
Dr. Marcia Kramer Mayer
The League Treatment Center, the nation's oldest program
David Ogilvie
treating children with autism has been helping these children
Bruce C. Ratner
Louis Ricciardelli
overcome tremendous odds. We have helped raise low IQs from
Betsy Seidman
Bernice Sherman
the retarded range to normal; teach them to speak for the
D Shulkin
first time in their lives.
en Silverman
Stahl
Helene Coles Stein
I have met Hillary Clinton on many occasions and am a
Carol Gamm Wilner
Honorary Trustees
classmate of Bill Clinton's at Oxford. I believe our programs
Rebecca DerBrucke
are ideally suited for her messages of responsibility and
Bess T. Pflug
compassion and our results prove that expertise combined with
Mrs. Harold Silvey
Cong. Stephen Solarz
caring does make a difference. We help people fulfill their
Eli Wallach
abilities, not be burdened by their disabilities.
Past Presidents
Dr. Joseph Mandelbaum
Charles MOOS
I hope the enclosed material is of interest and that we can
schedule a visit this year. If you have any questions please
let me or Leslie Gottlieb, Director of Communications know.
Sincerely,
Hannah Achtenberg Kinn
Executive Director
The League School 567 Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203 718-498-2500
Fenichel House
627 East 31st Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11210
718-434-3106
Carl Fenichel Community Services, Inc.
885 Rogers Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11226
718-856-4300
Joan Fenichel Therapeutic Nursery
30 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-643-5300
Morgan Stanley/Forest City Pierrepont Opportunity Center
30 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-643-5300
Administrative Offices
30 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 718-643-5300
FAX 718-237-2793
NEW YORK NEWSDAY
September 14, 1994
About BROOKLYN
Self-Esteem Is the Best Lesso
By Cara Matthews
tor at the center. "Our goal is to get the kids to a point
attitude. "They teach you stuff, and they go slow
STAFF WRITER
where they can make it in the larger society," she
you," Bryant said, adding that counselors taugh
said.
fast in her previous program. Bryant said she A
vrom Mosofsky remembers what life was like
A
before he entered the League Treatment Cen-
Sherrill Bryant, 24, who entered the Morgan Stan-
well with people, and many come to her seeking
ter in 1979 - the food in the institution
ley-Forest City day treatment program last year, said
vice.
where he was living was terrible and counsel-
the program has given her self-esteem and a better
As social problems such as homelessness, AIDS
ors were known to hit patients with belts.
drugs become more acute, the need foi
Mosofaky. 39. said his life has changed dramatically
center's programs increases, Kinn said.
since he entered the center, which treats about 500
The children's program, which str
children and adults who are both mentally and emo-
early intervention, will be expanding
tionally handicapped and claims to be the oldest cen-
Manhattan next year, Kinn said.
U.T in the country treating autistic children.
Eighty percent of 2- to 5-year-olds wh
Mosofsky. who is developmentally disabled. lives in
ter the program without language skill
8 group home run by the agency and helps cook and
able to communicate when they leave,
make the beds. He gets paid for a job at the center
95 percent of them enter public school
making boxes and packaging products, he said.
that time, the center's literature says.
In Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, located at the
The center continues to monitor P
foot of Main Street in Brooklyn, Mosofaky and more
who have graduated from its programs.
than 100 members of the center's Morgan Stanley-
"We provide a safety net for them.
Forest City adult program attended the center's fall
people just don't wind up on the stre
festival recently.
Kinn said.
The members planted flowers and pumpkins,
Brooklyn resident Teresa Keegan's
painted canvasses and participated in sports events.
Christopher Keegan has been in the
We're helping improve the quality of life in our
gram since he was 5. Now 28, he was sli,
community,' Robert Shwartz. program director, said.
autistic when he entered the program
The center. which has four locations in Brooklyn,
would not even speak.
was founded as a children's program in 1953 and was
"I used to pray that I would hear hir
expanded to include adults.
momma and daddy." Teresa Keegan
Adults in the program who need the most assis-
Autism is characterized in part by an it
timee are placed in the center's day treatment pro-
ity to interact socially and language dys
gram. Others work five hours a day assembling pro-
tion.
ducts on-site or have jobs in the community.
After entering the program, her
The center also has a community-services program
learned to speak well, draw and write c
for people with both developmental disabilities and
raphy, she said. Now he has a job pack)
psychiatric impairments. Many of the program mem-
bers need treatment for violence and behavioral prob-
Newaday / Phillip Devise
and assembling products at the center.
lems, said Hannah Achtenberg Kinn, executive direc-
Morgan Stanley-Forest clients work the soll for their garden.
"It's a real vast difference," Teresa
gan said.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 1, 1995
Ms. Winifred Green
2641 Lake Circle
Jackson, MS 39211
Dear Winifred:
Thank you for your letter and sending
the Southern Coalition proposals. Good luck
with your project. Best wishes.
Sincerely,
you It was hear from great
Melanne Mee Verveer
/Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
R
Winifred Green
2641 Lake Circle
Jackson, MS 39211
May 23, 1995
Dear Melanne:
Hope you are well and bearing up under what seems to us on the outside the never ending
pressure and that you will get a little time off this summer.
I wrote the First Lady a note today telling her that the Southern Coalition is applying for an
AmeriCorp grant and for funding under the Faces Program of the Safe and Drug Free
Schools Act and said that I would send you a copy of both proposals. AmeriCorp is such a
wonderful way of giving young people an opportunity for service and of building a new
generation of servant leaders for our country. Our proposal will have AmeriCorp members
working in inner city Jackson and in the Delta of Mississippi to increase academic
achievement of at risk middle school children.
Would love to see you when next in Washington. I remember so fondly the day I had to
opportunity to ride back to the White House with you and the First Lady. I have a new
office phone number, 601 362-6774 and a new fax, 601 362-6779. My office address
remains the same, P. O. Box 22904, Jackson, MS 39225 - 2904 and my home address is
listed above.
Best regards
Winifred
Nicale
The International Center
For The Health Sciences, Inc.
April 17, 1995
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Deputy Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Ms. Verveer:
Thanks to your recommendation, I had the privilege of meeting with
Ambassador Akmaral Kh Arystanbekova at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of
Kazakhstan to the United Nations in New York last week. Both Ms. Anita Gordeuk,
our Director of Nursing Programs, and I were very pleased with our discussions
and appreciate very much their personal involvement and commitment to the
children of their Republic. We reviewed a potential agenda for our visit to
Kazakhstan during the week of May 15, 1995, if that proves convenient for the
BOBEK Foundation. Again, thank you for your help and encouragement.
I understand from discussions between Ambassador Talbot and our nurse
educator in Moscow that Mrs. Clinton may inspect our neonatal program at
Municipal Hospital Number 13 and Maternity Hospital Number 15 during her visit
the week of May 9, 1995. That would be a distinct privilege for our Russian
colleagues. I can assure you that Mrs. Clinton would be warmly welcomed, just
as she was at our program in Belarus last year, should she elect to see the
progress we have made. Our program has developed the first regional neonatal and
ne
perinatal outreach network for integrated patient care and training. The program
has also developed a performance-based certification in neonatal resuscitation
which is currently being tested by the Russian Ministry of Health in seven
Oblasts with positive results. Please let me know if more information would be
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useful.
Ambassador Arystanbekova told me that Mrs. Nazarbayeva, First Lady of
Kazakhstan and President of the BOBEK Foundation, will be in Moscow at the same
time. Since we will be meeting with representatives of her Foundation the
following week in Kazakhstan, it may be of interest for her to see in person the
palpable progress we have made in Moscow. Should you feel it appropriate, and
if the agenda allows, we would certainly be honored to have Mrs. Nazarbayeva
participate.
Please let me know how we can be of service.
Sincerely yours,
Warren E. Grupe, M.D.
Medical Director, ICHS
504 Saber Court, Leesburg, Virginia 22075-8930
Phone/Fax (703) 777-4641
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 17, 1995
Mr. Val Halamandaris
Speak Out! USA
505 C Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-5809
Dear Val:
Thanks so much for writing and for
sending the videotape of the Cicero mammogram
forum. We are so grateful for your help in
organizing the event -- it is such an
important issue.
Thank you again for your thoughtfulness
and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
I fore twell allis
Me Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
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February 27, 1995
Speak Out! USA
505 C Street NE
Washington, DC
20002-5809
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Tele. 202-543-4357
Office of the First Lady
Fax 202-547-9527
Old Executive Office Building
Room 100
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Ms. Verveer:
It was an honor to work with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and
her staff on the forum in Cicero, Illinois, to promote Medicare screening
mammography. I am always delighted to assist the First Lady in any way,
and I appreciate your hard work.
The forum demonstrated that the promotion of early breast cancer
detection among older women will do so much to save lives and ease the
pain of so many families who are affected. The forum also underscored the
importance of annual mammograms for older women as preventive care
that can save countless dollars in medical costs. With your help, the event
proved to be an educational and memorable experience for everyone
involved.
I am pleased to send you a videotape of the forum at your request,
and I look forward to working with you again in the future.
with
Sincerely,
affection
Val Halamandaris
Speak Out! USA
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 7, 1995
Ms. Tara Hagerty
3003 Van Ness Street, NW
Apartment W410
Washington, DC 20008
Dear Tara:
Thank you for your letter. It is
gratifying that talented people like
yourself are interested in public service and.
advocacy. I regret that I don't know of any
fitting openings at this time, but I will
certainly keep your resume on file. Good
luck with your search. Best wishes.
Sincerely,
New Deputy Chief of Staff
Melanne Verveer
to the First Lady
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Tara Hagerty
3003 Van Ness Street, N.W.
Apartment W410
Washington, D.C. 20008
(202) 363-2786
May 30, 1995
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
Old Executive Office Building, Room 100
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Ms. Verveer:
Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Susan Sauntry to discuss public policy career
opportunities in the Washington, D.C. area, and Ms. Sauntry recommended that I contact
you regarding my career search.
I am an attorney who has recently relocated to Washington with my family. I am
particularly interested in public policy career opportunities in areas related to women
and children. When I met with Ms. Sauntry, she told me that you are very
knowledgeable about women's and children's advocacy organizations, and she suggested
that you might agree to share some of your expertise and advice with me. I am a great
admirer of the First Lady, and I know that she and her staff are very dedicated to
promoting the welfare of children.
As the enclosed copy of my resume indicates, I am a 1993 graduate of the University of
Louisville School of Law. After graduation, I worked as a Staff Attorney with the
Jefferson District Public Defender in Louisville, Kentucky. I represented juveniles
charged with criminal offenses, as well as children who were the victims of abuse and
neglect. This experience provided me not only with extensive advocacy experience, but
also with an understanding of the larger social issues that children and families face.
I am now pursuing an advocacy or public policy position that will address those issues
and utilize my training and experience.
I realize that you have a very demanding schedule. I would greatly appreciate an
opportunity to speak with you and gain your insights regarding women's and children's
advocacy opportunities. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
JaraHank
Tara Hagerty
TARA HAGERTY
3003 Van Ness Street, N.W.
Apartment W410
Washington, D.C. 20008
(202) 363-2786
CAREER GOAL
To obtain an attorney position which utilizes my training in social services related
to women and children, as well as my leadership and oral and written communication
skills.
SUMMARY OF LEGAL EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, University of Louisville School of Law, 1993; elected to membership
on the Journal of Law and Education; member of Who's Who Among American Law
Students and Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity; student representative on Law School
Academic Support Committee; student volunteer for Legal Aid Society Will Clinic.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
As Staff Attorney for the Jefferson District Public Defender from October 1993 to
September 1994, I appeared daily in Jefferson County District and Traffic Court,
representing juveniles charged with criminal offenses. I also represented children in
Jefferson County Family court in cases involving truancy, habitual runaway and beyond
control status offenses. My experience included criminal defense work and
representation of children who were the victims of abuse and neglect. My duties
included brief and motion writing, direct and cross examination, supervising the work of
investigators assigned to my criminal cases and advocacy in numerous hearings and trials.
As Law Clerk for Judge Daniel Schneider in Jefferson Circuit Court from
September 1992 to October 1993, I researched and drafted opinions in both civil and
criminal actions. My research addressed a variety of matters and legal issues, including
insurance claims, employment law and decedents' estates.
As Law Clerk for Hargadon, Lenihan, Harbolt, Breen & Herrington from
December 1991 to August 1992, I researched and drafted briefs and memoranda and
assisted in trial and appellate court preparation for cases involving insurance fraud,
medical malpractice and personal injury claims. My experience included writing an
appellate brief that was successfully argued before the Kentucky Supreme Court.
As Research Assistant to Mr. Larry Owsley, Vice President for Administration at
the University of Louisville, I researched and wrote proposals regarding contract
negotiation, management efficiency, personnel policies and real estate acquisitions. I
also researched, developed and implemented a service training program which became
mandatory for University staff. In addition, I was the on-site coordinator for Operation
Brightside, a cooperative program between the University of Louisville and the City of
Louisville, which provided mentoring, career counseling and summer employment for
inner city youths.
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BAR MEMBERSHIP
Member, Kentucky Bar Association (since 1993); Waiver application on file with
District of Columbia Bar; Member, Women's Bar Association of the District of
Columbia.
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
I am currently a volunteer attorney with the Washington Legal Clinic for the
Homeless. In preparation for my work, I attended eight hours of training related to
public benefits and social services available to the homeless. As an attorney for the
Clinic, I conduct intake interviews at an area shelter, refer my clients to the appropriate
agencies, assist with the application process for benefits and provide legal advocacy when
necessary.
I am a volunteer attorney with the District of Columbia Bar Association Family
Law Pro Bono Series. I attended ten hours of training related to divorce, custody,
adoption, domestic violence, paternity and child support litigation in the District of
Columbia. My responsibilities include representing two clients pro bono in family law
actions.
I also serve as a volunteer with the American Association of University Women
Legal Advocacy Fund. My duties include providing counseling to plaintiffs involved in
sexual harassment and gender discrimination actions.
My community involvement in Louisville, Kentucky included acting as University
of Louisville volunteer coordinator for the Metro United Way, serving as secretary for
the Quality and Charity Care Trust Committee (which supervised the indigent care
agreement between the University of Louisville and Humana Hospital), serving as the
University of Louisville student delegate to the Jefferson County AIDS task force, and
serving as Chair of the Committee on Youth Involvement for the 45th Legislative
District.
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND HONORS
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, University of Louisville, 1990. Associate of
Arts, Paralegal Studies, University of Louisville, 1989. Member of Pi Sigma Alpha
Honorary Society. During my undergraduate study, I was elected Student Government
Association (SGA) President and served as a voting member of the University Board of
Trustees. As SGA President, I represented 22,000 students from all colleges of the
University. My activities included supervising the SGA staff, developing and
implementing a $335,000 budget, providing leadership for all SGA programs and
lobbying the Kentucky General Assembly for higher education funding. Other honors
included election as SGA Academic Vice President and serving as a voting member of
the University Faculty Senate. I also researched and co-wrote the business plan for the
University of Louisville Student Federal Credit Union, a federally chartered credit union
run entirely by students and supported by non-member deposits in excess of $150,000.
Subsequently, I served on the Credit Union's Board of Founders and Board of Directors.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 13, 1995
Dr. Robert J. Haggerty
Executive Director
International Pediatric Association
Department of Pediatrics
Room 4-08104
University of Rochester School of Medicine
601 Elmwood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14642
Dear Dr. Haggerty:
Thank you for writing and for
recommending Dr. Jane Schaller for the
position of Executive Director of UNICEF. As
you. know, Secretary General Boutros-Gali
selected Carol Bellamy to the post.
Thanks again for writing and best
wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Melanne Mem Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
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international pediatric association
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asociación internacional de pediatría
Executive Director
April 2, 1995
ROBERT J. HAGGERTY, M.D., Rochester
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Head, Policy Section
The White House
Washington, D.C.
VIA FACSIMILE: 1-202-456-6244
Dear Ms. Verveer:
The International Pediatric Association strongly supports the nomination of Dr.
Jane Schaller, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, for the position of Executive
Director of UNICEF to replace Mr. James Grant.
The enclosed copy of a letter of support from the current President of the
International Pediatric Association, Professor Mamdouh Gabr, who knows His
Excellency Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali personally, describes her qualifications very
well. I add my enthusiastic personal and professional recommendation.
Very sincerely,
Dolut PHaggerty
Robert J. Haggerty, M.D.
Executive Director
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international pediatric association
association internationale de pédiatrie
asociación internacional de pediatría
MAMDOUH CABR
President
H.E. Dr. Boutros B. Ghali
Prof. Mamdouh Cabr
Secretary General, U.N.
162 Tahreer St.
United Nations, New York,
Cairo, Egypt
N.Y., U.S.A.
Fax: 20-2-393-0750
Dear Dr. Ghali:
Cairo April 1st 1995
I am writing to your excellency both on a personal basis as a friend and admirer
of your deeds as well as President of the International Pediatric Association.
Since Mr. Grant's death, all pediatricians and those who care for children world
wide felt the great loss. I was delighted to know that Dr. Jane Schaller is one of the
proposed candidates to replace him. Dr. Schaller, chair of the Department of Pediatrics,
Tufts University, is well known to pediatricians all over the world. Apart from her
scientific talents, she has been extensively involved in children's issues in developing
countries. A recent example are her deeds in former Yugoslavia. She enjoys an amiable
personality who is committed and devoted to all aspects of child welfare. Her leadership,
administrative and innovative capabilities are highly needed for UNICEF and will boost
U.N. humanitarian and social efforts under your leadership.
I have received several communications from various pediatric societies supporting
her nomination and ! would like to add enthusiastically my personal support.
Wishing you all the best in all your efforts for the welfare of mankind in spite of
global problems, please accept my best regards.
Sincerely,
Maniclouh Olgan Gabr
President of the International
Pediatric Association
URGENT AND PERSONAL
162 TAHREER STREET, CAIRO, ECYPT
Tel: 20(2) 390 9642, 393 1267, 750 558, 750 397 Fax: 20 (2) 393 0750
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 20, 1995
Mr. Bruce Haney
2494-181 Cispus Rd.
Randle, WA 98377
Dear Mr. Haney:
Thank you for writing and for sharing your views regarding
the potential causes of Gulf War illnesses. Diana Zuckerman has
told me of her conversation with you on this issue, and I
appreciate your taking the time to write such a detailed
explanation.
As you know, the President has announced that he is creating
a fully independent Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans'
Illnesses, to ensure that this Administration is doing all it can
to help Gulf War veterans who are ill. This Advisory Committee,
which will be comprised of scientists, physicians, and veterans,
will review all the government's efforts, including research,
medical care, and diagnostic services. We will save your letter
and bring it to the attention of the Advisory Committee when they
begin their work later this spring.
Again, thank you for your letter and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Hillary Rodham Rocham Clinton Clinton
Dear Mr. Haney:
Thank you for writing and for sharing your views regarding
the potential causes of Gulf War illnesses. Diana Zuckerman has
told me of her conversation with you on this issue, and I
appreciate your taking the time to write such a detailed
explanation.
As you know, the President has announced that he is creating
a fully independent Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans'
Illnesses, to ensure that this Administration is doing all it can
to help Gulf War veterans who are ill. This Advisory Committee,
which will be comprised on scientists, physicians and veterans,
will review all the government's efforts, including research,
medical care, and diagnostic services. We will save your letter
and bring it to the attention of the Advisory Committee when they
begin their work later this spring.
Again, thank you for your letter and best wishes.
g/c
Mar. 13, 1995
To: Ms. Hilery Clinton
Office of the First Lady
Room 100 - DEOB
Washington, D.C. 20500
From: Bruce Haney
2494-181 Cispus Rd.
Randle, WA 98377
Dear Ms. Clinton:
I am writing this correspondence directly to you because I
have in the past hour talked to Brian and Kim Martin. During the
conversation with the Martins I was informed that Mrs. Martin
would soon try or will be talking to you. You will remember that
Mr. Martin was awarded 200% military disability as a consequence
of Desert Storm Illness, his wife complains of extremely painful
intercourse since her husband has returned from duty in the
Persian Gulf, and now displays many of the same symptoms as her
husband.
Additionally, I am addressing this correspondence directly
to you because of a conversation I had on Friday last with Dr.
Diana Zuckerman of your office. In that conversation Dr.
Zuckerman directed me to put what I had to relate in lay
language. It, therefore, is my belief that if you, Ms. Clinton,
as Dr. Zuckerman's superior, are able to understand the
connections in Desert Storm Illness and Mrs. Martins complaints
then perhaps other lay people will begin to understand. Forgive
me if the last is an affront to your intelligence and also
forgive the fact that I am going to try to bring what I have to
say down to the lowest common language which I am able. I am
going to extend this, however, to incorporate the problem of
those Desert Storm veterans who are complaining of children who
have birth defects.
First, as I wrote to Senator Rockefeller's Senate hearings,
there is ample evidence of nerve agents, Sarin and Tabun, being
present during Desert Storm and that I do not believe that these
agents are the "smoking gun" with the complaints of the Veterans.
Although, I do think that these substances are the catalyst to
the problems. Be that as it may, when the Senate committee asked
for my opinion I assumed that the information I submitted would
be read and, as is the custom (or should be) of good science, the
references I used would be checked.
This does not seem to be the case because I will be using
nearly the same documentation in the following with the exception
of work published on the day I wrote my brief. Even that work was
referenced in a way because I heard of the announcement of its
release on the radio while I was working and made mention of it.
I have my own ideas of the whys and wherefores but those are not
important at this time. What is important is the health of the
veterans and their families.
To begin it is needed to understand some things known about
chemical nerve agents such as Sarin and Tabun. They belong to a
class of substances known as organophosphates or simply OPS. A
quick inspection of the Merck Index, available in any pharmacy,
will cross reference them with the insecticide parathion; a now
highly restricted substance because of its extreme toxicity. Both
Sarin and Tabun have an LD50 number of 0.01 milligrams per
kilogram (mg/kg) of body weight. Simple arithmetic shows this
number means that being considered is one part per 100 million.
Parathion has an LD50 of 21 mg/kg, 2100 times less toxic than
Sarin or Tabun. LD50 literally means lethal dose 50% or the
amount to which animals are subjected until half die.
Indisputably this is a form of averaging and, as a person,
one must hope that they correlate to the most resistant animal in
the test and really hope they do not correlate to the first
animal which died. But to further the extent of the problem with
OPs, the Merck Index states that the effects of parathion are
cumulative. Of course, the Department of Defence is denying any
presents of nerve gas in Desert Storm. Cumulative toxic action of
OPs is a fact that the Department of Defence is denying according
to the letter I received from the Senate hearings concerning this
issue. Why are they stating that there is no cumulative action
with OPs if nerve gas wasn't present? Could it be that too many
OP insecticides were used in the Gulf? Time will tell. It doesn't
take a rocket scientist to figure out that when one is dealing
with a substance which causes death in such minute quantities not
very much is need to cause some rather "dire consequences".
There is another number value that toxicologists use which
is probably more important. This value is what is called the
threshold limit value or TLV. Essentially this is a value which
has nothing to do with lethality but is intended to establish
where a level of safety exists before toxic action begins on the
human body. The TLV is furthermore stated as the amount of a
substance which is safe in ambient air and not the amount
assimilated by the body directly. While I cannot find a TLV for
Sarin or Tabun, the TLV for parathion is 0.1 milligrams per cubic
meter (mg/cu m) of air. But, to use the LD50 comparison then
Sarin and Tabun would have a TLV of O. 0000476 mg/cu m.
I've gone into this diatribe about how toxic OPs, and in
particular Sarin and Tabun, are because it is necessary to
understand the very small amount being dealt with. The small
amount needed to induce health problems is just the beginning
though. Contact with an OP, no matter from what source, greatly
magnify the effects of contact with the next OP. Now it is
vitally important to understand that organophosphorous compounds
are not just nerve gas or pesticides but also gasoline and oil
additives, fabric waterproofing, fire retardants, and
plasticizers found most abundantly in plastic which is the most
resilient and pliable.
These are products we are exposed to every day and there
should be concern For each and every one of us. Most assuredly
these substances were present in the field with the Desert Storm
troops. It is only the Desert Storm troops who contacted an OP as
toxic as nerve gas and that nerve gas toxic effect magnified by
the OP containing substances of everyday life. Research further
indicates that the crude oil from the Persian Gulf area, itself,
contains OP constituents. The LD50 nor the TLV take the
magnifying action of OPs into account. Nor do the safety values
address the fact that other everyday products from deodorant to
birth control pills will also magnify OP toxic action. Or, that
3% of the general population is genetically predisposed. And,
remember OPs mode of action is on the entire nervous system
involving both behavior and movement with the EPA and
Congressional reports stating toxic manifestation can be on a
delayed basis and then progress thereafter.
All the proceeding is why I stated that exposure to nerve
gas in Desert Storm was not the "smoking gun" but the catalyst.
When all of the magnifiers for increased OF toxicity are added
together there may or may not be a problem. But, when a substance
which is as toxic as nerve gas is added to the equation then
there is all likelihood that massive nonreversible damage, to the
human animal would result. The partners of veterans who
experience Desert Storm Illness could get exposure form the
material brought back from the Persian Gulf. For instance, when a
pesticide worker using OPs is admitted to a hospital the EPA says
to not handle the clothing with bare hands and to carefully
launder that clothing. Further, leather products, such as boots,
"which become contaminated should be destroyed along with head
gear.
I know what I've just said is not good news, in fact quite
unbelievable, but I carefully documented this information in the
brief I sent to the Senate committee. Most damnedably is that the
documentation is not new but existed long before Desert Storm.
Actually, the more I study the issue of OP neurotoxicology the
only thing left to me is to laugh. You see, Ms. Clinton, the
first documentation of OP permanent neurologic evolvement I have
been able to Find in medical literature is dated 1899 and it
involved a raw petroleum product. Because OPs, as is readily
admitted by the EPA, cause psychiatric disorders which can
persist for years or be permanent I ask; "The Devil made me do
it?" Nope. OPs. So I laugh at our culture for its ostrich
approach to the subject of toxicology and, indeed, that laughter
includes myself.
Maybe more aptly put would be the words of Rep. Roe who
stated in 1990 when addressing a Congressional Report on
neurotoxicology, "We can defend our population against these
chemicals if WE have the will to do so." It is my hypothesis that
what has become the norm today concerning both physical and
mental health is SO abnormal that science no longer has a base
from which to start in order to make an adequate study.
Now to be specific about the Martin's problem. The jury is
still out in the scientific community concerning what is exactly
the mode of action which causes OPs to be neurotoxic. 1.) There
is direct action on the brain and spinal cord creating cell
damage consequently lesions especially at sites responcible for
memory and emotion. This is thought to come about by the toxic
substance to actually chemically bond to nerve enzymes
(neurotoxic approach). Research indicates that this is very true.
2.) The toxic substance imitates hormones in the body, travels to
the appropriate site in the brain responsible for secretion of
the hormone then becomes chemically bound only to repeat the
process over and over (immunotoxic/endrinotoxic approach).
Research indicates that this, too, is true.
What ever the scientific jury finds is not relevant to
people like the Martins. Many, if not all, OPs are stored in Fat
tissue throughout the body. Sometimes this fat storage is the
original chemical and sometimes it is an even more toxic Form of
OP which is a break down product of the original. OF course the
brain, depending on who you talk to, is 30-50% fat. Whether
neurologic or endrinologic these fat stored substances are
rereleased into the human system at a time of excitability, say
during intercourse. Because these substances imitate hormones
then they will travel to the appropriate site in the body For
which the hormone is designed.
In the case of the Martins, Mr. Martin, who was exposed
would have minute amounts of extremely toxic nerve agents in his
fat stores plus, of course, a plethora of other substances which
are nerve gas magnifiers. The hormone imitating substance would
travel to his sex organs and thereby travel through his semen to
his wife. The hormone involved, I believe, is the gonadotropic
hormone and is responsible for the manufacture in the testicles
of testosterone. Small amounts of this gonadotropic hormone would
have to be present in his semen because it can be found in urine
samples to test if a male is producing enough for fertility. It
wouldn't take very much of an imitating hormone substance like
nerve gas to create problems. The exact hormone isn't important
except to my ego. I like to be right. Also, the semenal fluid is
a possible carrier.
If Mrs. Martin was one who had a predisposition to OP
exposure then that would explain her complaint of "hot semen" or
painful intercourse. Additionally, by passing the extremely toxic
substance through semen then every time Mr. Martin has relations
with his wife only exacerbates the problem of extending his
wife's further illnesses.
OF course this leads to the susceptibility of the fetus
starting with conception. OPs, as I indicated in the research
sent to the Senate, have involvement with DNA and RNA. The
developing fetus, of course, is far more susceptible to OF toxic
action. Congressional investigation before Desert Storm indicated
that the first 10 days after conception were critical. In the
first weeks exposure could lead to poor nervous system growth
resulting, on the extreme, as spinal bifida and, of course,
everything between normal and SB. Exposure after the first weeks
then becomes involved with the cerebrum and cerebellum, the areas
responsible, in part, for proper physical growth. Exposure here
does not necessarily mean that it must come from semen. But, if
the conceptual semen contained a minuscule amount of nerve gas
toxin masking as hormone or hitch hiking in semenal fluid then
the mother's further exposure to other OPs, from what ever
source, could be catastrophic.
Allow me here to enter a quote from a book published by the
National Acadamy of Sciences, Pesticides in the Diet of Infants
and Children, "Vorhees (1986) attempted to define the areas of
behavioral dysfunction that could be affected by prenatal brain
damage, stating that behavorial tetrogenisis ( my note substances
that cause behavorial changes from parental exposure and passed
to the offspring) could be expressed as impairment of several
categories of neurobehavorial function (e.g. sensory, cognative,
motor), delayed behavioral maturation of these functions, or
other indices of compromised behavorial competence. He further
noted that "the behavioral effects of some tetrogens, even if
concomitant with physical defects, may be the most significant
devestating and noncorrectable of all the effects observed within
the syndrome (associated with the tetrogen)." And on the
following page, "The evidence on chronic (my note, long term/low
dose) effects, particularly neurobehavioral effects of
organophosphate and carbamate exposure is strongly suggestive."
It would appear now, Ms. Clinton, in Desert Storm WE have one
giant epidemologic EXPERIMENT.
I don't know if the problem can be fixed but I do know that
there are laboratory tests which can identify if OP's are present
in semen. It is thought by current medical practice that
identification of OP exposure in body samples can only happen
soon after that exposure. This is not entirely true. I sent a
video tape of the work done by a Japanese Dr., Dr. Ishakowa, who
revealed a methodology of finding OPs long after exposure. I know
that tape made it to the VA committee because it was hand carried
by Rep. Jolene Unsoeld. While I went through the therapy
described in that tape I would not recommend it for eradication
OF nerve gas as the therapy nearly took my life and my exposure
was to OP insecticides much less toxic than parathion, let alone
nerve gas.
However, a similar approach, as is discussed in the vidio,
could be used to check semen. This I have verified with a couple
of laboratories and biochemists. Indeed, the approach would be
somewhat experimental as the amount of chemical needed to break
the chemical bond is not fully known in semen samples. Nor is it
known if live or frozen semen would work. What is known is that
each try until identification of the presents OF OP contamination
was demonstrated would be not too expensive - in the range of
$300-400 hundred dollars. Of course, this would not indicate,
necessarily, Sarin or Tabun but it would indicate presents of OPs
which the veterans were exposed to in abundance besides nerve
gas. I did learn, since talking Friday last with Dr. Zurckerman,
that it might be possible to put the findings through further
analysis and identify Sarin or Tabun.
As is the custom of all proposed expenditures for science,
some idea of total cost is necessary. What I think is 3 veterans
and to use live semen of those who have partners also affected
and/or children born with birth defects. Given that it might take
10 trys to establish where the chemical bond was broken that
would mean a possible high of $12,000 dollars for the three
veterans. An additional, probably, $10,000 for further analysis
and I'm assuming 5-6 thousand for administrative costs. Therefore
there would be a high of $28,000 dollars. Naturally, if the
results were positive then a further study using Desert Storm
Veterans and control subjects would be necessary. All that I'll
let someone else worry about. I'm a literature researcher and
have no idea what a full blown study of the magnitude here
involved would cost. Frankly, I don't even want to think about
it.
Keep in mind that OPs in this proposed test will be found.
Whether or not they can be linked directly to Desert Storm or not
is something you, as an attorney Ms. Clinton, could probably
answer better. However, if this test is run, and it will be
whether by this current investigation or not, litigation is going
to follow. God I hate this culture in which we live sometimes. It
seems that we just cannot admit a mistake. Money, somehow, does
not seem relevant when human life is concerned. But history tells
me that the opposite is true.
Bruce Haney Bruce Haney
CC. Every reporter with whom I have ever worked
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 2, 1995
Ms. Susan Harvey
S.U. 1725
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
Dear Susan:
Thank you for writing and for sending a
copy of your resume. It is so gratifying
when qualified young people like yourself are
interested in politics and public service.
I have forwarded your information to the
White House Personnel Office and to the DNC
for review as you requested. Thanks again
for writing and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
mem Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 22, 1995
Dr. Robert Herron
Institute of Science, Technology
and Public Policy
Maharishi International University
1000 North 4th Street
Fairfield, Iowa 52557
Dear Dr. Herron:
Thank you very much for your letter and
request to meet with the First Lady about
Medicare spending. Regretfully, due to a
demanding schedule, she was not able to meet
with you and Dr. Hagelin. However we would
be happy to arrange a meeting with
appropriate White House Staff. Let us know
if we can arrange such a meeting for you.
Thank you again for thinking of the
First Lady. Best wishes.
Sincerely,
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To: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Location: The White House
From: Dr. Robert Herron
Fax Number: (202) 456-6244
Date: June 6, 1995
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Attention: Capricia Marshall
Dear Ms. Clinton:
Dr. John Hagelin and Dr. Mike Tompkins would like to speak with
you between June 12 and 14 about reducing spiraling Medicare
expenses through scientifically-validated, cost-effective prevention.
To balance the budget, we must reduce Medicare spending.
But cutting costs by decreasing payments for the treatment of
ill senior citizens would be both inhumane and politically sensitive.
The only way to save money safely in Medicare is to keep people
healthy through preventive health care that has been proven
cost-effective.
Our current strategy misdirects our health dollars to areas that have
little impact on health.
Dr. Hagelin would like an appoinment with you to explain how
Medicare costs can be reduced at least 50% or more.
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Cost-Effective Prevention As the Key
to Medicare Expenditure Reduction
1. Both the Republican and Democratic Partics arc committed to balancing the budget.
To do this Congress must reduce Medicare expenditures. But research shows that
the approaches currently being considered for reducing these costs, including Health
Maintenance Organizations, would produce small savings at best.
Moreover, the cost-reduction programs under consideration could deny medically
necessary treatment or reduce the quality of care for ill senior citizens.
2. Most Medicare reform focuses on restructuring the financing and delivery of
medical services. However, this approach fails to address the real problem: a
disease-oriented health care strategy.
3. New medical technologies have obscured the fact that much of the current medical
paradigm is out-of-date. This paradigm misdirects our health funds: Only 1% of
our health sector budget is used to avoid disease, and 99% is spent to treat illness
after it occurs. Note that/real prevention is not screening, early detection, and other
types of "secondary" or "clinical" prevention, because they treat disease after it
occurs.
4. In contrast, certain types of prevention can cut costs dramatically-by 50% or more.
Research shows that most disease is produced by unhealthy behaviors such as
improper diet, smoking, and drug/alcohol abuse. In fact, studies show that 50%
of all deaths and approximately 70% of disease are caused by these habits. Thus,
spiraling medical expenses are caused mainly by an epidemic of unhealthy
behaviors.
Consequently, we need effective behavioral prevention programs to cut costs.
Currently, however, this need is not being addressed effectively.
Dr. John Hagelin will present several preventive proposals to enhance the effectiveness
and cost-cffectiveness of health care. He will also present research published in prominent
journals that shows that prevention can reduce Medicare expenditures.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 1, 1995
Mr. Gary Hocevar
Principal
Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School
Albuquerque Public Schools
6811 Taylor Ranch Road, NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Dear Mr. Hocevar:
Thank you for your invitation for the
First Lady to attend the first "Bring Your
Parent to School Day". She regrets that she
will not be able to be in Albuquerque on
October ninth, but wishes your undertaking
much success. It is so important to increase
parental involvement and Mrs. Clinton salutes
your effort.
Sincerely,
halm when
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LYNDON B. JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
6811 TAYLOR RANCH ROAD, NW
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO 87120
PETER P. HOROSCHAK, Ed.D
GARY HOCEVAR
SUPERINTENDENT
PRINCIPAL
(505) 898-1492
Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton:
The staff, parents, students, and I at Lyndon Baines Johnson Middle
School of the Albuquerque Public Schools invite you and Chelsea to
attend the first "Bring Your Parent to School Day" to be held on
October 9, 1995, a Federal holiday. The purpose of this event is
to encourage increased parental involvement and awareness of the
complex decisions that our children regularly face. We are
confident that this grass root effort to improve parental/child
communication through the schools would be a success if you agreed
to be the National spokesperson for 1995-1996.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Middle School rests in a middle to upper
middle class neighborhood. Most of our students are affluent
latchkey kids who are at risk because parents' work demands often
overshadow the needs of their adolescents. This is a community of
denial. Gangs, drugs, and teenage sex are beginning to creep into
our neighborhood. We firmly believe that improved parental/child
communication is the solution for reducing the number of school
dropouts, gang affiliation and illegal drugs.
Our concept of "Bring Your Parent to School Day" is only the
beginning. The New Mexico Media Literacy Project, funded by the
Downs Media Education Center, the New Mexico Department of
Education, and Albuquerque Academy, will be conducting seminars
during our "Bring Your Parent to School Day. " The topics include:
mass media and our kids; subliminal messages in network advertising
and movies; selling products and dubious values to teens; media
literacy and other solutions to our growing media mediocrity.
We are also extending an invitation to Hugh Downs, Deirdre Downs,
Mayor Martin Chavez and his wife, Margaret deAragon Chavez. We
hope that all schools will adopt October 9, 1995 as the first
"Bring Your Parent to School Day."
Sincerely,
Gary Hocevar, Principal
GH:als
An Equal Opportunity Employer
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 1, 1995
Ms. Carole Horowitz
Information Specialist
Office of the Dean
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Iowa State University
208 Carver Hall
Ames, Iowa 50011-2061
Dear Ms. Horowitz:
Thank you for generously sharing with mè
the wonderful script for "The Yellow Rose of
Suffrage". It is such a moving play! Thank
you also for Jane Cox's invitation to present
the play to the First Lady. It is unlikely
that Mrs. Clinton will be in Washington in
late August, however she is much grateful for
the offer.
Sincerely,
Meme Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
Juna
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Office of the Dean
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
208 Carver Hall
Ames, lowa 5001 1-2061
5'5 294-3220
FAX 5'5 294-1303
May 19, 1995
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Ms. Verveer:
I am writing on behalf of Professor Jane Cox. Thank you for your kind words about "The Yellow
Rose of Suffrage" and Jane's performance.
Enclosed is a copy of the play. As I explained to Katy Button, of your staff, the script is great,
but only Jane can do it justice. She would be honored to present the play to the first lady.
Jane will be in Washington, August 22-25 for the national celebration of the 75th anniversary of
the nineteenth amendment. Of course, she would be pleased to arrange another date to suit your
schedule.
We look forward to hearing from you. You can reach me in the office of the Dean of Liberal Arts
and Sciences 515-294-4185, FAX 515-294-1303.
Green Carrie Sincerely Carole Chapman Horowitz, X Catt Information Center Specialist
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 22, 1995
Mr. Sandford D. Horwitt
5935 North Fifth Road
Arlington, VA 22203
Dear Sandy:
Thank you for sending information on
"Hands Without Guns" for Chelsea. It sounds
as if it will be a successful project.
Good luck and thank you for thinking of
the First Teenager.
Sincerely,
I was Sood
to see yr,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
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SANFORD D. HORWITT
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5935 N. FIFTH ROAD
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22203
May 6, 1995
Melanne,
A week or so ago, I was at Sidwell Friends where I saw Chelsea at
a forum on gun violence but didn't have a chance to speak with her. As
it turned out, I didn't even give my speech to the student assembly
because the speaker who preceded me rambled on and on. Nonetheless, I
thought that the topic was of some interest to Chelsea and, if so, I thought
she might like to know about a model public health project on violence
prevention targeted to youth that is under way in the Boston area.
Perhaps this is something she might even consider getting involved in as a
form of community service.
The project is called, "Hands Without Guns." I am board member
of the lead sponsoring organization, The Educational Fund to End
Handgun Violence. A number of Boston-area organizations have joined
this effort, including the Harvard School of Public Health, the New
England Medical Center, youth serving agencies, etc. There is a strong
media component, including new, innovative interactive media, PSA's on
MTV, etc. In fact, in addition to support from the Public Welfare
Foundation, there is a substantial in-kind contribution by television
stations.
A prime component of "Hands Without Guns" is peer-to-peer
communication and education. We're interested in involving young
people from diverse backgrounds in the media spots as well as in other
ways. I've enclosed a description of the project that we've sent to
foundations; please share this with Chelsea if you think it's appropriate.
Hope all is well.
Sandy