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DOCUMENT NO.
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DATE
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001. letter
Melanne Verveer to JoAnn Busenbark (I page)
07/24/1997
b(6)
002. memo
Glyn Davies to Melanne Verveer re: JoAnn Busenbark (I page)
07/15/1997
b(6)
003. letter
JoAnn Busenbark to Melanne Verveer (1 page)
06/30/1997
b(6)
004. letter
To: JoAnn Busenbark (I page)
n.d.
b(6)
005. letter
Constiuent to Melanne Verveer re: non-selection (6 pages)
10/27/1997
b(6)
006. letter
Melanne Verveer to Kate Britton (1 page)
11/24/1997
Personal Misfile
007. card
Kate Britton to Melanne Verveer (3 pages)
11/18/1997
Personal Misfile
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Melanne Verveer
OA/Box Number: 12168
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Verveer, Melanne Correspondence: July to December 1997: A to B [1]
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h(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
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concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
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INVENTORY
Correspondence Files for Melanne Verveer, Chief of Staff
to The First Lady
July to December, A to Z
1997
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07/24/1997
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Melanne Verveer
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of gift.
financial institutions |(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
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Glyn Davies to Melanne Verveer re: JoAnn Busenbark (I page)
07/15/1997
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COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Melanne Verveer
OA/Box Number: 12168
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financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
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2201(3).
concerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA]
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JoAnn Busenbark to Melanne Verveer (1 page)
06/30/1997
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COLLECTION:
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Melanne Verveer
OA/Box Number: 12168
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C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions |(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
h(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
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PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
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2201(3).
concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 7, 1997
Ms. Susan Berresford
The Ford Foundation
220 East 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017
Dear Ms. Berresford: Susan
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter and invitation to address the Innovations in
American Government Awards on November 19, 1997.
Regrettably, the First Lady will not be able to attend as
she is scheduled to be out of the country at that time, but sends
her best wishes for a successful and productive event.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
the First Lady
NOV . 07-97 10.52 FROM: FORD FOUNDATION
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THE FORD FOUNDATION
FACSIMILE COVER SHEET
Patti
Facsimile No. (212) 697-4820
Date: November 7, 1997
TO:
Name:
Melann Verveer for
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Company:
City:
Washington DC
Facsimile No.: (202) 456-6244
FROM: Name:
Susan V. Berresford, President
Company:
THE FORD FOUNDATION
Number of pages (including cover page): 3
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
If you do not receive all pages, please telephone (212) 573-5067
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THE FORD FOUNDATION
320 EAST 43 STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
SUSAN V. BERRESFORD
PRESIDENT
November 7, 1997
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
I am writing to invite you to address the Innovations in American
Government Awards Ceremony at the State Department on the evening of
November 19, 1997. For the past several years the Vice President has joined us
at the event, and we hope that this year, you will be the keynote speaker at the
evening's ceremony, which begins at 7:00 pm.
This year, 10 winners, selected from an initial pool of 1500 applications
through a process administered by the John F. Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University, will each receive $100,000. Among the 10 winners, are two
federal programs from the Department of Health and Human Services and the
Department of the Treasury.
Over the past eleven years, the Innovations Program has awarded $13.3
million in awards to 205 government programs. The awards have encouraged the
replication of many valuable public initiatives, including community policing, the
prevention of and response to domestic violence, environmental management,
new information technologies, alternative education, and reforms, such as
benchmarking.
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We expect over 200 guests to attend the dinner, including members of the
administration, elected officials from the winning jurisdictions, and distinguished
leaders from the corporate and nonprofit sectors. The awards ceremony, we
believe, is unique in its celebration of government at the local, federal, and state
levels. We hope very much that you can address us on this occasion.
Sincerely,
Sun V. Berrerford
Susan V. Berresford
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHHINGTON
October 27, 1997
Ms. Christina Lee Brown
Poplar Terrace
6501 Longview Lane
Louisville, KY 40222
Dear Christina:
Thank you very much for your thoughtful letter and
kind invitation to the First Lady to the Cathedral Heritage
Foundation's Night of a Thousand Stars on November 15,
1997.
Regrettably, Mrs. Clinton will be unable to attend as
she is scheduled to be in Central Asia at that time. I will be
traveling with her and will, unfortunately, be unable to join
you.
She so loved her tea service and has it prominently
displayed in her office.
Best wishes for a successful event.
Sincerely,
Anam Chief of Staff to
Melanne Verveer
the First Lady
CHRISTINA LEE BROWN
October 21, 1997
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff
Office of the First Lady
Room 100
OBOB
Washington, DC 20502
Dear Melanne,
I hope that this letter finds you well. I have been meaning to write to you for some
time now to let you know how much I enjoyed sitting next to you when you and Mrs.
Clinton were in Louisville participating in the Kentucky Author's Forum. I do hope Mrs.
Clinton is enjoying her Louisville Stoneware "It Takes A Village" tea service.
When we spoke in April, you expressed an interest in Louisville's Cathedral
Heritage Foundation project. It is for this reason, and with great pleasure, that Owsley
and I invite you to be our guests on Saturday, November 15, in Louisville, as we celebrate
our Cathedral Heritage Foundation's Night of a Thousand Stars. This is our annual
celebration of the Cathedral Heritage Foundation which features dinner and a stellar
music concert in Louisville's restored historic Cathedral of the Assumption. The Night of
a Thousand Stars will also feature our country's first Festival of Faiths. This is a
landmark Festival that celebrates our region's diverse and rich religious heritage by
bringing together over sixty congregations and religious organizations to share their
stories and therefore finding ways to celebrate their commonalties. This is an event that
Bill Moyers has told me he feels should be occurring in every city throughout our
country. It is my hope that after you witness first-hand, the phenomenal impact this
Festival is having on our community, you will help us "spread the word" throughout the
country of our Cathedral Heritage Foundation's goals.
The Foundation created the Festival of Faiths in order to share with Louisvillians,
Kentuckians, and ultimately our entire country, the vision of bringing together our vast
religious traditions in an open and hospitable environment. This unique faith oasis
provides a venue for greater understanding and tolerance between religious groups, which
is an important goal of our Cathedral Heritage Foundation.
Poplar Terrace
6501 Longview Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40222
Letter to Ms. Melanne Verveer
October 21, 1997
page two
Charles Osgood said it best when he spoke of the Cathedral Heritage Foundation
project. "In some places of the world religion separates and divides people, but in
Louisville, Kentucky, it is bringing them together."
There is an increasing awareness of the need for religious tolerance throughout our
world. In President Vaclev Havel's recent Forum 2000, international leaders, both
religious and political, called for respect and a celebration of spiritual pluralism.
The Dalai Lama stated, "It is important to remember that wherever they came
from, all the world's major religious traditions are similar in having the potential to help
human beings live at peace with themselves, with each other and with the environment.
Since the essence of our diverse religious traditions is to achieve our individual and
collective benefit, it is crucial that we are active in maintaining harmony and mutual
respect between them."
H.E. Vaclev Havel, President of the Czech Republic, expressed his deep
conviction that the only option for change is within the sphere of the spirit. "
The way
out of the current bleak situation can be found in the actual search for what unites the
various religions and cultures, in the search for common sources, principles, certitude,
aspirations and imperatives, a purpose-minded search, and then, applying means
adequate to the needs of our time, to cultivate all matters of human coexistence."
Indeed, the Foundation echoes these statements and proclaims that the purpose of
this wonderful Festival is exactly this goal to being together, to understand, and finally to
respect each other!
Of course, if you are not able to join us on November 15, the Festival of Faiths
will continue throughout the week with many activities including, if any of these days
work for you:
Wednesday, November 12, Preview Party
Thursday, November 13, Festival Prayer Breakfast, theme: "Healing Our City"
Friday, November 14, Educational programs for school children in Louisville and
"Commitment to Kids" Interfaith Prayer Service at noon
Sunday November 16, Family day of educational programs, lectures and
entertainment
Monday, November 17, seventh annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service held in the
historic Cathedral of the Assumption at 5:30 p.m.
Letter to Ms. Melanne Verveer
October 21, 1997
page three
Melanne, it is my hope that you can make this event part of your busy calendar.
Of course, we would love to have Mrs. Clinton also join us if she could be, by chance,
available. As always, and most importantly, I thank you for your remarkable leadership in
seeking to create an atmosphere of unity in a world whose factions seek to divide us. I
look forward to hearing from you soon, and most hopefully being together with you in
November.
Most Sincerely,
Christina Inits Lee Brown
cc: Mayor Jerry Abramson
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Orchins Preview Party
Gospel Music Celebration
November 12 - E 00pm. 8:00pm
November 14- 8.00pm - 10:30pm
The trumpets will sound and the lights wills be bright as we begin :he 1997 Festival of
Move in joy to the music of the Kentucky Fellowship Mass Choir and Dona'd A. Sykes,
Faiths We invite you 10 join the ga'a 35 we celebrate the coening of Louisville's only
Minister of Music in !as Vegas, Nevada
festival to rejoice n faith diversity
Tickets: $20 and $25
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Inter(aith Thankssivins Service
PTAYCY Breaklast
November 17 5:30pm - 6.30pm
November 13. 7 30am - c 900am
The opening prelude of "Simple Gifts" performed by the Cathedral Schola Cantorum sets
Join Mayor Jerry Abramson. Reverend Kevin Cosby and Gang Specialist. Officer Shugart
the lone for a very special opportunity to give thanks for the gifts we have received. We
as we join together for a morning of fellowship, music and prayer. We will ask for the
will celebrate the richness of our faith diversity as we worship with Rabbi Chester
wisdom needed to heal our city and request divine guidance as we reach out to those
Diamond. The Most Reverend Thomas Kelly. Dr. Ghouse A. Shareef, The Reverend Faida
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Alexander, Dr. Michael Kinneman, Mr. James Garth and The Very Reverend William
Tickets: $15
Fichteman. We will hear proclamations from Jefferson County Judge-Executive David
Armstrong and Louisville Mayor Jerry Abtamson. Music by organist David Lang and the
Second Presbyterian Church Handbell Choir will reschate with joyful gratitude.
FREE EVENT
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Program Listing
Thursday, November 13
12:00 1:00 PM
East Room
The Sisters of Charity Story Beyond the USA
Sr. Miriam Corcoran, SCN
Not only do the Sisters of Charity (SCN) have an incredible history in the Louisville area and
throughout the United States, but they continue to meet the needs of the time in India, Nepal,
and Belize. Sr. Corcoran returns to the Festival of Faiths for the second year in a row to discuss
SCN efforts in countries where "Many Faiths, One Heart, Get Together."
Thursday, November 13
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Board Room
Expressive Therapies: The Healing Arts
Joy Berger, DMA and Joseph Ferry, MA, ATR
Learn about the Musicare Program and the Expressive Therapy Program of Hospice of Louisville.
Participants will leave with a better understanding of the basic principles of expressive therapy,
interventions, and the value of music and imagery in healing.
Thursday, November 13
1:30 -3:00 PM
East Room
Creativity as Spiritual Experience: An Artist Panel
Carol Berry, Jeanne Duber, Jim Hayden, Vallorie Henderson, Penny Sisto, and Walter Sorge.
In the best seller, The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, author Julia Cameron
outlines ten basic principles of creativity. This dynamic panel of artists will share with the
audience their work as it relates to a spiritual journal, and Cameron's creativity principles.
Thursday, November 13
3:15 - 4:00 PM
East Room
A Town without steeples: Ante-Bellum Louisville Religion
Fr. Clyde F. Crews
Some things change and some things stay the same including religious institutions in the
Louisville area. Well known local religious historian, Fr. Clyde Crews takes us back to the pre-Civil
War era to explore the status of religious institutions as they were then.
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Thursday, November 13
4:15 -5:00 pm
East Room
Voices From the Catholic Frontier
Dr. Thomas Spalding, CFX
Where did we come from and how did we get here? A question many Catholics and others ask
about their religious heritage. Dr. Spalding answers these questions for Kentucky Catholics as
he reads from documents detailing the origins of the Catholic Church In Kentucky and places
the facts into historical context.
Friday, November 14
10:00 - 10:30 am
Main Stage
We're Not In Kansas Anymore: Grieving In Oz
The Hospice Players
Our friends, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Cowardly Lion, come to Dorothy's assistance as
she grieves some of the losses in her life. Together they realize the importance of brains, courage,
and heart that help all of us cope with grief. A discussion will follow to highlight the simple but
important lessons illustrated by the skit,
Friday, November 14
10:45 - 11:15 am
Main Stage
Presettes Choral Program
Presentation Academy and Dr. Suzanne Hachmiller
Come have your spirits lifted as you listen to inspirational songs with a Christian message
performed by the young women of Presentation Academy.
Friday, November 14
11:30- 12:00 noon
Main Stage
The Pleasant Hill Shakers Sing
Roberta Burnes and Lawrence Derrell
Hymns and songs over a 150 years old reveal fascinating glimpses of the Shaker lifestyle. Facts
and stories about this celibate religious society will unfold as the "Shakers Sing."
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Friday, November 14
1:30 - 2:15 pm
Main Stage
Taoist Tai Chi Demonstration
The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Kentucky
Observe some of the movements of the Taoist Tai Chi form, a complete, integrated exercise which
works all systems of the body deeply yet gently. This ancient exercise strengthens and relaxes the
mind, body, and spirit.
Friday, November 14
3:30 - 4:15 pm
Main Stage
Congregation Adath Jeshurum Adult Choir, Combination Elijahu Academy and Adath
Jeshurum Junior Choir
Adath Jeshurum Synagogue
Waiting for info from Cantor Lipp 458-5359
Friday, November 14
10:00 - 10:45 am
East Room
St. Agnes Children's Handbell Choir and Advanced Youth Choir
St. Agnes Church
Handbell choirs add tremendous joy to a liturgy service. Experience a two octave range of
handbells, observe various handbell techniques, and learn how handbells and a choir can enhance
any liturgy. The Advanced Youth Choir will demonstrate the relationship between choirs and
handbells.
Friday, November 14
10:45 - 11:15 am
Board Room
Taoist Tai Chi For Health
The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Kentucky
Experience some of the movements of the Taoist Tai Chi form, a complete, integrated exercise
which works all systems of the body deeply yet gently. This ancient exercise strengthens and
relaxes the mind, body, and spirit.
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Friday, November 14
10:00 - 2:00 pm
Conference Room
Meditation Room
Sponsored by the Sisters of Loretto
Relax and reflect on your spiritual path in the midst of soft music and Inspirational slides. Take
time to create your own personal moment of faith.
Saturday, November 15
9:30 - - 10:00 am
Main Stage
Taoist Tai Chi Demonstration
The Taoist Tai CM Society of Kentucky
Observe some of the movements of the Taoist Tai Chi form, a complete, integrated exercise which
works all systems of the body deeply yet gently. This ancient exercise strengthens and relaxes the
mind, body, and spirit.
Saturday, November 15
11:15 - 12:00 noon
Main Stage
Let all the People Praise Him
Harambee Chorus and Dancers
Come be moved by the sacred song and dance of the African American Catholic community.
Saturday, November 15
1:00 1:30 pm
Main Stage
Sounds of the Season
St. Francis of Assisi Orff Ensemble
Gina Eberenz, Director
Music, poetry, and dance celebrate the sounds of the season as the 6th graders perform
Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas selections accompanied on orff xylophones, recorders,
and percussion instruments.
Saturday, November 15
10:00 11:00 am
East Room
Creating Your Family Vision
JK Productions and The Workshop
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Saturday, November 15
11: 15 - 12:15 pm
Board Room
Hindu Slide Show
Dr. Kunwar Bhatnagar
Gain a greater understanding of Hinduism while traveling throughout India with your guide, Dr.
Bhatnagar. Slides and comments illustrate for you the vast cultural, religious, and historical
diversity of India. It's the closest thing to being there!
Saturday, November 15
10:00 2:00 pm
Conference Room
Meditation Room
Sponsored by the Sisters of Loretto
Relax and reflect on your spiritual path in the midst of soft music and inspirational slides. Take
time to create your own personal moment of faith.
Sunday, November 16
12:00 12:30 pm
Main Stage
Bosnian Muslim Youth Dance Group
Colorful, exciting, entergetic and mesmerizing dances are put to the rhythm of youthful
Bosnian dancers.
Sunday, November 16
12:30 1:00 pm
Main Stage
The Salvation Army: On the March
Leon Kirkpatrick, Robert Snelson, Jamie Bell, Thomas Bratten, and Captain Nancy Henry. Since
1865, the Salvation Army has been "on the march" all over the world. Today's music selection
includes excerpts from The Salvation Army Songbook, performed by a standard brass ensemble,
a signature feature of The Salvation Army.
Sunday, November 16
1:15 - - 1:45 pm
Main Stage
Chicago Baha'i Performance
Chicago Baha'i Workshop
Dramatic pieces, a variety of music including rap, jazz, rhythm and blues, and dance styles ranging
from hip-hop, jazz and acrobatics dazzle the audiences while addressing the problems of racism,
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the teachings of the Baha'i Faith concerning the oneness of all human kind and from the ethical
precepts taught by all the major world religions.
Sunday, November 16
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Main Stage
Songs of Faith
Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church Choir
Come hear a refreshing collection of anthems presenting important truths of the Christian
faith as performed by the Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church Choir.
Sunday, November 16
2:45 - 3:15 pm
Main Stage
Presbyterian USA Choral Group
People who love to serve God sing His praises in the Prebysterian USA Choral Group.
Sunday, November 16
4:00 - 4:30 pm
Main Stage
Faith In Every Footstep
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Choir
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints share a common spiritual heritage:
the pioneer spirit. Demonstrated by early church members over 150 years ago as they settled
the Salt Lake Valley, this pioneer spirit lives on. Today's musical performance pays tribute to
those sacrifices made and celebrates the legacy of faith and dedication of ploneers around the
world.
Sunday, November 16
1:15 - 2:00 pm
East Room
Indian Classical Dance
Louisville Academy of Classical Indian Dance
Enjoy one of the oldest of the six dance styles of India, Bharat Natyam, as it is performed in two
distinct dimensions: Vritta (rendering of rhythm through body movements ) and Nritya
(expression of emotions). Truly an opportunity to learn more about this mesmerizing dance
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2:00 -2:30 pm
East Room
Jewish storles for children of all ages.
Laural Reinhart
Learn the legends and lore of the Jewish people as a dramatic storyteller tells the tales!
Sunday, November 16
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Board Room
Yoga Demonstration
Members of the Hindu Temple of Kentucky
Lead by Dr. T. Rangaswamy
You can achieve flexibility and stress reduction through yoga exercises and meditation. A team
of yoga practitioners will lead a yoga demonstration and class for beginners. Come comfortable
in loose fitting clothing and refrain from eating until after the exercises.
Sunday, November 16
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Conference Room
Meditation Room
Sponsored by the Sisters of Loretto
Relax and reflect on your spiritual path in the midst of soft music and inspirational slides. Take
time to create your own personal moment of faith.
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Thursday & Friday 8.30am - 7:30pm
Saturday 9.00am - 1:00pm
Sunday 12:00pm - 5:30pm
Monday 8:30am 5.30pm
Daily Prestains Include:
Thursday, November 13
12:00 -1.00pm
Conference Room
The Sisters of Charity Story Beyond the USA/Sr. Miriam Corcoran, scn
Board Room
Expressive Therapies The Healing Arts/ Joy Berger, DMA and
Joseph Ferry. MA, ATR
1:30 - 3:00pm
East Room
Creativity As Spiritual Experience: An Artist Panel/Carol Barry.
Jeanne Duber. Jim Hayden. Vallerie Henderson, Penny Sisto,
and Walter Surge
3:15 - 4:00pm
East Room
A Town Without Steeples. Ante-Bellum Louisville Religion
Fr. Clyde F. Crews
4.15 - 5:00pm
East Room
Voices From the Catholic Frontier/Dr. Thomas Spalding. cfx
Friday. November 14
10:00 . 10:30am
Main Stage
We're Not In Kansas Anymore: Grieving In Oz/The Hospice Players
10:45. 11.15am
Main Stage
Prezettes Choral Program/Presentation Academy and
Dr. Suzanne Hachmiller
11:30- 12.00noun
Main Stage
The Pleasant Hill Shakers Sing/Roberta Burnes and Lawrence Dorrell
1:30 2:15pm
Main Stage
Taolst Tai Chi Demonstration/The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Kentucky
3:30 - 4:15pm
Main Stage
Congregation Adath Jeshurum Adult Choir, Combination Elijahu
Academy and Adath Jeshurum Junior Choir/Adath Jeshurum
Synagogue
10:00 - 10:45am
East Room
St Agnes Children's Handbell Choir and Advanced Youth Choir
St. Agnes Church
Board Room
Taoist Tai Chi For Health/The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Kentucky
10:00 - 2:00pm
Conference Room
Meditation Room/Sponsored by the Sisters of Loretto
Saturday. November 15
9:30 - 10:00am
Main Stage
Taoist Tai Chi Demonstration/The Taoist Tai Chi Society of Kentucky
11:15- 12:00 noon
Main Stage
Let All The People Praise Him/Harambee Chorus and Dancers
1:00 - 1:30pm
Main Stage
Sounds of the Season, St. Francis of Assisi Orff Ensemble
Gina Eberenz. Director
10.00 11.00am
East Room
Creating Your Family Vision/JK Productions and The Workshop
11:15- 12:15pm
Board Room
Hindu Slide Show/Dr. Kunwar Bhatnagar
10:00 - 2:00pm
Conference Room
Meditation Room/Sponsored by the Sisters of Loretto
Sunday. November 16
12:00 - 12:30pm
Main Stage
Bosnian Muslim Youth Dance Group
12:30- 1.00pm
Main Stage
The Salvation Army: On The March /Leon Kirkpatrick, Robert Snelson,
Jamie Bell. Thomas Bratten, and Captain Nancy Henry
1:15 - 1:45pm
Main Stage
Chicago Bahali Performance/Chicago Baha'i Workshop
2:00- 2:30pm
Main Stage
Songs of Faith/Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church Chair
2:45 - 3:15pm
Main Stage
Presbyterian USA Choral Group
4:00 - 4:30pm
Main Stage
Faith In Every Footstep/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints Choir
1:15 - 2:00pm
East Room
Indian Classical Dance/Louisville Academy of Classical Indian Dance
2:00 -2:30pm
East Room
Jewish Stories For Children Of All Ages/Laural Reinhart
Board Room
Yoga Demonstration/Members of the Hindu Temple of Kentucky
Led by Dr. T. Rangaswamy
12:00 - 2 00pm
Conference Room
Meditation Room/Sponsored by the Sisters of Loretto
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 30, 1997
Ms. Paula Broglio
11012 Cherry Hill Road
Adelphi, MD 20783
Dear Paula:
Thank you very much for your letter. It was wonderful
to hear from you.
Unfortunately, we do not have a tape available of the
Childcare Conference proceedings as White House tapes are
for archival purposes only. However, I suggest calling C-Span
and see if they can provide you with a copy.
I will send you the pictures as soon as they are
available.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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October 27, 1997
Dear Melanne,
Once again I want to thank you for taking the special time to call me and make
me feel like a real "important" person! I am so proud to say I was personally
invited to the White House conference by you for Mrs. Clinton. I really hope
the child care issues do not fizzle away. I sent you a belated card to please give
to Mrs. Clinton along with a picture of us at the Child Care reception on
October 23, 1997.
If there is anything I can do to help with the Child Care issues, please contact
me.
Also, I would love to have a video of the conference, especially since Mrs.
Clinton mentioned my name in her opening remarks. That is a moment of
history for me. I am looking forward to the pictures of Mrs. Clinton and I from
the conference.
Very sincerely yours,
Paula Bioglin
Paula Broglio
11012 Cherry Hill Road
Adelphi, Maryland 20783
h-301-937-2122
w-301-405-8634
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 3, 1997
Ms. Sarah Burns
Senior Liaison Officer
United Nations Development Programme
1775 K Street, NW
4th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Dear Sarah:
Thank you very much for your letter and the
information on UNDP's work in Central Asia. I have shared
your letter with staff involved in preparing for the First Lady's
upcoming trip.
Thanks and best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne
the First Lady
United Nations Development Programme
Sustainable human development
undp
27 October 1997
Dear Melanne,
I am happy to be writing the day after the First Lady's birthday so that I can wish the
First Lady congratulations on accomplishing so much at such a young age, and you on helping
her to it! I hear that more big things are planned for later this year, such as a trip to Eastern
Europe and the Newly Independent States. I would thus like to reacquaint the First Lady with
the work of UNDP in that Region and invite her to consider stopping off to visit some of our
programs there. I am sure she would appreciate the work we are doing supporting democratic
institutions, working with women and micro-credit, and working to promote a free and
independent press in that region.
Attached are some materials describing our work in the region, including an article from
Friday's New York Times which describes the Uzbekistan program to learn English. I think
there are some exciting projects the First Lady would enjoy seeing first-hand on her trip, and I
hope that we can facilitate such a visit. Naturally, I would also like to provide you the names of
our Resident Representatives/Resident Coordinators in each country who might be visited or
invited to some briefings along the way.
Thanks for your attention. My best personal regards to you and to the First Lady.
Sincerely,
funk
Sarah P. Burns
Senior Liaison Officer
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Assistant to the President &
Chief of Staff
Office of the First Lady
100 OEOB
Washington, DC 20500
Washington Liaison Office
1775 K Street NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20006
Telephone (202) 331 9130
Fax: (202) 331 9363
Internet [email protected]
THE NEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1997
Nukus Journal
In Plain English, These Uzbeks Are Going Places
By STEPHEN KINZER
said Khalid Malik, a Pakistani who
uates a four-year business course in
BELARUS
directs United Nations programs in
Moscow
NUKUS, Uzbekistan - Eager stu-
0 Miles 500
which they learn accounting, mar-
Uzbekistan.
UKRAINE
RUSSIA
dents at the Progress Center here
keting, computer science and other
told a recent visitor that their favor-
"The first time I went out there in
MOLDOVA
skills that will make them attractive
KAZAKSTAN
ite authors include Mark Twain,
1992 I was really depressed," Mr.
GEORGIA
to foreign employers.
Charles Dickens and Robert Louis
Malik said. The whole region was
UZBEKISTAN
"For a future job we need to know
stagnating. Now, in that school, you
KYRGYZSTAN
Stevenson. Had they ever read any-
English very well," said Vlad Lee, a
can talk to kids who are brimming
TURKEY
thing by Shakespeare?
17-year-old graduate of the Progress
with self-confidence. They' work-
TURKMENISTAN
"Gamlet!" shouted an exuberant
ARMENIA
Center's language course who has
ing in the most inhospitable circum-
young woman. After a moment's si-
AZERBALJAN
TAJIKISTAN
recently started the business school.
stances you could ever think of, and
lence, several of her classmates
IRAN
AFGHAN
what they've done IS truly impres-
"In this school learning is fun. We're
jumped in to correct her, and the
sive."
even learning slang expressions like
class dissolved in a chorus of "To be
During the period of Soviet rule in
KYRGYZSTAN
What's up?' and Time will tell.'
or not to be. that is the question."
Uzbekistan, Ms. Lagazidze, a citizen
Students pay a modest tuition
What was most extraordinary
of Uzbekistan who is of Georgian
equivalent to about $14 per month,
about the exchange was where it was
stock. gave private English lessons
most of which is used to supplement
Tashkent
taking place. Uzbekistan qualifies as
that were technically illegal, since
remote in most people's mind, and
schooling was supposed to be the ex-
Nukus
Nukus, a provincial outpost in this
UTBERTAN
the meager salaries that teachers
are paid by the local government.
clusive province of the state. But per-
Caspian Sea
Older students must spend several
Central Asian country's vast western
haps because she was SO far from
TURKMENISTAN
TAJIKISTAN
hours each week teaching English to
desert, is remote even to most Uz-
centers of power, and also because
children in their villages or neighbor-
beks.
her students always placed high on
IRAN
hoods.
In this improbable spot. a single-
university entrance examinations,
0 Miles 200
AFGHANISTAN
The school's stairwell is dominat-
minded woman named Lily Laga-
she was left alone. Her own English,
The New York Times
ed by a brightly painted map of the
zidze has built one of the few Eng-
accented but fluent, was learned in
lish-language schools in the former
Soviet schools.
An English-language school is
world scattered with tips on amusing
flourishing in Nukus.
ways to learn English.
Soviet Union. Her goal is to teach
Uzbekistan, with a population of 23
"Stand in front of a mirror and
young people to speak English and
million, emerged as an independent
imagine that you're being inter-
then to use their knowledge to con-
nation when the Soviet Union ceased
dren, to put our hearts into what
viewed on a chat show," it suggests.
nect with the outside world. which,
to exist in 1991, and a year later Ms.
we' doing," said Tatyana Cherny-
"Translate your shopping list into
since the collapse of the Soviet
Lagazizde submitted a plan to the lo-
shova, one of the school's 40 teach-
Union, is suddenly open to them.
English. Read a telephone book to
cal authorities asking permission to
ers. "We don't just want to teach
"It's a brilliant initiative, a motor
found a private school devoted to
practice saying numbers. Learn a
them a language, but to make them
for development and spiritual en-
song and sing along."
teaching English.
think in a new way. Our message is
hancement that is really revolution-
Her plan was approved mainly be-
Sitting in her office, Ms. Lagazidze,
that life can be great and that they
ary in the context of this society."
cause Nukus is part of an autono-
can do things they never imagined."
55, is a barely controlled dynamo
mous Uzbek region called Karakal-
You should see how they re-
who seems to have trouble keeping
pakstan. It has its own education
spond," Ms. Chernyshova said. "If
still.
minister, who does not feel bound by
their lesson starts at 3 clock
Last summer we sent students to
the suffocating regulations dictated
they're here at 2, waiting on the
Tashkent for internships with for-
from Tashkent, the capital, which
steps. By the time they've been here
eign companies, and almost every
still shackle the rest of the country.
only a few months, you can't believe
one of them was invited back and
"I send my son to the best acad-
that they' Karakalpak or Uzbek
given a job." she said with undis-
emy in Tashkent, but this place is
children."
guised pride. "I just came back from
better," said an Uzbek scientist who
The Progress Center opened with
visiting them, and you wouldn't be-
visited the Progress Center recently.
40 students and now has more than
lieve it. They are looking great and
'The idea that you can relax and
500. All attend in addition to carrying
making big salaries, $300 and $400 a
have fun learning is something to-
a normal load in their public school.
month."
tally new to us. There's nothing like it
Competition for admission, based on
Knowing English gives these chil-
in Tashkent. There couldn't be."
testing, is intense; this year there
dren so many options. Walk through
To anyone who has been inside a
were more than 600 applicants for
the corridors here and you will see
normal Uzbek school, seeing the
170 places.
the future of this country."
Progress Center is a shock. Classes
Originally the center was aimed
are small and students are not con-
only at teaching English to pre-teens
fined to rows or made to listen to lec-
and teen-agers, but Ms. Lagazidze
tures. Films, songs. music and thea-
has now opened what amounts to a
ter are important parts of the curric-
second school within the same build-
ulum.
ing. Concluding that language skills
We try to be very kind to the chil-
are not enough, she now offers grad-
UNDP: REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
Resident Coordinator/Resident Representative
Mr. Herbert A. Behrstock
United Nations Office
c/o KIMEP
4 Abai Avenue
480100 Almaty
Phone: (7-3272) 642618
Fax: (7-3272) 642608
UNDP: KYRGYZSTAN
Resident Coordinator/Resident Representative
Mr. Ercan Murat
90 Chuykov Street
Bishkek 720000
Kyrgyzstan
Phone: (996-3312) 227543
Fax: (996-3312) 226995
UNDP: UZBEKISTAN
Resident Coordinator/Resident Representative
Mr. Khalid Malik
4 Taras Shevchenko Street
Tashkent 700029
Phone: (7-3712) 133-09-77
Fax:
(7-3712) 406-291
UNDP: UKRAINE
Resident Representative/Resident Coordinator
Mr. Pedro Pablo Villanueva
1 Klovsky Uzviz
252021 Kiev
Ukraine
Phone: (380-44) 293-5559
Fax:
(380-44) 293-2607
UNDP: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Resident Coordinator
Mr. Christopher Carpenter
Seleznevskaya
Ul.11A (1)
101489 Moscow
Russian Federation
Phone:
(7-095) 956-4989
Fax: (7-095) 973-1960
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 24, 1997
Mr. John Brinkley
9320 Wire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Dear Mr. Brinkley:
Thank you very much for your letter and for a copy of
the speech you wrote for Secretary Pena. I have given your
letter to Bobbie Greene, Deputy Chief of Staff to the First
Lady, and she will be in contact with you.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Mem
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 3. 1997
Ms. Janet Benshoof
The Center for Reproductive Law & Policy
120 Wall Street
New York. NY 10005
Dear Janet:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter and invitation to deliver the keynote address to the
second annual Blackmun Lecture on Privacy.
As you may have already heard from Leslie.
regrettably, the First Lady will be unable to attend due to a
schedule conflict, but sends her best wishes for a successful
and productive event.
Thanks for all you do and best wishes.
Sincerely,
Me Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE LAW AND POLICY
July 1, 1997
The First Lady
120 WALL STREET
Office of the First Lady
Old Executive Office Building
NEW YORK
Room 100
NEW YORK 10003 USA
Washington, DC 20500
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Dear Mrs. Clinton,
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As the President of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, it is my honor and
pleasure to invite you to be the Keynote Speaker at the second annual Blackmun Lecture on
Privacy, which will be held on January 21, 1998, in Washington, D.C. This lecture and seminar
will mark the 25th anniversary of Roe v. Wade both by celebrating the values embodied in this
landmark decision and by exploring the ways in which these values - bodily integrity, choice,
religious freedom, and women's equality - can be championed in years to come.
Your presence at the lecture will be invaluable. As a leader, lawyer, mother, author,
and citizen, you have long been known for your thoughtfulness about issues of family, society,
and the ideals of individual liberty and equality that are at the core of American life. Your
reflections on these issues, and how Roe affects the lives of American women, will be a
welcome and informative centerpiece to this event.
The Blackmun Lecture panelists will include nationally recognized experts from the
fields of law, medicine, public health, and public policy. At present, our invitation list includes
Vice President Albert Gore, Senator Olympia Snowe, Senator Thomas Daschle, Senator
Barbara Boxer, Representative Richard Gephardt, Representative Jim Greenwood,
Representative Nita Lowey, Justice Harry Blackmun, Professor Lawrence Tribe, David Garrow,
Dr. David Grimes, Dr. Helen Rodriguez Trias, and Dr. Ward Catcs. In addition to addressing
the policy makers, activists, advocates, members of the public, and media present at the event
site, the lecture participants will also reach a far larger audience either through a national
teleconference or videotape that will be distributed through law schools across the country.
I will be pleased to discuss further details about the Blackmun Lecture with members of
your staff. Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely.
Janet Benshoof
President
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Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Melanne:
I'm really writing you this letter to forward to Hillary. I didn't want to put
it in a letter to her because I felt it would be opened by the United States Mail
Opening Department of the First Lady. What I wanted to tell her and you about is
my appearance last week in federal court in our challenge to Arkansas' so-called
"partial-birth" abortion ban. It was quite an experience. Sarah Ehrman told me to
go to Connie Failles for dresses, but she was out of town, so I had to do with my
New York clothes.
Another CRLP lawyer, Cilla Smith, and I had the trial before a federal
magistrate, Judge Jerry Cavaneau. Our local counsel, Bettina Brownstein, was
out of town, so it was just us versus the State of Arkansas. The State argued that
this case was about a new category of constitutional rights; in essence, they
argued that the unborn have no rights, the born have complete rights, and this case
concerned the constitutional rights of the "partially born" (that is, at any time
when any part of the fetus, detached or intact, is out of the uterus).
Our plaintiffs were absolutely wonderful in talking about how the statute
was so vague that it would encompass not only all methods of abortion
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throughout pregnancy, but also miscarriages and obstetrical emergencies. Our
deliveres
plaintiffs include Dr. William Harrison, who has a regular gynecological practice
Chelsen
in Fayetteville; Dr. Stover, who runs a family planning clinic (largely abortions);
Dr. Max Baldwin, who has a mostly obstetrical practice but does some abortions
for his obstetrical patients; and Dr. Tom Tvedten. Dr. Gerry Quirk, who is head
of the University of Arkansas' Ob-Gyn Department and its Genetics Division,
testified that this would cover the kinds of abortions he performs at the hospital
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for extreme fetal anomalies (at a cost of $4,000 - $6,500, cash up front!). The
University of Arkansas facility provides him with an extraordinary range of
experience from which he can inform the judge about the statute. For example, he
sees about 25 hydroencephaly (i.e., water on the brain or no brain) cases a year,
which is extraordinary. Most doctors, even ob-gyns, see just a few in a lifetime.
Our lead national expert, Dr. Phil Stubblefield, who was at Harvard and now
heads the Boston University Medical Center, was great in part because his parents
are from Arkansas, and his grandfather was a legislator from Fayetteville for
thirty years - another local boy who made good!
I subpoenaed the two state legislators who sponsored this legislation,
Representative Hendren and State Senator Boozman. Their testimony borders on
surreal. Senator Boozman, who is also a doctor, defines "a living fetus" as
beginning at conception or a fertilized egg or one cell. Dr. Hendren, when asked
what "partially vaginally delivered" means, gave various answers, but when
pressed about the vagina, ended up saying he was an engineer and wasn't really
familiar with those parts.
Our opinion, which I'm enclosing, is really one of the best on these
statutes so far, even though it is very short and preliminary. It's good because the
judge mentions strict scrutiny, while the other cases have gone off on undue
burden. In addition, the judge talks about how pregnancy is complicated, why
there is a need for unimpeded medical care and judgment, and the evolving nature
of medical care. In fact, Dr. Harrison had testified that between 1968 and 1974,
when he did lifesaving abortions at the University of Arkansas, he changed his
method of abortion three times for early procedures: from saline catheter, which
would now be malpractice, to sharp curettage to suction vacuum aspiration. So,
all in all, the testimony and preliminary opinion went very well. We will be going
back to trial on October 8th, but have really put on the majority of our case.
I actually really loved Arkansas. We stayed at the Excelsior Hotel, and I
realized that I had not really had good fried food until I had it three times a day in
Arkansas. For lunch, we would have Backyard Burgers with chili french fries
brought to us in the jury room. We ate at Doe's one night and barbecue another.
The thing about Arkansas fried food is that it is so absolutely good. It is not junk
fried food; it's like gourmet junk fried food.
The second reason I'm writing this letter is that we have asked Hillary to
be a speaker on January 21, 1998 at our 25th anniversary celebration of "Roe v.
Wade and the Vision of America," which will be teleconferenced to various
centers around the country. Since Roe V. Wade represents American values of
pluralism, religious freedom, bodily privacy, choice in family matters, I think it
would be great if Hillary would introduce this conference by giving a talk about
the values in Roe, and go back to the values of American democracy, i.e., maybe
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John Milton or the Federalist papers. I know law schools are interested in our
conference, and this is a wonderful opportunity to talk about the Constitution and
values of our form of government. Since we are a legal-based organization, it
also removes abortion from politics. We hope Justice Blackmun will join Hillary.
Best,
Janet
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Ms. Eunice Buhler
1033 S. Hamlin Avenue
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Dear Eunice:
Thank you very much for your thoughtful, wonderful
letter. I am sorry that the First Lady was unable to see you
when she was in Park Ridge, but I have given her your happy
birthday wishes.
Best wishes in all you do.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
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Tincerely
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 29, 1997
Mr. Alexander Bistrushkin
Chief of the Department
Main Department of Culture
Kyiv City State Administration
3,b. Shevchenko, 252004
Kyiv, Ukraine
Dear Mr. Bistrushkin:
The White House was, indeed, graced to have the Kiev
Chamber Choir perform during the holiday season. The choir
deserves its wonderful reputation and we congratulate you on a
successful tour.
Thank you for the wonderful gifts for the President and
First Lady which I was happy to convey to them. We were so
glad to have you here and they are grateful for your good
wishes.
Best wishes and happy new year. Robe :-
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Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 2, 1997
Ms. Lori Braunesreither
Mr. Ronald Torres
Ms. Diana Kato
California Environmental Health Association
2211 Westchester Drive
San Jose, CA 95124
Dear Ms. Braunesreither, Ms. Kato and Mr. Torres:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter and invitation to deliver the keynote address to the
California Environmental Health Association's 47th Annual
Educational Symposium on April 22, 1998, which was
forwarded to us by Sylvia Panetta.
It is too early to determine at this time whether Mrs.
Clinton will be able to accept your invitation. We will advise
you of a scheduling decision sometime early next year.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Memer Melanne Verveer
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the First Lady
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November 24, 1997
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Office of the First Lady
Room 100
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20502
Dear Melanne:
Per the request of Huma Abedin of your office, I am faxing Mr. Panetta's letter of
November 5, 1997 along with the enclosures referred to in that letter.
Thank you for your consideration of this request.
Sincerely,
Sylvia M. Panetta
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Ms Melanne Verveer
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Room 100
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Dear Melanne:
At the request of Diana Kato, I am forwarding her correspondence for your review and
consideration.
Thank you for your help in this matter.
Sincerely,
Leon E. Panetta
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October 6, 1997
Hillary Rodham Clinton
White House
Washington, D.C. 20005
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
On behalf of the California Environmental Health Association, we are honored to extend this
invitation to be a speaker at the keynote opening address during the California Environmental
Health Association's 47th Annual Educational Symposium in Monterey, California on the morning
of Wednesday, April 22, 1998.
The California Environmental Health Association (CEHA) is a not-for-profit professional
organization with a mission dedicated to improving the quality of life and health through
environmental education and awareness. CEHA is the oldest state association of Environmental
Health Specialists and environmental health professionals in the United States - with more than
1,000 members, it is the largest and strongest affiliate of the National Environmental Health
Association (NEHA).
"Exploring Greater Depths in Environmental Health" is the theme of our upcoming symposium
which will be held from April 20-24, 1998 at the Doubletree Hotel and Monterey Conference Center.
Each year, CEHA presents a week-long event to provide a diverse educational program for
professional members, private industry representatives, educators, students, and other related
professionals. Local regulatory jurisdictions throughout California rely on the symposium as the
primary educational program for Registered Environmental Health Specialists who administer and
enforce all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances that protect public health.
The President's Safe Food Initiative introduced earlier this year was a welcome announcement for
CEHA's membership since it drives at the very heart of one of California's most critical regulatory
programs. With this in mind, an exciting addition to our symposium will be the initiation of a new
"deputy inspector" program in the local schools. With the involvement and participation of local
industry, we will reach out to fourth and fifth grade students on food safety issues and demonstrate
how local inspectors and industry work together to protect their food supply. We firmly believe that
the education and involvement of our country's young people are critical to ensuring a brighter and
healthier environment for future generations.
A critical success factor for any event is the quality of its educational program. Many volunteer
hours from dedicated committee members go into planning and staging our conferences. The
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educational focus of this year's symposium will encompass food protection, solid waste and
hazardous waste management, drinking water protection, disaster preparedness and response, to
name but a few.
As environmental health professionals, we live, work, and study in a world that each day faces new
threats and challenges in public health. Each day, the "environmental consciousness" of the public
grows resulting in an ever increasing level of responsibility and accountability being placed on both
the regulatory community and industry. CEHA is committed to providing the necessary educational
tools to help our membership meet these challenges now and in the future.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this matter. We hope to hear from you soon and look
forward to your participation in the keynote presentation at the California Environmental Health
Association's 47th Annual Educational Symposium. Please, feel free to contact Diana Kato, Program
Committee Co-Chair at 510-646-5225 x221 with any questions or concerns.
Sh Ronald Torres, REAS.
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December 10, 1997
Ms. Lea Browning
W.E.A.R.E. for Human Rights
7204 Central Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912-6451
Dear Lea:
Thank you very much for your letter and for enclosing
Justice Arbour's statement to the Preparatory Committee on the
Establishment of an International Criminal Court, which I have
shared with the First Lady.
Enclosed is a copy of the speech Mrs. Clinton delivered
at the United Nations to mark Human Right's Day.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
Encl.
Thanks
Sand her of
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HRC Speed U.N.
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A.R.E. for Human Rights
7204 Central Avenue
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(301)270-0436 (tel.); (301)270-0321 (fax)
December 9, 1997
Via Telefacsimile
Melanne Verveer
Assistant to the President
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
OEOB, Room 100
Washington, DC 20500
Re.: First Lady's Speech on Dec. 10, 1997
Dear Ms. Verveer,
Perhaps you remember meding me when Felice Gaer, Blaustein Institute, and the
Co-Chairs of the Working Group on Human Rights of Women (Pat Rengel, Amnesty
International, Kit Cosby, Baha'is, and myself) had lunch with you earlier this year.)
I welcomed the statement y sterday by the United States before the Preparatory
Committee on the Establishment of an International Crimina Court, recognizing that
rape and others crimes of sexual viblence could be charged as torture or other crimes in
their own right.
In that regard, I would like to bring to your attention the statement of
Justice Louise Arbour to the Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an
International Criminal Court, December 8, 1997, which I have enclosed with this facsimile.
Justice Arbour suggested that
"the statute should make specific reference to sexual violence, in a manner
consistent with contemporary understanding of such offenses as crimes of violence
against the person. Bearing in mind the evolution of customary international law
and contemporary values, it is appropriate to include , uch a reference in the war
crimes provision as well as In the crimes against humanity. This explicit codification
of sexual violence should not detract from the discretion of the prosecutor to
characterize the conduct un der any other appropriate heading under the statute."
(Emphasis added.)
It would be quite significant if, in her speech tomorrow, the First Lady would make
reference to Justice Louise Arbour's statement regarding "explicit codification of sexual
violence."
Please call me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
LanBrowing Lea Browning
cc: Theresa Loar, President's Inte ragency Council on Women
United Nations
Statement by Justice Louise Arbour
Nations Unies
to the Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of
an International Criminal Court
8 December 1997
International
Criminal Tribunal
for the Former
Yugoslavia
Tribunal Penal
International pour
l'ex-Yougoslavie
My primary concern in addressing you today is to stress the need
Office of the
for an independent and effective Prosecutor in the permanent
Prosecutor
International Criminal Court. I will make some observations in light of
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my dual experience as Prosecutor for both ICTY and ICTR, insofar as it
may be relevant to the court whose foundations you are designing.
Having had the bene it of overseeing prosecu tions both in Rwanda and
in the former Yugosla via, I believe that I can identify issues that are likely
to be widespread, if r ot universal, and to distinguish them from the
idiosyncrasies of spe cific cases which should not influence the drafters
of a permanent institution.
Let me state unequivocally at the outset that there is more to fear
from an impotent tha 7 from on overreaching Prosecutor. It is trite to
recognize that an ins litution should not be CO nstructed on the
assumption that it will be run by incompetent people, acting in bad faith
for improper purposes. Mechanisms should obviously be put in place to
correct that situation should it materialize, but the powers of the
Prosecutor, and of the Court itself, should be designed in a manner
consistent with the effective enforcement of the statute. Without
trivializing the effects of the charging process. itself, it remains that if
unfounded charges are laid, the accused will be acquitted. But if
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persons guilty of crimels within the statute are out of reach of the
Prosecutor, the very purpose of the statute will be defeated.
I also wish to ma ke a general observation about the likely
circumstances under which the Court's interve ntion will be triggered.
Generally speaking recourse to an international criminal forum will only
occur when horrendous crimes have been committed with the collusion
or impotence of natior al authorities.
Further, implicit in the need or desire to turn to an international
forum is the fact that a State legally competent to intervene has been
largely incapacitated by or during the commission of the crimes; either in
the physical sense that its legal and judicial institutions have ceased
functioning, or in the liqually real sense that the legitimacy of its judicial
process has been undermined, in part by an intent to shield individuals
from criminal liability.
In other words, vre must contemplate cases of victimization of
international proportion, occurring in an environment where the State
most immediately cor cerned is either unwilling or unable to offer a
remedy commensurate to the harm inflicted.
Finally, as an introductory general remark, I must stress the
inevitable reality that there will always be persons in position of authority
and power whose interest will be to resist and even to subvert the
unfolding of the international criminal justice system. To assume
otherwise would be naive and imprudent, and would lead to the creation
of an unworkable institution.
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It follows in my view from these general observations that a treaty-
based International Criminal Court will depend, in practical terms, on
effective state co-operation for its proper functioning, just as much as
the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda do. The
statute of the permarent Court should provide for the explicit obligation
of States Parties to cb-operate with the Prosecutor and to provide all
requested assistance. It should also provide clearly and explicitly that
States must comply without undue delay with the Court's orders and
requests. Experience has shown that criminal justice must rest on that
dual obligation: co-operation and compliance. Co-operation is to be
expected. When it fails, the Court must determine whether compliance
is required. It is not possible to run a fair and effective criminal justice
system, be it domestically or internationally, without the Court having the
power to control its access to the relevant facts upon which its
conclusions will be based. A criminal court provides an official, final,
binding conclusion about historical facts, upor which may rest the
legitimate deprivation of a person's liberty for life. There can be no
acceptable compromite about the permanent Court's entitlement to find
and determine the facts that are essential to the performance of its
function.
Legitimate concerns, such as State concerns over the non-
disclosure of matters affecting their vital national security interests, or
individual concerns over the proper respect ar d protection of their
privacy, can be accorr modated through proce dural modalities outlined in
the Court's rules of procedure and evidence, with a general statutory
provision recognizing he serious nature of such legitimate concerns and
that special procedures shall apply.
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Turning then to the powers of the Prosecutor of the permanent
Court, I would like to expand on my earlier remarks that it may be
unwarranted for States to fear the possible overreach, or simply the
untrammeled power cf the Prosecutor of the permanent Court. Despite
the fact that the ad hcc Tribunals' powers originate in Chapter VII of the
United Nations Charter, the taxing experience of my Office suggests that
it is more likely that the Prosecutor of the perr nanent Court could be
chronically enfeebled by inadequate enforcement powers combined with
a persistent and wide spread unwillingness of States Parties to CO-
operate. The existence of jurisdiction will not necessarily correspond to
the reality facing the Prosecutor of the permanent Court on a day-to-day
basis. It must be assumed that in some cases there will be resourceful
and well-organized hostile elements in his or her way, occasionally with
the indirect support 01 governments. No one should expect that States
emerging from armed conflicts marked by the commission of massive
human rights violations, will revert to functioning and co-operative
democracies as soon as the hostilities cease. Rather, these States,
destabilized by the ry crimes under investig ation, may prove unwilling
or unable to facilitate the work of the Prosecutor. Yet, much of the
evidence relevant to proving the crimes will be located in States which
were the most affected by the conflict, and by the crimes themselves.
Many potential witnes ses will have been internally displaced or will
reside on occupied 01 seceded territory.
The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg faced a situation
which may well prove the exception rather than the norm in the longer
run: The mandate of the IMT was restricted to crimes committed by the
regime which had capitulated unconditionally and the prosecution had
unlimited and unhindered access to all releva evidence in the main
territorial State. World events since then, and certainly the experience
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of the two ad hoc Tribunals, suggest that this is unlikely to be a standard
prosecutorial environment.
The Prosecutor's investigative powers should be seen against this
sober background - - and not through the spectrum of traditional judicial
assistance and co-opieration between like-mi nded democratic States in
peace time. We have seen in our practice that the judiciary and police
of States torn by war and widespread atrocities will in many cases have
either marginal credibility or minimal ability to function in the immediate
aftermath of an armed conflict. In some cases the police forces have
operated alongside and in consort with regular and irregular armed
forces in attacks on divilian populations or other protected persons in
violation of internatio nal humanitarian law. Ir parts of the former
Yugoslavia and in Rwanda, the judiciary was one of the first branches of
government to be either ethnically purged or eliminated. The permanent
Court should not be forced by the statute into dependency on national
authorities which find. themselves in difficult transitions. Such
dependency would P obably harm the credibility of the Court, as it would
unavoidably become either impotent, or else tainted by the lack of
legitimacy of the national authorities in quest on.
For these reasons the Prosecutor of the permanent Court should
have unhindered anc direct access to all potential evidence in the
territorial States, be it documentary or other physical evidence, or
witnesses, in accordance with the procedures spelled out in the rules of
the Court. The investigators of the Prosecutor should be able to
determine the conditions under which their ir terviews with potential
witnesses will be cor ducted, including whether any government officials
should be present. Blased on our experience: I offer this as a general
prerequisite, which hould also apply in the case of States other than
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those on whose territory the alleged crimes occurred. The vast majority
of the witnesses testi ying before the ICTY who currently reside outside
the States of the form er Yugoslavia are persons displaced by the armed
conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia in the 1990s; they are
not from the State in which they live now and normally not citizens of
that State. Scarred and often traumatized by war, these witnesses often
distrust law-enforcem ent authorities. Many of them have witnessed
direct police involvement in the abuse of innocent civilians or
government officials organizing and taking part in concentration camp
interrogation of detainees, and at times aiding and abetting in their
systematic torture. Their distrust is not speci fically targeted against the
judicial authorities of their new host-country. They are reluctant to co-
operate with all investigative efforts. The international Prosecutor will be
best positioned to develop the expertise upon which a relationship of
trust with these witne sses can be established and maintained.
Subject to legitimate national security concerns, which should be
adjudicated upon by the Court, governments should not control, nor
should they be perce ived to be controlling the Prosecutor's access to
relevant evidence. The Prosecutor should be granted free and
unsupervised access to all witnesses including, if need be, government
employees or members of the military.
Further to thesei observations on the need for secure, confidential
access by the Prosecutor to witnesses, particularly to traumatized and
vulnerable witnesses, let me stress that a ssible statutory obligation
for the Court to assist States with relevant domestic investigations
should not take precedence over the right of the witnesses to control the
use of their witness statements outside the permanent Court. There
should be a formal barrier to the Court giving anyone, including States,
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copies of witness stat ements unless the witness consents, apart of
course, from the legitimate discovery entitlements of the defense.
Secondly, the rmanent Court, not witnesses, should have the
discretionary power to determine whether the witness should be allowed
to testify at a location other than that of the S6 at of the Court. The
logistical, financial and other difficulties associated with the use of
satellite video link and depositions are considerable, in addition to the
difficulties caused for the Prosecutor's organization of the presentation
of evidence.
Thirdly, the Court should have limited powers to determine on a
case-by-case basis E pplications for safe passage from witnesses who
are to appear before the Court. In principle, a statutory provision
essentially granting witnesses immunity during their stay in the
jurisdiction of the host-country of the Court, a gainst apprehension for
crimes within the juri sdiction of the Court alleged to have been
committed before they come to testify, flies in the face of the obligation
of persons charged 10 submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the Court
and does not approp riately reflect the extreme gravity of the crimes
under consideration. If an application for sale passage of such
witnesses is denied py the Court, other modes of testifying could then be
resorted to.
As regards the so-called jurisdictional trigger mechanism of the
permanent Court, I shall confine my remarks to three points which are
relevant to the role of the Prosecutor. The Prosecutor should be able to
initiate investigation ex officio based on reliable information received
from any source. It seems to me that this would best enable the
Prosecutor to make a non-political, independent and professional
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selection of cases based on relevant legal criteria such as the
seriousness of the alleged offenses, the likely quality and accessibility of
the evidence, the availability of resources and the relationship to other
on-going investigations. The main distinction between domestic
enforcement of crimir al law, and the international context, rests upon the
broad discretionary power granted to the international Prosecutor in
selecting the targets for prosecution. Domestically, the general
assumption is that enforcement is universal, i e. that all crimes beyond
the de minimis range will be prosecuted, subject to the determination by
the prosecutor that a charge is appropriate based on a preliminary
examination of the facts of the case.
In the international context, particularly in a system based on
complementarity with State jurisdiction, the discretion to prosecute is
considerably larger, and the criteria upon white such prosecutorial
discretion is to be exercised are ill-defined, and complex. In my
experience, based or the work of the two Tribunals to date, I believe that
the real challenge posed to a Prosecutor is to choose from many
meritorious complain the appropriate ones for international
intervention, rather th an to weed out weak or frivolous ones. Our
experience to date suggests that we can disp ose quickly of even large
quantities of unsubst antiated allegations. In any event, an appropriate
process of vigorous i ternal indictment review, such as we presently
have in place at the two Tribunals, confirmation by a competent judge,
and the inevitable acquittal that would result rom an unfounded
prosecution, should alleviate any fear that an overzealous or politically -
driven Prosecutor could abuse his or her powers.
Secondly, if the statute of the permaner t Court was to require a
complaint or referral for the jurisdiction of the Court to be triggered,
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maximum prosecutorial discretion should still be preserved. For
instance, it would be appropriate to mandate the Prosecutor to
investigate and prosec ute offenses related to El particular conflict, but not
to mandate the Prosecutor to investigate offenses allegedly committed
by one side only to the conflict. The greatest threat, in my view, to the
legitimacy of the permanent Court, would be the credible suggestion of
political manipulation of the office of the Prosecutor, or of the Court
itself, for political expediency. This would be best avoided, 1 believe, by
the appointment of a qualified, independent Prosecutor through a
transparent process, for a substantial non-reriewable term, equipped
with considerable discretion in the control of the prosecutorial agenda.
A mechanism for the dismissal of the Prosecu tor after impeachment for
breach of his or her duties or violation of his or her oath, for instance
upon application to the Court, or by a number of States Parties, would in
my view account more transparently for political interests in
prosecutions.
Thirdly, even if the statute were silent or that point, it could not
displace the authority of the Security Council to create in the future ad
hoc Tribunals such as the existing ones. If only for that reason it would
seem preferable for the statute to contemplate a reference to the Court
by the Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations
Charter. In such cases, the non-consensual characteristic which the
Court would necessa rily assume in those referral cases would
significantly strength en the situation of the Prosecutor and of the Court
itself.
I would also like: to make a few observations concerning the
subject-matter jurisd ction of the permanent Court. It is of critical
importance that the statute contain precise offense provisions so that a
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potential accused knows what he may be charged with and, to the extent
practicable, the elements of possible offenses. I would warn, however,
against adding additional elements to offenses which are well-
established in international law, particularly if these new elements are
unrelated to the moral culpability of the accused. For example, I suggest
that it is desirable to provide a list of the war crimes which are subject to
the jurisdiction of the permanent Court, but clearly undesirable to include
a provision in the statute which indicates that such crimes only come
within the Court's jurisdiction when they are widespread or part of a
systematic plan or po icy or any similar language. The Prosecutor may,
of course, purely as a matter of discretion, decide not to prosecute some
crimes unless they ar part of a systematic plan or policy or have been
committed on a certain scale. Indeed the statute could specifically
enumerate factors that the Prosecutor may operly take into account in
exercising his or her cliscretion, including the presence or absence of a
plan or system. Adding what in effect becomes a new element to the
offense, however, makes proof unnecessarily difficult and tends to
transform war crimes into crimes against humanity. I would caution
against changing the definition of well established norms of customary
international law for the purposes of this convention.
I would also like O suggest that the statute of the permanent Court
include war crimes committed in internal confl cts and that, to the extent
international law allows, the same types of conduct be prohibited in all
types of conflicts. I am well aware of the differing histories and contents
of the laws applicable to international and to internal conflicts. Most
modern conflicts are, however, either internal or mixed in nature. They
are not international. 1 believe that there is no rational basis upon which
to justify that two victims of identical offenses committed on consecutive
days cannot obtain the same form of redress before an international
Court because the of ense committed on the first day is justiciable since
the conflict was international, but the offense committed on the second
day is not because the conflict was then internal.
As a final obsen ation concerning subject-matter jurisdiction of the
permanent Court, I would like to suggest that the statute should make
specific reference to stexual violence, in a manner consistent with
contemporary understanding of such offenses as crimes of violence
against the person. Blearing in mind the evolution of customary
international law and contemporary values, it S appropriate to include
such a reference in the war crimes provision as well as in the crimes
against humanity provision. This explicit codification of sexual violence
should not detract from the discretion of the Prosecutor to characterize
the conduct under any other appropriate heacing under the statute.
Let me make two final points. First, my experience with the ad hoc
Tribunals has persuaded me that it is essential for the permanent Court
that a system of secure, adequate, long-term financing be designed.
The Prosecutor's office of the permanent Court cannot be effective
without proper resources, and some capacity for planning based on
financial predictability It is costly to conduct i nternational criminal
investigations and prosecutions, and it is high y desirable to be able to
have appropriate resources in place in a timely fashion. Moreover, a
permanent Court in my view requires a permanent office of the
Prosecutor. A core permanent staff will be required in the Prosecutor's
office for the proper development of an expert investigative capacity,
legal expertise and adequate analytical capability, as well as for the
monitoring of situations which may require prc secutorial intervention. As
a court of record, it should always have also a core permanent Registry,
but it may not need to have a permanent full complement of judges. In
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fact, 1 would suggest nat the Court should have a permanent Appeals
Chamber, composed of seven or nine judges appointed as such, and
who may not need to ;ake up permanent residence at the seat of the
Court. Trial Chambers should be constituted, as need be, from a
relatively large panel of judges who should be active judges in their own
country, elected by the States Parties as members of the Court. This
would have the benefit of spreading broadly the expertise and interest in
the work of the Court, avoiding the repetition and fact-related cases
before the same smail number of trial judges, and yet preserving the
uniformity and expert se in international huma nitarian law in a highly
specialized appellate forum.
Finally, I would urge you to view this historic institution that you are
in the process of creating not as a self-standing, immutable bastion of
unaccountability, but as a living instrument created by States, for the
benefit of people, and answerable as such. I therefore believe it is
critical to design a governing legislation that contains an amending
formula, so as to ensure that the Court will adapt to new situations and
grow in conformity with the expectations of the States Parties.
In that respect, one must distinguish be.ween fundamental
principles of substantial law, procedure and evidence, which should be
enshrined in the statute with a great degree of permanence, and rules of
procedure and evide nce which should be under the constant supervision
of an Advisory Cominittee to the States Parties, for the purpose of
allowing them to enact timely and necessary amendments. Below that,
the last level of governance of the Court's operations should be entirely
in the hands of the judges. This is what I would call rules of practice, i.e.
the body of regulatic ns which govern such matters as the sittings of the
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Court, the form of written procedures, the availability of oral rather than
written submissions, and the like.
But the rules of procedure and evidence reflecting the fundamental
principles contained in the statute, should be capable of flexible
additions and amendments to reflect the inevitable unexpected
situations that such a new institution will enccunter. These rules, in my
view, should not be e hacted nor amended solely by the judges, who of
course have their own institutional interest in the application of these
rules. A Rules Advisory Committee should be envisaged, composed of
representatives of the various organs of the Court and of the defense
bar and the academic community, to advise States Parties about the
need for periodic amendment. The States Parties should agree that
these amendments would be adopted by a Standing Committee of
States Parties, rather than by the unanimous conference of States
Parties. Such interventions should be limited to amendments of the
statute itself.
In conclusion, I believe that a permane nt criminal Court will be the
long-awaited realization of the goals expressed already in the Genocide
Convention of 1949, and as such a timely consolidation of international
law, consistent with the creative search for peaceful and effective
measures of conflict prevention and resolution. However, such a Court
should be strong and well equipped to operate as the authoritative
mechanism through which an individual may be deprived of his or her
liberty. Should it be a weak and powerless institution, not only will it lack
legitimacy, but it will betray the very human ghts ideals that will have
inspired its creation. In such a case, regardless of the number of
ratifications, the Cou t may be considered a retrograde development as
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it will not only fail to cispense fair justice, but it may exacerbate the
sense of legitimate 9 lievance of the disenfrar chised.
In short, I am not persuaded that a weak permanent Court is
better than no Court at all.
Decemebr 2, 1997
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Ms. Sarah Brown
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregancy
2100 M Street, NW
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Suite 300
Washingotn, DC 20037
Dear Sarah:
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Thank you very much for your note and for "Campaign
Update."
Please call my assistant, Katy Button, at (202) 456-
6266 to see if we can possibly arrange a meeting.
Best wishes in your important work.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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CAMPAIGN
FALL 1997
PREVENT TEEN PREG ANCY
2100 M STREET NW SUITE 300
Shalala Calls for Creating Safe
WASHINGTON DC 20037
Passages for Youth
PHONE 202.857.8655
Calling youth development programs a
development programs even if they don't
"strategic investment," U.S. Department of
know it. "People support solutions that
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Health and Human Services (DHHS)
develop character," he said. Researcher
EMAIL:
Secretary Donna Shalala cautioned that
Robert Blum cautioned that these solutions
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teenage pregnancy rates will only decline
"need to be driven less by what we want to
with encompassing intervention in all
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work and more by what we've found to
aspects of children's lives. "It's the
work." Effective youth development
comprehensiveness of programs that
programs promote self-efficiency, last at
THE HON. THOMAS H. KEAN
makes a difference," she said.
least nine months, seek to improve social
Chair
Shalala brought her message of support for
solving teen problems through broad,
ISABEL V. SAWHILL
asset-building strategies to a meeting of
President
national youth development leaders,
members of Congress and the Clinton
Administration, researchers, experts, and
SARAH S. BROWN
teens. The meeting was co-hosted by the
Director
Campaign, the National Urban League,
and Girls Incorporated. The Secretary
issued a challenge to participants to
National Board
"convince Americans that [youth
CHARLOTTE BEERS
development] is a shrewd way to get young
LINDA CHAVEZ
people safely through adolescence."
Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala
ANNETTE CUMMING
addresses youth development meeting.
WILLIAM GALSTON
The "Creating Safe Passages for Youth"
WHOOPI GOLDBERG
meeting explored the challenges that
norms and take place in several social
young people face today, examined
settings, according to the research of
KATHARINE GRAHAM
evaluations of youth development
panelist Richard Catalano, who is currently
DAVID A. HAMBURG
programs, and searched for ways that
evaluating a number of youth development
IRVING B. HARRIS
organizations such as the Campaign can
programs under the auspices of DHHS.
BARBARA HUBERMAN
learn from the success of youth
SHEILA JOHNSON
development models.
The wide-ranging discussion elicited
THE HON. N. KASSEBAUM-BAKER
advice and guidance from many youth
"It's not enough to focus on the problems
development practitioners and other
THE HON. C. EVERETT KOOP
of teens; we must arm them with skills so
experts:
JOHN D. MACOMBER
they can make positive choices. Youth
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SISTER MARY ROSE MCGEADY
development offers a holistic approach,"
JUDY MCGRATH
said Rep. Connie Morella (R-MD), a
JODY GREENSTONE MILLER
member of the Campaign's House
ssue:
KRISTIN A. MOORE
Advisory Panel. Simply stated, youth
Media progress report page 3
development programs should "start early
HUGH B. PRICE
and stay late," advised Girls Incorporated
State organizations surveyed page.4
THE HON. WARREN B. RUDMAN
National Executive Director Isabel C.
Community dialogues page.4
VICTORIA P. SANT
Stewart, a Campaign board member.
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Upcoming page 9.
THE HON. ANDREW YOUNG
Pollster Dan Yankelovich said the public is
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Here's our latest - as you'll
see, there's a lot underway.
I hope you wan't think me
pushy if I try to get a few
minutes of your time in the
next several weeks. I want to
try out a few ideas an you.
with best wishes, Sarah Prown
The National Campaign
Phone 202.857.8655
to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Fax 202.331.7735
2100 M Street NW Suite 300
Washington DC 20037
email: [email protected]
www.teenpregnancy.org
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHHINGTON
September 25, 1997
President Lce Bollinger
University of Michigan
503 Thompson Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340
Dear Mr. Bollinger:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter and invitation to deliver the keynote address to the
University of Michigan's "Arts of Citizenship" series.
The First Lady is interested in participating in the
series, but we are unable, at this time, to give you a date when
she will be available. Patti Solis Doyle, Director of Scheduling
for the First Lady, will contact you when we are in a position to
discuss a possible date for Mrs. Clinton's participation.
We hope this does not cause you any undue
inconvenience.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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Dear Mrs. Clinton:
It is my great pleasure to invite you to visit the University of Michigan during the
coming academic year as the keynote speaker of our "Arts of Citizenship" series for
the University's Year of the Arts and Humanities.
"YoHA" is a campus-wide initiative aimed at fostering research, teaching, and
practice in the arts and humanities across the University. Two aspects of the project
may be of special interest to you. First, YoHA seeks to encourage institutional
support and policy innovation for the arts and humanities of a sort usually
reserved for the natural and social sciences. YoHA was inaugurated this year with
a symposium on arts and cultural policy that brought National Endowment for the
Humanities Director Sheldon Hackney and other leading cultural policy-makers to
Ann Arbor. Secondly, the Year of the Humanities and Arts is meant to build
bridges between the University and the general public, offering programs that put
academics and artists in dialogue with the larger civic culture.
The "Arts of Citizenship" program is oriented toward that goal of public-academic
collaboration. It will bring to our campus artists, humanists, intellectuals, and
cultural advocates who have made important contributions to public culture and
political conversation through their artistic and intellectual work. The program is
intended to explore the role of the humanities and arts in sustaining a democratic
public culture - and the role of a vibrant civic culture in renewing the arts and
humanities. Some events in the year-long series will feature academic discussion of
public affairs; others will feature public art, poetry, video work, and other
performances, accompanied by conversations with the artist.
Given your advocacy of public support for the arts and humanities, we believe that
your visit would make a perfect keynote to the "Arts of Citizenship" program and
the U-M's Year of the Arts and Humanities. The organizers of YoHA envision your
giving an address on the role of the arts and humanities in civic culture, but the
University community would be responsive to whatever focus or format you
preferred. We would, of course, accommodate your scheduling requirements.
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It would be a great pleasure to welcome you to the University of Michigan and to
hear your ideas about the arts and humanities in American public life. I hope that
you will be able to visit and participate in our conversation.
Sincerely,
Gal Colling He Lee C. C.Billingu Bollinger
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 4, 1997
Mr. David Beckmann
Bread for the World
1100 Wayne Avenue
Suite 1000
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Dear David:
Thank you for your kind comments about The
Washington Post Magazine article. I'm relieved to have
survived the experience!
Bread for the World is so important - we are grateful for
your leadership.
Wishing you all the best.
Sincerely,
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 4, 1997
Ms. Anne Bryant
Executive Director
National School Board Association&
Co-Chair Salzburg Seminar Session #348
1680 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3493
Dear Anne:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your kind letter and for the final reports on the Salzburg
Seminar, which pose some very interesting conclusions.
It was wonderful to see you in Salzburg and especially
to see you leading the effort.
Thanks and best wishes.
locine your fons'.
Sincerely,
New Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady