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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 24, 1997
Mr. William Reese
President
Partners of the Americas
1424 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Dear Bill:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your thoughtful letter and very informative materials on the
important initiatives being launched to support youth in Latin
America. The First Lady will be visiting Latin America in
October and will have another opportunity to highlight key
programs.
Thanks for writing and best wishes.
Sincerely,
Mene Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
Partners of the Americas
1424 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone: 202 628-3300
Fax: 202 628-3306
Dear Bul
PARTNERS
OF THE AMERICAS
William S. Ruese President
July 8, 1997
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
We were delighted to see Thomas Lippman's recent article in the Washington Post,
outlining for the public what we in the PVO community have known for some time -- that you
are a vocal and passionate supporter of U.S. leadership in working with our development partners
around the world.
In a variation of a trendy expression -- you have been there, seen that, and are now home
telling the American public how it is important to do that overseas. And by "that" of course we
mean America working with people and communities around the globe on issues of equity and
empowerment, sustainable development, women and families, poverty eradication, economic
growth and sustainable, long term development.
I remember your slide show and presentation at the OAS after your trip last year to Latin
America. You were persuasive and personally supportive to all of us in attendance.
I must say, while I am sure you talked about your trips to Latin America, the Post article
barely mentioned Central and South America or the Caribbean. While none of us want to see
one region pitted against another, it does seem that the Western Hemisphere has dropped off the
radar screen of our pundits, academics and think tanks.
In keeping you in touch with your visits to Latin America, let me include two
publications:
1.
A newsletter from the street children's program that supports Projeto Axé in
Salvador. "Sexploitation" has become a key component of this A.I.D. -funded
program that Partners manages in conjunction with Brazilian NGOs. It continues
to be well received by all the participating agencies.
2. Partners initiated a Mexican Conservation Corps that at one point was to be on
your agenda in the Yucatán. Here is a wonderful example of a youth-run
program, and not just a program steered at youth as beneficiaries. We have
incorporated the institution and created a Mexican board such that it is a "spin
off," if you will, of a Partners' initiative. This too is an A.I.D.-funded program,
fully complementary of the NAFTA accords, as it promotes long term
environmental education of the younger generation that will be critical to
environmental policy making in Mexico 20-30 years from now. These are long
term investments that are paying off.
And finally, I trust that your close friends in the Arkansas Partners are keeping you well
informed of their work in Bolivia. Indeed, there are so many ways in which American citizens
are reaching out, sustaining their partnerships and linkages with Latin America and the
Caribbean, and providing a wonderful leverage for the public dollars that A.I.D. manages on
behalf of America's interests.
Sincerely,
Bill
WSR:ccf
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THE WHITE HOT SE
WASHINGTON
September 22, 1997
Ms. Mary Reed
National President
Chums, Incorporated
2100 Washington Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Dear Ms. Reed:
Thank you very much for your letter and for your
request for a meeting with the First Lady.
I have forwarded your request to Patti Solis Doyle,
Director of Scheduling for the First Lady, and she will be in
touch.
Thanks for writing and best wishes in your important
work.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
Chums, Incorporated
National Office
NATIONAL OFFICERS
Mary Reed
Faye Hughes Price
President
Immediate Past President
2100 Washington Avenue
July 15, 1997
9815 S Parnell Avenue
Silver Spring. MD 20910
Chicago, 11. 60628
Fannye Banks
Vice-President
4250 Cochran Mill Road
Fairburn, GA 30213
Sheila Anthony
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Recording Secretary
The White House
16806 aSalle Boulevard
Detroit, MI 48221
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Sue Priest
Washington, DC 20500
Corresponding Secretary
P.O. Box 4788
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
Silver Spring. MD 20914
LaVerne Vance
Treasurer
I am writing to you to introduce myself, the organization that I
9205 Linn Station Road
represent, and its work with children, youth and their families.
Louisville, KY 40222
Marie Lewis
Financial Secretary
My name is Mary A. Reed. I am the National President of CHUMS,
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Incorporated, a National organization, whose project motto is "Listen to the
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Children".
Emily Wilson
Parliamentarian
Our organization consists of thirty-three Chapters throughout the
Cheshire Road, Route 2
Bethany, CT 06525
United States. In addition to developing our own goals and projects, we are
Gloria Toxey Jones
committed to working with other groups that share the same goals.
Member-at-Large
1015 W. Allens Lane
The CHUMS entire membership is in great admiration of the excellent
Philadelphia, PA 19150
and noble work you are doing on behalf of our children. We realized your
Alzen Smith
Public Relations Officer
commitment to children through your book "It Takes A Village". We would
273 Brookspring Road
like to solicit your input on how we can better serve our communities. We
Columbia, SC 29203
realize that there is a great demand on your time, but it is my firm conviction
Yvonne Turner
that a visit with you would be of such enormous inspiration to our entire
Historian-Journalist
211 Hibler Oak Drive
group. Therefore, I feel duty bound to make this request.
Creve Cocur. MO 63141
Robyn Priest-Reed
Sergeant-at-Arms
3000 Granada Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21207
Chum Founders:
Mary Ward Barnes
Joyce Tate Brown
Theordora Jackson Cora
Myrtle Byrd Registered Agent
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
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In that context, I, along with my National Project Committee Chair,
humbly request an opportunity to meet with you at your earliest convenience
to further explain the future visions of CHUMS, Incorporated and our solemn
commitment to our youth and their families.
Sincerely,
Marya-Reed
Mary A. Reed
National President
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 25, 1996
Ms. Nancy Rutigliano
P.O. Box 781
Rockport, MA 01966
Dear Ms. Rutigliano:
Thank you for the materials you
provided regarding adverse health
conditions and exposure to Carbonless
Copy Paper.
I have referred your papers to the
relevant government agencies.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Menuer
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 25, 1997
Ms. Wendy Robineau
One Learned Place
Durham, North Carolina 27705
Dear Ms. Robineau:
Thank you very much for your letter and invitation to
the First Lady to deliver the Commencement speech at
Westover High School in Connecticut on June 5, 1998.
I have forwarded your request to Patti Solis-Doyle,
Director of Scheduling for the First Lady, and she will be in
touch with you sometime next year. We are not able to make
scheduling decisions at this time for events so far in advance.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Incem
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
R
WENDY ANNE ROBINEAU
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff
FROM:
Wendy Robineau SHD
RE:
Event scheduling
DATE:
September 15, 1997
John Podesta has suggested that I send this request to put an event on the First
Lady's schedule directly to you for consideration. The original of the invitation
has gone under separate cover directly to the First Lady. I have enclosed for
your information and review a copy of the invitation letter, an information
summary, and some materials which should give you a feeling for the site and
the event.
The event is a Commencement speech at the Westover School in Connecticut
on Friday, June 5, 1998. After you look at the materials, I hope you will
understand why we think this event is a real match for the First Lady and her
interests. We feel it would be an enjoyable and rewarding experience for her.
My husband and I have been "FOB's" for over 25 years. We are also great
admirers of the First Lady and care about many of the issues on which she has
provided leadership. Because we are campaign veterans-and experienced at
the scheduling, event and press advance business-you could certainly count
on us for anything you may need at the site to make this a successful and
satisfying event for her.
Thank you for your consideration of this matter. If you need further information
regarding the event, please feel free to contact: Jane Whitfield at the Westover
School: (203) 758-2423 or me at 919-493-4143 and fax: 919-403-1231.
ONE LEARNED PLACE DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27705 . (919) 493-4143 FAX: (919) 403-1231
THE WHITE HOUSE
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WASHINGTON
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January 9, 1998
to Amb
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Dr. Zuzana Roithova
Vinohrady Hospital
Prague, Czech Republic
Dear Dr. Roithova:
I have learned from our U.S. Ambassador, Jenonne Walker, that you have just been
named Minister of Health. I want to extend my congratulations to you as you assume this
important position in your country. I will always remember my visit to Vinohrady Hospital and
Orphanage and the interesting discussion we had about the delivery of health care services.
My best wishes to you as you embark on your new challenges. Happy New Year.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Rochan Clinton Clinton
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGION
October 9, 1997
Mr. Gerard Roche
Chairman of the Board
Heidrick & Struggles
245 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10167-0152
Dear Mr. Roche:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter and invitation to the 24th Annual YWCA Salute to
Women Achievers Luncheon on November 18, 1997.
Regrettably, the First Lady will be out of the country at
the time and unable to be with you in New York. Please
extend Mrs. Clinton's congratulations and best wishes to
Veronica.
Best wishes for a successful event.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES
Consultants in Executive Search
Gerard R. Roche
Chairman of the Board
September 26, 1997
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
First Lady of the United States of America
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
As a leader in the executive search industry, part of Heidrick & Struggles'
mission is to recognize outstanding executives who consistently achieve more
than is expected. We not only place them, we employ them.
J. Veronica Biggins is one of those "achievers" who we are proud to have as a
member of our team. She is an accomplished woman who came to us from the
White House, where she served as Assistant to the President of the United States
and Director of Presidential Personnel. On Tuesday, November 18, Veronica will
be inducted into the Academy of Women Achievers Class of 1997, at the 24th
Annual YWCA Salute to Women Achievers luncheon.
I would like to invite you to be our guest in honoring Veronica. There will be a
reception at 11:45 a.m., and the luncheon will begin at 12:30 p.m., in the
Imperial Ballroom, at the Sheraton Hotel in New York City. Please call Jennifer
Silver at 404-577-0959 to R.S.V.P.
I look forward to seeing you on November 18.
Sincerely,
GRR/sjb
245 Park Avenue New York. NY 10167-0152 Phone: 212/867-9876 FAX 212/370-9035
Hendrick & Struggles, Inc. Offices in Principal Cities of the World
October 2, 1997
Mr. Gerard Roche
Chairman of the Board
Heidrick & Struggles
245 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10167-0152
Dear Mr. Roche:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter and invitation to the 24th Annual YWCA Salute to
Women Achievers Luncheon on November 18, 1997. Regrettably me
I have forwarded your letter to Patti Solis-Doyle,
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 20, 1997
Mr. Mark Rosenman
The Union Institute
1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20036-3007
Dear Mark:
Thank you very much for your letter and for Building
the Future Together. The Labour materials are most
interesting. It's always useful to know what other nations are
doing in this area, which we care so much about.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
me
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
R
The Union Institute
Office for Social Responsibility
Center for Public Policy
Center for Women
17 10 Rhode Island Avenue. N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20036-3007
202/496-1630
800/969-6676
TDD 800/486-9968
FAX 202/496-1635
October 6, 1997
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Bruce Reed
Doris Matsui
Melanne Verveer
Tom Kalil
FROM:
Mark Rosenman
RE:
Nonprofits and Government
Given your particular interest in the nonprofit sector and its relationship with government,
I thought that you might like to see the enclosed copy of Building the Future Together. It was
developed by Great Britain's Labour Party and now guides the work of the Voluntary and
Community Unit of the Home Office. My hope is that it might offer some ideas you find worthy of
exploration here.
I accompanied Howard Webber, Head of the Unit, to a meeting with Doris a year or so ago. He
remains ready to be of any possible assistance, if it is desired. Alun Michael is the relevant Home
Office minister.
The paper references Nicholas Deakin's commission and the National Council of Voluntary
Organisations; I can provide further information on them if you wish it.
Cc: Gary Bass
P.S. The Nathan Cummings Foundation will publish my response to Lamar Alexander's
Commission on Philanthropy and Civil Society, once I elaborate on a current draft. I will send
along copies when it is available since my piece challenges Alexander's efforts to separate the
sector from government.
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WASHINGTON OFFICE:
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD
444 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
CONNECTICUT
(202) 224-2823
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STATE OFFICE:
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(860) 258-6940
TDD (860) 529-7498
LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES
EMAIL: [email protected]
Home Page: www.scnate.gov/-dodd
FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET
From the Connecticut Office of
U. S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd
Telephone
(860) 258-6940
(800) 334-5341
Fax
(860) 258-6958
DATE:
September 15, 1997
Time: 10:00 a.m.
TO:
Ms. Melanne Vereveer
Fax:
(202)456-6244
Phone:
(202)456-6266
FROM:
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WASHINGTON OFFICE:
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD
144 RURRELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
CONNECTICUT
(202) 224-2823
TOD (202) 224-5464
COMMITTEES
BANKING, HOUSING, AND
United States Senate
STATE OFFICE:
URBAN AFFAIRS
100 GREAT MEADOW ROAD
WETHCRSFIELD, CT 06109
FOREIGN RELATIONS
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-0702
(860) 258-6940
TDD (860) 529-7496
LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES
EMAIL:
Home Page: www.senate.gov/-doud
September 12, 1997
Ms. Melanne Verevcer
Chief of Staff
Office of the First Lady
The White House
Room 100 OEOB
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
BY FACSIMILE
Dear Mc. Vereveer:
Permit me to refer to your attention, the enclosed correspondence
I recently received from Mr. David Roane and Ms. Faith Jackson of
Middletown, Connecticut.
As you can see, Mr. Roane and Ms. Jackson have writton to me
about an upcoming event in Connecticut that will address current
issues of interest to the African American community and other
minority groups. The Middlesex County Branch of the NAACP
dedicates itself to preparing America's youth for future
endeavors and would like to share this event with the First Lady.
I certainly understand the lateness of this notice, and the many
pressing demands on the First Lady's schedule. However, I do
wish to pass along my constituents', request and T. trust it will
receive appropriate consideration.
Thank you very much for your attention in this matter.
Sincerely,
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD
United States Senator
Enclosures
In reply: Connecticut Office
Attn: Shannon M. Kula
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FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
MIDDLESEX COUNTY BRANCH NAACP
NAACP 1909 - PE0PLE COLORED
P.O. BOX 378 MIDDLETOWN. CT 06457
(860) 632-5730
April 7. 1997
SERVING
Chester
Clinton
Cromwell
Senator Christopher J. Dodd
Deep River
100 Great Meadown Road
Durham
Wethersfield, CT 06109
East Hampton
Haddam
East Haddam
Essex
Dear Sen. Dodd:
Killingworth
Middlefield
Middletown
The Middlesex County Branch NAACP of Middletown,
Old Saybrook
Portland
Connecticut will be holding its 12th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
Westbrook
on September 26, 1997 at the Radisson Hotel in Cromwell,
Connecticut a formal invitation will be forthcoming. We have sent a formal
request to Mrs. Rodham-Clinton to be our keynote speaker (copy attached). We
are asking your support in contacting the White House and urging/encouraging
Mrs. Rodham-Clinton to accept our request.
Our Freedom Fund Banquet is an annual event that provides a forum to
address the issues facing the African American community and other minorities.
The Middlesex County Branch NAACP recognizes that raising our youth and
preparing them for the 21st century is a priority for all Americans. The theme
for our 12th annual Freedom Fund Banquet is "Let Us Build A Village Worthy
of Our Children", therefore, we ask your help in building today for a greater
tomorrow.
Sincerely,
David Roane, President
Faith Jackson, Chairperson
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ASSOCIATION
MIDDLESEX COUNTY BRANCH NAACP
NAACP
1909
COLORED
P.O. BOX 378 MIDDLETOWN. CT 06457
(860) 632-5730
PEOPLE
April 7. 1997
SERVING
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
Chester
The White House
Clinton
Cromwell
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue
Deep River
Washington, D.C. 20500
Durham
East Hampton
Haddam
East Haddam
Dear Mrs. Rodham-Clinton:
Estex
Killingworth
Middlefield
The Middlesex County Branch NAACP of Middletown,
Middletown
Connecticut will be holding its 12th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
Old Saybrook
Portland
on September 26, 1997 at the Radisson Hotel in Cromwell,
Westbrook
Connecticut. We would be honored to have you as our Keynote
Speaker for the evening.
Our Freedom Fund Banquet is an annual event that provides a forum to
address the issues facing the African American community. The Middlesex
County Branch NAACP recognizes that raising our youth and preparing
them for the 21st century is a priority for all Americans. This year banquet
will be held to honor you and your writing, "It Takes A Village" and our theme is
taken from your book "Let Us Build a Village Worthy of Our Children".
We recognize and agree wholeheartedly as you so elegantly state, "just as it takes a
village to raise a child, it takes children to raise up a village to become all it should
be. The village we build with them in mind will be a better place for us all." This
objective is a prerequisite of the NAACP.
As the Middlesex County Branch NAACP and Connecticut move briskly forward
with emphasis placed on preparing Our youth and making this a better country for
all to live in, we truly believe that your presence as our keynote speaker will help
us in our efforts to inform our community regarding this most critical issue
facing all of us today. By working together today as a village, we will together
prepare our youth for a better life tomorrow.
SEP. 15. 1997 10: 36AM
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FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
ASSOCIATION
NAACP
MIDDLESEX COUNTY BRANCH NAACP
-
1909
COLORED
P.O. BOX 378 MIDDLETOWN. CT 06457
NATIONAL PEOPLE
(860) 632-5730
We prayerfully hope that you will be able to fit us in your very busy schedule by
joining us. As we anticipate a large number of people who would be attending
SERVING
to hear you, we have reserved the largest facility in our area. If you would be so
Chester
kind as to confirm the date by June 1, 1997, it would be greatly appreciated. If the
Clinton
Cromwell
September 26, 1997 date is inconvenient, would you please consider any Friday in
Deep River
October 1997 and/or date that will fit your schedule.
Durham
East Hampton
Haddam
Thank you for your prompt attention to this request. I look forward to hearing
East Haddam
from you in the very near future.
Essex
Killingworth
Middlofield
Middletown
Sincerely,
Old Saybrook
Portland
Westbrook
Mr. David Roane, President
Ms. Faith Jackson, Chairperson
Middlesex County NAACP
CC:
Sen. Christopher J. Dodd
Sen. Joseph II Lieberman
Rep. Barbara B. Kennelly
Rep. Rosa DeLauro
Kristen A. Zarfos, M.D.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 6, 1997
Ms. Suzanne Stutman
Ms. Tari Susan Hartman
Awards Dialogue Forum
4545 42nd Street, NW
Suite 311
Washington, DC 20016
Dear Ms. Stutman & Hartman:
Thank you very much for your letter and invitation to
the First Lady to participate in the Institute for Mental Health
Initiatives' forum on December 11, 1997.
Regrettably, Mrs. Clinton is unable to accept your kind
invitation due to scheduling conflicts, but sends her best wishes
for a productive and successful event.
Best wishes.
Sincerely.
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 24, 1997
Mr. Mike Santiago
Executive Vice President
Creators Syndicate
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Dear Mike:
Congratulations on your promotion at Creator's
Syndicate! We wish you all the best in your new challenges
and endeavors and we look forward to continuing to work with
you.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
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Melanne Verveer
the First Lady
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RICHARD S. NEWCOMBE
President and Chief Executive Officer
October 13, 1997
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff
Office of the First Lady
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Melanne:
Enclosed is the announcement of a major promotion at Creators Syndicate.
Effective immediately, Mike Santiago will assume the new position of Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, in charge of the editorial, accounting,
publishing, licensing, entertainment, reprint, general and administrative,
promotion and production departments. I will continue to oversee our domestic
and international sales departments.
Mike and I have worked closely together for more than 10 years, and we will
continue to do so to insure smooth coordination and communications. The new
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founding in 1987. Mike has been with us since the beginning, and he brings a
professional management background to the company -- precisely what we need to
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We are very honored that you are an important part of this company, and if there is
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SANTIAGO PROMOTED TO EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Mike Santiago has been promoted to the position of executive vice president
and chief operating officer of Creators Syndicate. He will be responsible for the
editorial, accounting, publishing, licensing, entertainment, reprint, promotion,
production and general and administrative departments.
Santiago, 43, joined Creators Syndicate in 1987 and helped the company grow
into the multi-million dollar corporation it is today. As executive vice president
and chief operating officer, he will oversee the company's day-to-day
operations and long-range financial objectives as well as serve as liaison to the
syndicate's authors and cartoonists and seek out new features and columnists
across the country and around the world.
"The first 10 years were an incredible growth experience for me and the
company, and I look forward to helping guide the dynamic and resourceful
employees at Creators Syndicate into the next millennium," Santiago said.
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Richard S. Newcombe, president and chief executive officer, said Santiago is a
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"Mike Santiago brings a level of professional management that Creators
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one of the premier consulting and accounting firms worldwide, and several
other companies before joining Creators Syndicate.
Mike and his wife, Linda, live in Agoura Hills with their two sons, Anthony and
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 3, 1997
Ms. Anna Stjarnerklint
Resident Representative
United Nations Development Programme
90 Chuykov Street
720000 Bishkek
Kyrgyz Republic
Dear Ms. Stjarnerklint:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your thoughtful letter and for "Kyrgyzstan: A Country in
Transition."
The First Lady is very much looking forward to her trip
to Central Asia and we appreciate having the information.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
mem Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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Date:
10/16/1997
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Dear
Mrs. Clinton
Subject: UN brochures
Please accept, with the compliments of the UN agencies in Kyrgyzstan, these copies of
"Kyrgyzstan: A Country In Transition" for your information as you prepare for your
forthcoming visit to the Central Asian republies.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a pleasant stay in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Should we be able to be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me at the UNDP
office in Bishkek.
Yours sincerely,
Anna Stjarnerklint
Resident Representative
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
Office of the First Lady
The White House
Washington D.C., USA
UNDP, 90 Chuykov Street, 720000 Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Telephone : 7 ( 3312 ) 226823, 226389, 227543, 226834, 224244
Telex : 245174 KH, Facsimile : 7 ( 3312 ) 226995, 620557.
e-mail:[email protected]
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGION
October 20, 1997
crel India
PIX sent to her
Ms. Cheryl Sim
Consul General
of the United States of America
5/1 Ho Chi Minh Sarani
Calcutta, 700 071
INDIA
Dear Cheryl:
On behalf of the First Lady and her staff, thank you and
your staff's assistance and hospitality during our recent visit.
We couldn't have accomplished as much as we did without
you. Thank you, also, for your thoughtful letter and for the
newspaper coverage of Mother Teresa's funeral as well as
copies of the Mass program.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
5/1 Ho Chi Minh Sarani
Calcutta 700 071, India
September 25, 1997
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Assistant to the President and
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Ms. Verveer: Melanne
We are forwarding to you for the First Lady and members of her staff,
copies of Sunday, September 14's newspapers which covered Mother Teresa's
funeral. We were also able to obtain a few copies of the Order of Mass which
was followed during the funeral service. We thought that the First Lady, and
the staff who accompanied her, might wish to have these as remembrances.
Under separate cover, we have also provided copies of the press to the other
members of the Presidential Delegation.
With warm regards,
Sincerely,
Chark Cheryl J. Sim
Consul General
Enclosure:
a/s
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHENGTON
October 9, 1997
Ms. Hildegard Silva-Herzog
Embassy of Mexico
1911 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Dear Hildegard:
It was wonderful to hear from you and to recall our
pleasant times during the President and First Lady's visit to
Mexico. Thank you very much for your thoughtful letter and
for your remarks from the Capital Speakers Club Annual
Meeting. You have done well indeed! Mrs. Clinton
remembers her trip to Mexico fondly and sends her thanks and
best wishes.
I look forward to staying in touch with you. Best
wishes.
Sincerely,
Mele Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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Hildegard M. Lilva-Herzog
Washington, D.C., September 23, 1997
Mrs. Melanne S. Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Melanne:
Thank you!. Thank you!.. Thank you! I am very grateful to have received the
photographs of Mrs. Clinton's visit to Mexico. It was, for me, an exciting and
unforgettable experience.
During the women's luncheon, at the Tamayo Museum, I remember telling you I would be
giving a speech at the Capital Speakers Club Annual Meeting on the topic "Hats off to
Successful Women."
Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Zedillo and many of the women present during the trip provided me
with great inspiration. Two days later, I heard that Mrs. Clinton had been proposed as an
award recipient for the CSC, and would, thus, be present at the meeting last June 4th in
Washington, D.C..
Unfortunately, she was unable to attend. I am sending you a copy of my speech in which I
made reference to her visit to Mexico. Perhaps you might find it interesting.
I certainly enjoyed meeting you and look forward to seeing you soon. Maybe you could
accept an invitation to the best Mexican Restaurant in town. Our Residence!
Best regards
Herzog
FOR MOST OF HISTORY ANONYMOUS WAS A WOMAN
Last month, during the Presidential visit to Mexico, Mrs. Clinton visited
Yucatan, one of the cradles of the Mayan culture.
I was impacted by the force and vehemence of the village's women. In spite
of how native they may have appeared, what strongly came across in their
speeches, was their authenticity, convictions, sheer common sense and
solidarity in defending their beliefs and demands as women and for women.
Challenge is the common denominator in their lives, just as it is in ours.
In our process of evolution, from girlhood we are subjected to constant
impositions on our character, appearance and desires. Aren't we expected
to be pretty, sweet, outgoing, understanding, as well as witty, smart, strong,
athletic and happy?
Later, when most of us have "sort of adjusted" to being told what to do and
how to be, we are NOW also supposed to be "wise" enough to have
discovered our "uniqueness", our "calling" as to whether we should wear a
doctor's, lawyer's or whatever hat. We are expected to be caring daughters,
sweet sisters and fully prepared to be future wives and mothers. we must
be successful. make lots of MONEY too.
Have we realized that halfway through our lives we have been induced to
put on, take-off pick-up and combine so many hats without fully making it a
personal choice?
From the Mayan women that inhabited the Yucatan peninsula at its
splendor, and the courageous women in World History, TO US HERE, it has
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taken a Universe of Anonymous and Remarkable Women to transcend time,
overcome distances and differences and build a VILLAGE as a bridge from
past to present, a Village, as the community where we learn from each other.
Indeed, This net of Wise Women anticipated the Web!
They have enlightened us to recognize, by ourselves, the anonymous,
unique woman within each of us. They taught us that regardless of race,
creed or background, our similarities far outnumber our differences.
In this, our privileged Village, Women are finally enjoying the experience of
having worn several hats in a day, and countless hats in their lifetime.
These challenges have strengthened their character and made them more
analytical, emphatic, flexible and tolerant.
We have learned that wise women do not compete, but share. Do not
criticize but support each other. In spite of wearing different hats, we
respect our personal choices and join forces toward achieving COMMON
GOOD.
HATS OFF TO THE MYRIAD OF ANONYMOUS AND RENOWNED
WOMEN THAT HAVE LED US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. IN THIS
VILLAGE WHERE WE ARE NO LONGER ANONYMOUS AND HAVE
FOUND A HAT WITH THE PERFECT FIT.
HATS OFF TO CAPITAL SPEAKERS, YOU ARE MY VILLAGE IN
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The White House
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PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 1, 1997
Mr. Ori Soltes
Ms. Stacey Saltzman
B'nai B'rith Klutznick
National Jewish Museum
1640 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-3278
Dear Mr. Soltes & Ms. Saltzman:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter and invitation to speak at the George Washington
Essay Contest and Awards ceremony in April 1998.
I have forwarded your letter to Patti Solis Doyle,
Director of Scheduling for the First Lady, and she will be in
touch with you sometime next year. We are not able to make
scheduling decisions at this time for events so far in advance.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
B'nai B'rith Klutznick
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NATIONAL JEWISH MUSEUM
to
Patti
September 23, 1997
Office of the First Lady
Hillary Rodham Clinton
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Clinton,
We are writing to ask for your participation in a biennial, city-
wide, George Washington Essay Contest and Awards Ceremony sponsored
by the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum. The Museum
is the proud guardian of the original 1790 correspondence between
President George Washington and Moses Seixas, Sexton of the Touro
Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. The Touro Synagogue is the
oldest continuously functioning synagogue in the country.
Following the President's inauguration, Washington visited the
Newport synagogue. During this visit, Moses Seixas made an address
to the President and the congregation. In this address he coined
the now famous phrase,
"
to bigotry, no sanction; to persecution,
no assistance
Following his trip north, Washington sent a
letter to Seixas in which he reiterated the eloquent phrase, thus
ensuring the Touro congregants, and all citizens, of religious
tolerance within the United States. The phrase extends beyond its
original context to include the acceptance of racial and ethnic
differences as well.
Four years ago the Museum reinstalled this treasured correspondence
in a new visual context (the exhibit case emulates the portico of
the Touro Synagogue). In conjunction with that event, the Museum
sponsored a competition among District of Columbia 7th and 8th
graders, who were asked to describe either visually or verbally
what these words mean to them and to their communities. The
contest is part of a series of Museum programs focussed broadly on
learning about the range of cultures, traditions, religions, races
and ethnicities which comprise our city and our nation.
Governor Zell Miller of Georgia presided over the awards ceremony
as the featured speaker in a moving and enlightening evening for
the children as well as the adults in attendance. Two years ago,
the Awards Ceremony took place on George Washington's birthday, and
D.C. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton was the featured speaker.
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This year we are reaching out to tenth and eleventh grade students
in the D.C. metropolitan area. It is our hope that you will be our
featured guest speaker. We recognize your commitment to children
and the future that they represent. Our goal is to encourage
students to think, to discuss, and then to express visually or
verbally the way in which Washington's phrase relates to them and
their communities - a goal which we know is compatible with
President Clinton's call for "a great and unprecedented
conversation about race." Therefore, we would be honored if you
would accept this invitation.
We also recognize that your schedule is busy. We have not chosen
a specific date as yet, in order to be able to accommodate your
scheduling needs. We have tentatively reserved April 21st, 22nd,
and 23rd (the last of which coincides with Holocaust Memorial Day
and thus offers a logical connection to this program's purpose).
Please accept this invitation to celebrate George Washington's
timeless charge to the freedom-loving people of America.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
S Soltes
Ltacey faltyman
Stacey L. Saltzman
Museum Director
Museum Educator
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assistance"
non-denominational notion embodied in the words of
his letter to the Newport Jewish congregation.
THE LEGACY OF THE
GEORGE WASHINGTON LETTER
The phrase "to bigotry no sanction; to persecution no
assistance" has captured the hearts of different reli-
gious, races and ethnic groups throughout United States
history.
The Rabbi Touro who served the Newport synagogue
at its dedication was gone - to Jamaica, where he died in
1784 - by the time these words were exchanged by
Moses Seixas and George Washington. Touro's two sons
became famous in the early 19th century as philanthro-
pists. The elder Touro son, Abraham, left a substantial
fund for the upkeep fo the synagogue in his 1822 will.
This "Touro Jewish Synagogue Fund" may account for the
references thereafter to the edifice as the "Touro
Synagogue." Abraham's bequest was joined 32 years
later by a second sum, left by his brother, Judah Touro.
Judah, who had moved to New Orleans, left an extra-
ordinary legacy of philanthropy to dozens of Jewish and
Christian institutions alike in that city and in different
parts of the country.
The notion of a shared heritage for Americans of
diverse backgrounds is thus connected to the Touro
Synagogue both by the famous correspondence
associated with it and by the interdenominational legacy
of its first benefactors. The designation of the Touro
Synagogue itself as a National Historic Site on March,
1946 marked it as a symbol of the aspirations of all
Americans towards the fulfillment of the promise
contained in the Washington-Seixas letters.
Nearly half a century after that historic designation, as
our nation continues the struggle to fulfill its promise to
oppose bigotry and persecution of every sort, these
letters are being reinstalled in a setting recalling the
Touro synagogue portico. This is particularly appropriate
in 1993, the 150th anniversary year of B'nai B'rith - the
country's first Social Service organization, with an extra-
ordinary history of philanthropy and of fighting bigotry
and prejudice wherever they arise. It is this role of B'nai
B'rith that was recognized by the Morris Morgenstern
Foundation when its leaders determined that these
" to bigotry no sanction; to persecution no assistance"
letters should come to rest in B'nai B'rith's Klutznick
National Jewish Museum. We are proud to be custodians
from the correspondence between George Washington and Moses Seixas
of such a significant legacy.
August, 1790
Ori Z. Soltes
Museum Director
"
TO BIGOTRY NO SANCTION:
Thus, Rhode Island's first Jewish community devel-
TO PERSECUTION NO ASSISTANCE"
oped in Newport, perhaps as early as 1658. It was the
Among the most important documents in the collec-
second Jewish community in continental North America,
tions of the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish
founded four years after that in New Amsterdam (New
Museum are the letters written in 1790 between George
York). By 1677, the congregation made its first communal
Washington and Moses Seixas, sexton of the Touro
purchase of land for a cemetery. Its members became
Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. Seixas' letter is
involved in commercial affairs, partaking in the bustle
the most famous of many congratulatory notes ad-
that defined Newport as a port city in the early 1700's. As
dressed to the new president by Jewish American
shippers and merchants, as craftsmen and builders, they
congregations. At Newport, the sexton's comments were
prospered with the Newport community at large.
offered when Washington visited the congregation in
Newport's Jewish congregation grew with the influx of
August. Seixas articulated a principle which Washington
Ashkenazim (Jews from Central and Eastern Europe).
repeated in his response, that ours is "a government
They sought a site for a permanent house of worship and
which, happily, gives to bigotry no sanction; to perse-
sought financial assistance from other Jewish com-
cution no assistance."
munities for this project it came from Shearit Yisrael in
This phrase is the first statement of such a principle
New York, and from Jamaica, Curacao, Surinam and
enunciated by a leader of the new American govern-
London. They engaged the pre-eminent colonial
ment. It has become the banner statement of American
architect, Peter Harrison, to design a synagogue, and in
religious and ethnic toleration, so significant to the
1659 broke ground.
American ethos as it has developed during the past two
The Newport synagogue was dedicated on December,
centuries. In his letter, Washington goes on to suggest
1763, with a service led by Rabbi Isaac Touro, and
that toleration is not acceptable in the new democratic
attended by Jewish and non-Jewish notables alike. The
Republic "as if it were to be conferred by one class of
Jewish community continued to expand as a vital part of
people on another," but that all are by definition equal
under law.
Newport's progress in the years leading towards the
American Revolution. During the War, individuals from
Such a sentiment marks a dramatic departure from the
the community like Aaron Lopez were important
various European "emancipations" of the Jews con-
supporters of the revolutionary cause. But the des-
current with the founding of the United States. They all
truction of Newport's trade by the British during the
implied the decision of various Christian governments to
Revolution and the reduction of the city to a garrison
allow to lews a range of rights which approached but did
town occupied by British soldiers led to the decline of
not necessarily grant full citizenship. By contrast,
the city in the late 1770's. A partial revival afterwards
Washington's statement made it clear that minorities
included the frequent use of the synagogue for public as
-Jews and others are included by definition as citizens
well as religious purposes. Meetings of the Rhode Island
of the United States; they need only "demean them-
General Assembly and sessions of the Court of Rhode
selves as good citizens, in giving it |the US Government
Island were all held in the Newport synagogue during
on all occasions their effectual support."
the early 1780's
RHODE ISLAND AND RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE
NEWPORT JEWISH COMMUNITY
That such letters involve the Jewish community in
Newport, Rhode Island is not surprising. Roger Williams,
Ironically, it was when the fortunes of city and congre-
founder of the colony, believed strongly in religious
gation had fallen so considerably that George
liberty. having been banished from Puritan Massachu-
Washington visited Newport. Washington responded to
setts as a result of religious closed-mindedness, he was
Seixas' public remarks a few days later with his famous
convinced that intolerance would both threaten civil
letter. If Rhode Island's history of religious toleration
peace and obstruct the search for truth. Thus, he sought
had led to the development of the Jewish community
to establish in Rhode Island a civil government which
which Washington visited, so, too, Washington's re-
remained apart from spiritual matters. The colony's 1647
sponse to Seixas' remarks was not surprising.
Code of Laws promises that in Rhode Island, "all men
It is not simply his championing of notions implied by
may walk as their consciences persuade them, everyone
the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
in the name of God."
Washington himself was a Deist. Deism posits belief in
Not surprisingly, the news of such open-mindedness,
the existence of a God on purely rational grounds
reaching Europe, encouraged Sephardic Jews (Jews
without reliance on specific revelations or authority; it
whose great-grandparents had been driven from Spain
presents the notion that the Creator takes no further
and Portugal) to immigrate to Rhode Island. Many whom
part in the functioning of the world beyond creating it. In
circumstances had forced to hide their religion beneath
the 17th and 18th centuries, Deism was particularly
a mantle of Christianity, hoped that in a new land they
popular. A number of the fathers of our government
might be able to return to a full expression of their Faith.
subscribed to its doctrins. As a Deist, George
Washington would have been particularly inclined to the
B'nai B'rith Klutznick NATIONAL JEWISH MUSEUM
Further Information on George Washington Letter Competition
While southern patriots were trying to find a personal reconciliation that in
their own lives they were seeking liberty, but continued to hold blacks
in slavery, George Washington, however, could not sparate theory from
practice and was the only Virginia founding father to free all his slaves.
"
Nothing but the rooting out of slavery will perpetuate the existence of our
union."
National Jewish Museum's Outreach Programs
In addition to being an archivist for these important documents, we see our
role as sharing these principles with the young community in a school pro-
gram designed to dispel stereotype and prejudice.. With a museum educator
as leader, students with a variety of backgrounds present their own per-
ceptions of certain ethnic groups through role playing, round table discus-
sions and writing assignments.
We reinforce our reaching out with our annual Hanukah -kwanza
Celebration. In December, Ori Soltes, Museum Director. and Abena Walker,
Director of Webb Elementary School explored the traditions, origins and
symbols of Hanukah and Kwanza with students from Webb and The Jewish
Day School. This event was carried on all the TV networks.
Please contact Stacey Lenkin, who conducts the outreach program for any
additional information.
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museum and hope That
mrs. Clinton will share in
This part of our wonderful
outreach to the DC pchools.
Marjory. Goldman
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 20, 1997
Dr. Alfred Sommer
School of Hygiene & Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
615 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21205
Dear Dr. Sommer:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter supporting Sir George Alleyne's appointment to the
position of Director General of the World Health Organization.
Mrs. Clinton recently saw Dr. Alleyne at a conference in
Panama.
I have also shared your letter with other appropriate
officials.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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Alfred Sommer
Dean
October 3, 1997
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
SUBJECT: Director General of the World Health Organization
Dear Ms. Clinton:
I hope you forgive my taking the liberty of suggesting you give considerable thought to whom might be the
most appropriate and effective Director General of the World Health Organization. an institution that has
recently gone through some difficult times.
There are a number of outstanding candidates. One that is spoken of highly and repeatedly is the former
prime minister of Norway, who is both a trained pediatrician and public health worker. While I have
absolutely nothing against her candidacy, it is extremely unlikely that she will be appointed at a time when
members of the World Health Assembly's Executive Council are seeking someone from a developing
country.
Recognizing the reality of the situation, it would be very helpful, and to the good of the World Health
Organization, if the United States were to promote the candidacy of Sir George Alleyne, the very effective
Director of the Pan American Health Organization. PAHO, as you may know, is officially the regional
headquarters of the World Health Organization, but is actually considerably more independent since WHO
was modeled after the Pan American Health and Sanitary Organization, which was the predecessor of
PAHO. Sir George Alleyne, who is from Barbados, is a first-rate administrator and public health leader
who organized the successful eradication of polio from the Americas. This was an accomplishment of
outstanding importance that has been recognized worldwide. In addition, Sir George would make an able
representative and spokesperson as the candidate of the Americas.
You will be meeting Sir George in Panama on October 9. I hope you will ask him about his candidacy and
interest in the WHO position, and form your own opinion about this dedicated and remarkable individual.
Thank you for your continuing interest and leadership in addressing issues of populations around the world,
but most importantly the health of children, particularly those living in developing countries and in our own
high-risk inner city communities.
Sincerely,
ALS.
Alfred Sommer, M.D., M.H.S.
lmh
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WASHHINGTON
October 23, 1997
Ms. Joanne Symons
NAFE Washington Representative
927 15th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
Dear Joanne:
Thank you very much for your letter and for the
information on NAFE's decision to join the MacDonald
Communications Corporation. It appears to be a great marriage
that will enhance NAFE's work.
Best wishes in your most important work.
Sincerely,
Melanne
the First Lady
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September 21, 1997
Melanne Verveere
Chief of Staff
Office of the First Lady
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Melanne:
As a leader in the women's community, I thought you would be interested in important
news about the National Association for Female Executives, (NAFE).
NAFE has joined the MacDonald Communications Corporation, publishers of Working
Woman, Working Mother, and Ms. magazines. These publications have long stood for the
same values as NAFE, and have been champions of American working women. Together
with these sister publications, NAFE will be able to play an increasingly important role in
helping the working women of this country achieve economic, social and political equity.
We will keep you updated on changes at NAFE as they develop. As we review the
concerns of today's working women, I hope we can call upon you to share your thoughts
and ideas about the issues which need to be addressed and about the most effective means
for making a difference in the lives of American women.
Yours truly,
Juanne Symons
Joanne L. Symons
NAFE Washington Representative
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 24, 1997
Ms. Lyn Sherr
ABC News 20/20
147 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10023
Dear Lyn:
Thank you very much for your thoughtful letter and for
the copies of Tall Blondes: A Book About Giraffes. I have
given one to the First Lady and I will thoroughly enjoy my
copy. Thanks for your thoughtfulness.
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Ms. Melanne Verveer
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Just to let you know that I've just overnighted two copies of Tall Blondes: A Book About
Giraffes to your office. One for you, one for HRC.
I have not had a chance to get to DC and wanted to be sure you both had them. The
book is doing very well - - second printing! -- and getting lots of attention.
Hope to see you soon.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 2, 1997
Mr. Edward Shumaker, III
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell
P.O. Box 1415
Concord, NH 03302
Dear Terry:
Congratulations on your appointment as Ambassador to
Trinidad and Tobago! I am sorry that we weren't able to attend
your swearing-in. We wish you all the best as you face new
challenges and opportunities.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Лие the First Lady
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 2, 1997
Ms. Sylvia Panetta
P.O. Box 42
Carmel Valley, CA 93924
Dear Sylvia:
Thank you for your letter and for the invitation to the
First Lady from the California Environmental Health
Association. Our receipt of them has been acknowledged
directly.
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accept, but the request will receive full consideration.
Our love to you and Leon. Enjoy!
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Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 2, 1997
Mr. James D. Wolfensohn
President
The World Bank
Washington, DC 20433
Dear Jim:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter and invitation to "Call to Action for Safe
Motherhood" on April 7, 1998.
It is too early to predict whether Hillary will be able to
join you and your invited guest. It's obviously a most
important topic and convening. I assure you the invitation will
receive serious consideration.
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Chief of Staff to
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3715 Bradley Lane
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Telephone: (301) 652-1456
EDUCATION:
Universität Potsdam, Germany
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Fellowship, Academic Year 1996-7
Pursued independent research on contemporary German Jewish women and
attended courses in the Master's Program of Jewish Studies.
Princeton University, A.B., Religion, June 1996, magna cum laude, GPA 3.88
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Sacks Memorial Prize for thesis on the role of women rabbis in American Judaism
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, June 1992, GPA 4.0, National Merit Scholar
EXPERIENCE:
Assistant for Holocaust Claims, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
Sept.-Oct. 1997
Drafted and edited decisions, reviewed claimant files, and corresponded with
claimants in the Holocaust Survivors Claims Program. Translated
correspondence from and into German.
Hospital Intern, Thurgauisches Kantonsspital Münsterlingen, Switzerland
Summer 1995
Assisted nurses in the Pediatrics ward of state hospital as a participant in the
Princeton University German Department Summer Work Program.
Assistant Department Head, Camp Louise Outdoor Staff
Summer 1994
Organized and led children's hiking, caving, canoeing, and rock climbing trips.
Expanded outdoor education and nature study program for girls ages 8-16.
White House Intern, Office of David Gergen, Counselor to the President
Summer 1993
Handled phone calls and written correspondence, including over 3000 letters,
and occasional scheduling during Mr. Gergen's transition to the White House.
Edited briefing books for Mr. Gergen's trip to the G7 Summit in Tokyo and
for the Flood Summit for State Governors in Missouri.
Campaign Assistant, Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky for Congress
1994
Coordinated volunteers from Princeton, solicited voter support, and
electioneered at the polls on primary and general election day.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Volunteer, Office of the Vice President, Democratic National Convention
1996
Secretary, New Jersey State Federation of College Democrats
1995
Volunteer, Clinton/Gore Primary and General Campaigns
1992, 1996
Classical Music Director, WPRB-Princeton, 103.3 FM
1992-1996
Social Director, 1995 World Universities Debating Championship
1994-1995
SKILLS:
Fluent in French and German, basic Italian and Yiddish
Certified in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
Windows 95, Word Perfect, Word for Windows, basic HTML
INTERESTS: Kokikai Aikido camping pig collecting intriguing earrings travel music ballroom dance
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WASHINGTON
August 27, 1997
Ms. Elaine Schuster
132 Yarmouth Road
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
Dear Elaine:
Thank you very much for your letter and for
information on P.E.A.C.E 1997 Summer Day Camp Program
and the invaluable work being done for children. I have shared
the materials with the First Lady.
Thanks and best wishes. 1 tope all is well.
Sincerely,
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Chief of Staff to
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July 2, 1997
Kelly Craighead
Office of the First Lady
Old Executive Office Building
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Kelly:
These are the tapes that we discussed yesterday. I do hope that the First Lady
gets a chance to see them, I know she'll be impressed.
The program is really great, and I have enclosed some other material regarding
the Summer Day Care Program.
Hope you have a great vacation, and look forward to speaking with you this
week about Nantucket.
Fondly,
Elaine
Elaine
Enclosures
Telephone (617) 738-4055
Fax (617) 738-4770
"It Takes A Whole Village To Raise A Child"
P.E.A.C.E. 1997 SUMMER DAY CAMP PROGRAM
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Tabel of Contents
Welcome
1
Staff Mission
2
Program Goals
3
Theme Calendar
4
Daily Schedule
5
Food Program
6
Love To Read
7
Cooperative Discipline 8-9
Names & Numbers
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WELCOME TO THE P.E.A.C.E.
SUMMER DAY CAMP PROGRAM!!!
We are excited about the exceptional summer that we
have planned, and we are confident that you and your Bright
One will share a happy, safe, and enjoyable camp experience
in our care. This packet is designed to help answer any
questions that you may have about your child's upcoming
experience.
As with any organization and/or group, we will build a
supportive and meaningful environment. We will begin each
day with a thought about how to be a good friend, how to help
others, and pledges about planting good seed SO that we will
receive a good reward. Most of all, it means building
relationships with your Bright One, which will help him/her
enjoy, achieve, feel safe, and confident, but also give them a
chance to sit and reflect on their future.
We believe in fun, new skills, education, friendship,
faith and self discovery for Bright Ones. Our facilities provide
an environment for an active, interested summer full of
sunshine, fresh air, and friendship.
lf you have any questions about summer day camp,
please do not hesitate to contact the camp director, Mrs. Tsehai
Russeu, U. any member 0j our staff. We look forward to
welcoming your child for a summer of fun.
Respectfully,
P.E.A.C.E.
P.E.A.C.E. 1997 SUMMER PROGRAM
STAFF
OUR MISSION
Education
Always
WE THE SUMMER PROGRAM STAFF
ARE COMMITTED TO ENRICHING THE
Creates Elevation
LIVES OF OUR BRIGHT ONES, IN
A LOVING ENVIRONMENT, BY
Positive
SETTING THE BEST EXAMPLES,
BUILDING THEIR HISTORICAL AND
EDUCATIONAL FOUN DATION, AND
INCREASING SELF ACCEPTANCE;
THEREBY, STRENGTHENING THEIR
P.E.A.C.E.
MINDS, BRIGHTENING THE LIGHT IN
THEIR EYES, INCREASING THE LOVE
IN THEIR HEARTS AND ULTIMA ELY
EMPOWERING THEM TO ACHIEVE
THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
Summer Day Camp Goals
To provide an emotionally and physically safe environment
To build and develop feelings of self-worth and
appreciation of other people
To promote a thirst for knowledge and education
To expose our bright ones to new activities
To experience activities in nature which will continue
constructive and enjoyable use of leisure time throughout
life
To establish behavior guidelines and discipline which will
teach the Bright Ones to want to control their own
behavior.
To learn and develop physical fitness and team cooperation
through exposure to various sports and games
To explore creativity and use imagination through
participation in arts, crafts, and cultural activities.
To provide a micro-view of real life skills (e.g. banking
skills)
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P.E.A.C.E.
SUMMER CALENDAR 1997
WEEK ONE = June 23-27
>Theme: Umoja (Unity)
Activities: Team work, leadership, positive outlook,
recognizing each others strengths & Talents.
WEEK TWO = June 30-July 3
(The Reach-Out Center will be closed on the 4th of July)
>Theme: Black is Beautiful
Activities: Our African-American history, present and
future. Understanding our unique culture.
WEEK THREE = July 7-11
>Theme: non-Violence
Activities: Consequences of drug abuse and violence,
conflict resolution, gang violence, and H.I.V.
awareness.
WEEK FOUR = July 14-18
>Theme: Community Service
Activities: Helping the elders in our community, keeping
our community safe & clean, environmental
protection, recycling drive.
WEEK SEVEN = August 4-8
>>Theme: Celebrate Family
Activities: Value diversity of families, learning individual
family tree and history, our community family.
WEEK SiX = juiy 28-June 1
Cultural Awareness and Career Week ELLE
Activities: Appreciate and value cultures from around the
world. Speakers from other countries.
WEEK SEVEN = August 4-8
»Theme: Olympia and Grand Finale
Activities: "rield Days" and Talent Show (awards and
Banquet).
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Daily Schedule
Bright Ones must arrive promptly at 9:00 a.m. to receive
breakfast.
9:00 a.m. -
9:30 a.m.
Breakfast
9:30 a.m. -
10:00 a.m.
Circle Time
10:00 a.m. -
11:00 a.m.
Activity One
12
11
10
2
11:00 a.m. -
12:00 a.m.
Activity Two
9
3
8
4
12:00 a.m. -
12:30 a.m.
Lunch
7
6
5
12:30 a.m. -
1:30 p.m.
Activity Three
1:30 p.m. -
2:30 p.m.
Activity Four
2:30 p.m. -
3:00 p.m.
Snack & Quiet Time
3:00 p.m. -
4:00 p.m.
Activity Four
4:00 p.m. -
4:30 p.m.
Team Time
LATE FEE: If you have indicated that your Bright One is to be picked up
from camp and a designated individual does not arrive at 4:30 p.m. you
will be charged $5.00 for every 15 minutes after 4:30. Please make
necessary arrangements.
**Payment must be made within one week of the charge or your Bright
One will not be allowed to return to camp until payment is made.
*Bright Ones will spend one hour daily (Mon-Thur) in Reading/Writing
Center
*Bright Ones will spend one hour in Math/Computer Classes (Mon-Thurs
alternating daily between Math and Computers)
Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack
Program
P.E.A.C.E. will provide a USDA approved lunch
and breakfast during the designated times only. If
your Bright One arrives after the meals are served
they will not receive a meal.
P.E.A.C.E. will also provide an afternoon snack
to each camp participant.
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L.O.V.E. To Read
Family Reading Program
(Love Optimizes Value and Empowerment)
You have the chance to earn FREE Grocery Items
ATLAS
just for Reading with your child 15 minutes a day!
P.E.A.C.E. is excited to enroll you in a Fun, New, Reading Program.
This program is designed to increase the reading levels of our Bright Ones.
Studies show that a child who reads only 10 min a night at home for a year
is guaranteed to increase their reading level by one full grade level.
Our Bright Ones need all the advantages they can get to succeed in
todays competitive world and that is why we are trying this new
innovative program.
How Does It Work?
Every evening your Bright One will bring home copies of pages from
the book the family is expected to read. The reading has been timed to take
no more than 15 minutes. Parents are to read to and/or with their Bright
One and complete the questions that accompany it. The questions should be
returned daily during reading class. For each completed assignment the
family will receive one point.
At the end of the week we will add up the number of points earned,
and the family will receive one grocery item per point. It is that simple! If
you successfully complete all five assignments you will receive bonus
grocery items.
Grocery Items may include:
Cereal
Canned Foods
Cake Mixes
Oatmeal Milk
Eggs
Frozen Foods
Bleach
Detergent
Household Cleaners
And Much Much More!
*Parents may not choose items they chosen according to availability to
P.E.A.C.E.
P.S. We have chosen exciting books that the whole family IS sure to enjoy!
COOPERATIVE DISCIPLINE
Greetings Parents! Throughout the Summer Program, we will utilize
Cooperative Discipline as the method of discipline for our Bright Ones.
The purpose of this method is to teach our Bright Ones to want to control
their own behavior, thereby fostering self-discipline and self-control.
Rather than reprimand our Bright Ones for unruly behavior, we will use
positive reinforcement to praise those who follow the center's guidelines.
SUMMER PROGRAM RULES
1. SHOW RESPECT TO OTHERS
-call each other by their proper name
-keep your hands to yourself
-use positive, kind words
-maintain a positive attitude
violence
2. OBEY AUTHORITY
-raise hands before talking
-address authority properly
-do as you are asked
3. NO PERSONAL PROPERTY
-no food, candy, gum, etc.
-no electronic equipment (radios, pagers, etc.)
-you are responsible for your own money
4. RESPECT PROPERTY
-clean your mess
-walk and talk quietly inside
-no stealing
5. DRESS APPROPRIATELY
-no tank tops
-no mesh
-must wear shoes and shirt at all times
-no short shorts or short skirts
-no hats inside
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DISCIPLINARY PROCESS
THE FOLLOWING ARE CAUSES FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION:
1. Fighting
2. Stealing
3. Disrespecting authority or property
4. Having 3 time-outs
1. WRITTEN WARNING
- call home
- bring back written apology signed by parent
2. SUSPENSION
- 1 day
- parent-counselor conference
3. EXPULSION
- parent-counselor conference
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IMPORTANT
NAMES & NUMBERS
Reach-Out Center
881-6358
Edna Moffett
874-6301
Emergency
911
Poison Control
616-9000
Department of Family & Children Services
756-4900
Staff:
Mrs. Tsehai, Camp Director
Ms. Jacquetta, Assistant Director
Ms. Felicia, Reading Instructor
Ms. Lakeitah, Computer/Math Instructor
Ms. Ayla, Counselor*
Mr. Cliff, Counselor*
Mrs. Michelle, Counselor*
Mr. Carl, Counselor*
Brother Ant, Counselor*
Sister Asha, Circle Time Coordinator
Alex, Jr. Staff
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AUTHORIZATION FOR MEDICATION
CHILD'S NAME
TYPE OF MEDICATION
WEEK BEGINNING: MONTH
DAY
TIME OF DAY MEDICATION IS TO BE GIVEN
PHYSICIAN'S NAME
PHYSICIAN'S PHONE NUMBER
AMOUNT (DOSAGE) OF MEDICATION GO BE GIVEN
DATE
PARENT'S SIGNATURE
A NEW FORM MUST BE FILLED OUT EACH WEEK IF MEDICINE IS CONTINUED
CENTER RECORD
STAFF ADMINISTERING MEDICATION ARE TO RECORD: DATE, TIME,
AMOUNT OF MEDICATION GIVEN, AND INITIAL/SIGN NAME.
DATE
TIME
AMOUNT
STAFF SIGNATURE
SPECIAL INSTRI 'CTIONS:
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 4, 1997
Mr. David Stern
National Association for Public Interest Law
1118 22nd Street, NW
Third Floor
Washington, DC 20037
Dear David:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter and invitation to speak at the National Association
for Public Interest Law Awards Dinner on October 17, 1997.
Regrettably, Mrs. Clinton is unable to attend as she will
be in Latin America, but sends her best wishes for a successful
event.
Thanks and best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
Reque
Public Interest.
in Catin America
Proud.
Melawal
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August 11, 1997
John --
John
It was great to see you at the IR&R Council meeting.
I am writing to follow up on my note asking whether
you would be willing to help encourage Hillary Rodham
Clinton to speak at our dinner honoring Jamie Gorelick or to
address our national conference and career fair, which
attracts 1,200 public interest-minded law students.
Attached is our letter to HRC along with a fact sheet
about NAPIL and a "save the date" card for our Awards
Dinner. You will note that our mutual friend, Cliff Sloan, is
involved with this program and co-signed the letter to the
First Lady.
Any help you can provide in getting the First Lady to
say yes would be greatly appreciated.
He a
5"1 TDP
David Stern
National Association for Public Interest Law (NAPIL)
1118 22nd Street NW
Third Floor
Washington, DC 20037
Tel: 202/466-3686 Fax: 202/429-9766 e-mail: [email protected]
July 18, 1997
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Ms. Clinton:
For the past two years, you have honored us by serving as an Honorary
Chair to the National Association for Public Interest Law (NAPIL) Awards
Dinner, an annual event galvanizing support for public interest law from the bar
and from law schools. At the dinner, we recognize unique contributions to public
interest law by seasoned practitioners as well as law students.
This year we are honoring Jamie Gorelick and presenting her with our
Public Interest Advocate of the Year award. It would be a tremendous statement
of support for public interest law -- and a recognition of Ms. Gorelick's
remarkable public interest contributions -- if you could offer a few remarks and
present Ms. Gorelick with the award. The dinner will be held on Friday,
October 17th here in Washington, D.C.
Founded in 1986 by students at 15 law schools, NAPIL is now a national
coalition of 142 law student organizations working on their campuses to inspire
and train the next generation of public interest lawyers. We work with students
and lawyers to create public interest legal employment and training opportunities,
remove the economic barriers that confront future public interest lawyers, and
provide information and inspiration for public service work. One of the main
activities of NAPIL's law school member groups is to fund summer public interest
jobs for law students, and NAPIL's fellowship program provides public interest
opportunities for law school graduates across the nation.
NAPIL also administers the National Service Legal Corps, a project of
President Clinton's AmeriCorps national service program. Started in 1994, this
program puts lawyers, paralegals and community educators to work at legal
services offices in underserved communities nationwide to address the problems
of homelessness and domestic violence and to create community-based economic
development. Based on the program's success, the Corporation for National
Service has tentatively agreed to double the size of this program to 13 sites and 55
participants, 42 of whom will be lawyers.
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
July 18, 1997
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Another part of NAPIL's mission is to present role models who can inspire students
committed to public service. Jamie Gorelick is such a role model. Her public service
accomplishments, dedication and success are particularly impressive. We expect about 600
people to attend the event, including 250 law students from across the country who are interested
in pursuing public interest law careers. Many of our other guests will be from the private and
public interest law communities.
It would truly be a wonderful evening if you could offer a few remarks and present Ms.
Gorelick's award. If you are unable to attend, we would still be delighted if you could once
again serve as an Honorary Chair. NAPIL has also sent a letter to the President and Vice-
President and Mrs. Gore inviting them to serve as Honorary Chairs, as in past years. We will call
your staff within the next two weeks to discuss your possible involvement.
Thank you very much for your consideration and thank you for your vigorous support of
public interest law.
Sincerely,
David Stern
Clifford M. Sloan
Executive Director
Wiley, Rein & Fielding
Member of the Board of Directors
NAPIL Fellowships for Equal Justice
Enclosure
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 24, 1997
Ms. Elizabeth Shannon
Director
International Visitor's Program
25 Lenox Street
Brookline, MA 02146
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Dear Elizabeth:
Thank you very much for your letter and CD which I
have given to the First Lady. The cease fire is good news.
Let's hope it lasts. Mrs. Clinton has received a number of
invitations to speak in Northern Ireland. Hopefully, we'll get
there before too long.
It was good to hear from you. Thanks for writing and
best wishes.
Sincerely,
Mer Chief of Staff to
Melanne Verveer
the First Lady
Boston University
BOSTONINGS
International Visitors Program
Elizabeth Shannon, Director
CONDITA MDCCCX + XIX
@
25 Lenox Street
Brookline, Massachusetts 02146
Tel: 617/353-6162
Fax: 617/353-7110
July 17, 1997
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Office of the First Lady
Room 100
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Melanne:
Here is the latest CD of Robert White accompanied by Samuel
Sanders. Robert asked me to send this along to Mrs. Clinton. I hope
she will enjoy it.
I just returned from a month in Ireland, both North and South. The
last-minute decision on marching by the Unionists was very
magnanimous, and I hope it signals yet another step towards peace.
I trust that you are enjoying the summer and that Washington is not
yet into its August hothouse mode. I look forward to seeing you
down there one of these days.
Best wishes,
Liz
Elizabeth Shannon
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 24, 1997
Ms. Rosalia Arteaga Serrano
Constitutional Vice President of the Republic of Ecuador
Benalcazar
entre Chile e Espego
Quito, Ecuador
SOUTH AMERICA
Dear Ms. Serrano:
Thank you very much for your letter and invitation to
the First Lady to participate in the International Conference on
Women in Politics held in Ecuador on October 2-3, 1997.
Regrettably, because of a schedule conflict, Mrs.
Clinton will not be able to accept your kind invitation. We
wish you much success with the conference.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Mem Me me
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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1. THE EMBASSY RECEIVED ON JULY 7 A LETTER FROM VICE
PRESIDENT ROSALIA ARTEAGA INVITING FIRST LADY HILLARY
CLINTON TO PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
WOMEN IN POLITICS TO BE HELD IN ECUADOR OCTOBER 2-3,
1997. VICE PRESIDENT ARTEAGA ALSO INVITES THE FIRST LADY
TO ACCOMPANY HER FOR A VISIT TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS.
ORIGINAL LETTER POUCHED TO ARA/AND. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF
INVITATION LETTER IN ENGLISH AS RECEIVED.
2. ENGLISH ORIGINAL
(BEGIN TEXT)
QUITO, JULY 1, 1997
MRS. HILLARY CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D. C.
DEAR MRS. CLINTON:
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU TO CONVEY THE WARMEST AND
MOST HEARTFELT GREETING ON MY BEHALF AND IN THE NAME OF
THE PEOPLE OF MY COUNTRY. THE TRANSCENDENTAL ACTIONS
THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN ALL THE FIELDS OF HUMAN
ACTIVITY ALSO GENERATE MY DEEPEST SOLIDARITY TOWARDS YOU.
THE DECISIONS ADOPTED BY YOU TO SUCH A HIGH LEVEL BRING
REPERCUSSIONS IN ALL PARTS OF OUR PLANET.
TAKING ALL OF THIS INTO ACCOUNT, I AVAIL MYSELF OF THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO FORMULATE TO YOU AN INVITATION TO PRESIDE,
JOINTLY WITH ME, OVER THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING THAT WILL
TAKE PLACE IN MY COUNTRY DURING THE SECOND AND THIRD OF
OCTOBER. PENDING YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL PROCEED TO ASK
THE MOST IMPORTANT LEADERS OF OUR REGION, PEOPLE THAT
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PRIORITY
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HAVE BEEN PROMINENT IN THE FIELDS OF POLITICS, HUMAN
RIGHTS, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, IN ORDER TO INFORM
AND ANALYZE THE PROBLEMS RELATED WITH THE RECENT
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, AND THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THE
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF POLITICAL DECISION MAKING.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I WOULD LIKE TO FORWARD TO YOU THE
LIST OF POSSIBLE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS EVENT, AS WELL AS
THE PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES TO BE ACCOMPLISHED DURING THIS
OCCASION.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF
ACCOMPANYING ME ON A TRIP TO THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS WHERE
YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ADMIRE, AS YOU KNOW, THE MOST
REMARKABLE NATURAL WONDER, WITH ITS UNIQUE FLOWERS AND
FAUNA, AS WELL AS WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND WHAT
COULD BE ACHIEVED IN THE FUTURE, IN ORDER TO PROTECT THIS
NATURAL SANCTUARY.
I DEEPLY HOPE THAT YOU CAN ATTEND THIS INTERNATIONAL
GATHERING. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY GOOD TO
EXPRESS MY HIGHEST AND MOST DISTINGUISHED CONSIDERATION.
(SIGNED)
ROSALIA ARTEAGA SERRANO
CONSTITUTIONAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 24, 1997
Ms. Rhoda Sharp
Mr. Ben Bushman
Beverly Hills High School
241 Moreno Drive
Beverly hills, CA 90212-3698
Dear Ms. Sharp & Mr. Bushman:
Thank you very much for your letter and kind invitation
to the First Lady to visit Beverly Hills High School.
I have forwarded your letter to Patti Solis Doyle,
Director of Scheduling for the First Lady, to keep on file in the
event that Mrs. Clinton makes a trip to Beverly Hills.
Thanks for writing and best wishes.
Sincerely,
Menner Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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BEVERLY HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
241 Moreno Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90212-3698
(310) 201-0661
Ben Bushman, Principal
July 1, 1997
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff
Office of the First Lady
Old Executive Office Building
Room 100
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Ms. Verveer:
On behalf of the Beverly Hills Unified School District I would like to take this
opportunity to invite Mrs. Clinton to visit our school community and specifically,
Beverly Hills High School.
The secret service is familiar with our area as we have had, in the past,
presidents and vice presidents run on our track, land on our field, and speak to
student leaders.
School is closed for the summer; we reopen on September 4 with classes
starting at 8:00 AM and ending at 3:30 PM. Our auditorium seats 1300 but we
have smaller theaters as well. While I have given you the schedule, I hasten to
add that we are extremely flexible and could arrange any time frame you might
require.
Our school population is multi-cultural; in more than forty percent of families
English is not their first language.
Our mutual friend, Mel Levine, suggested that I send this letter to you for
possible scheduling. We realize how many requests you receive on a daily
basis but we are hoping that we will be considered.
Thank you for your thoughtfulness.
Respectfully,
Recoda Sharp
Bar Bushness
Rhoda Sharp, Director
Ben Bushman, Principal
Career/Vocational Education
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 2, 1997
Ms. Robyn Shapiro
American Bar Association
740 Fifteenth Street, NW
Ninth Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Dear Ms. Shapiro:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you very much for
your letter and for the information on the Coordinating Group
on Bioethics and the Law.
Regrettably, Mrs. Clinton is unable to accept your
invitation to be an At-Large member.
Thanks for writing and best wishes in your important
work.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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Coordinating Group on Bioethics
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740 Fifteenth Street, NW
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Washington, DC 20005
Milwaukee, WI 53202
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REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS
Internet: [email protected]
Lori B. Andrews, Chicago, IL
American Bar Foundation
Michael J. Astrue, Cambridge, MA
Section of Administrative Law
Mrs. Clinton
and Regulatory Practice
The White House
Robert L. Dell Angelo, Los Angeles, CA
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Section of Litigation
Washington, D.C. 20500
Ellen J. Flannery, Washington, DC
Section of Science and Technology
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
William P. Grogan, Chicago, IL
Section of International Law and Practice
The American Bar Association's Coordinating
Hon. Harriet P. Henry, Windham. ME
Group on Bioethics and the Law is honored to
Judicial Division/ National Conference
of Special Court Judges
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of 1998. The Coordinating Group was created in
Hon. Gladys Kessler, Washington, DC
Judicial Division
1991 in an effort to foster coordination,
communication, and partnerships among ABA entities
April C. Logan, La Jolla, CA
Section of Intellectual Property Law
working in the field of bioethics and the law.
The Coordinating Group's primary aim is to serve
John J. Lombard, Jr., Philadelphia, PA
Section of Real Property. Probate
as the focal point for Association activities
and Trust Law
related to bioethics. The Group achieves this
John H. Pickering, Washington, DC
goal by serving as an ABA information
Commission on Legal Problems
clearinghouse on bioethics topics, coordinating
of the Elderly
response to internal and external bioethics-
James B. Rosenblum, Stamford, CT
related inquiries, bringing salient national
Section of Tort and Insurance Practice
bioethics issues to the attention of the
Phyllis B. Schunck, Austin, TX
Association and its entities, and strengthening
Health Law Section
the ABA's position as the nation's preeminent
Eugene F. Scoles, Eugene, OR
legal source on bioethics issues.
Senior Lawyers Division
Edward M. Waller. Jr., Tampa. FL
One important avenue for the Coordinating
Standing Committee on Professionalism
Group's efforts to provide information and
Bruce Lord Wilder. Pittsburgh, PA
coordinate Association-wide bioethics activities
Section of Family Law
is its publications. Biannually, the Group
publishes the Bioethics Bulletin, a newsletter
AT-LARGE MEMBERS
Sandra Hanneken Johnson, St. Louis, MO
which informs the Association of bioethics-related
legal developments, issues, and professional
M. Colleen Scanlon, Washington, DC
conferences of interest. In recent years, the
Susan M. Wolf, Minneapolis, MN
Group has also developed issue papers and
anthologies on specific topics of interest. This
BOARD OF GOVERNORS LIAISON
past year, the Group has addressed: telemedicine,
Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum, Portland, OR
physician-assisted suicide, legal issues in
managed care, genetics, and computerized medical
STAFF
Elizabeth M. Yang
records. The Group's issue papers highlight
Staff Director
salient legal issues surrounding these important
Gabrielle R. Caddle
topics.
Staff Assistant
Mrs. Clinton
June 20, 1997
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The Group meets twice a year, at the Mid-year and the Annual
meetings of the Association. While the Group does not sponsor
ABA policy recommendations, often times at Group business
meetings members will discuss their own entity's policy
recommendations, prior to submission to the House, so as to
benefit from groups members' information and insights.
As the Coordinating Group on Bioethics and the Law embarks
on its sixth year, it is clear that it has evolved into a
distinguished and successful resource to the Association -- and
beyond -- on bioethics issues challenging the country. The
Coordinating Group's future activities will continue to serve the
ABA, in its need and desire to be informed about bioethics
issues, as well as outside individuals, institutions, and groups
who will look to the ABA for guidance.
Your interest and insights about health care issues would be
invaluable to the Coordinating Group. We hope you will give
serious consideration to our request. If you require further
information about the activities of the Coordinating Group, I can
be reached at (414) 225-4956. Thank you for considering our
invitation.
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WASHINGTON
December 5, 1997
Ms. Nikki Stephanopoulos
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
8 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10021
Dear Nikki:
Thank you very much for your very thoughtful note and
wonderful souvenirs. The First Lady was delighted to receive
the Ecumenical Patriarch at the White House, to see so many
old friends from the Greek community, and to be able to
reciprocate for His Excellency's gracious meeting with her in
Istanbul.
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holidays!
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 24, 1997
Mr. Ted Strong
Executive Director
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
729 N.E. Oregon
Suite 200
Portland, Oregon 97232
Dear Mr. Strong:
Thank you very much for your letter and for the
information on the difficulties being faced by salmon
restoration programs. I have forwarded your letter to Lynn
Cutler, Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental
Affairs, and her office should be in touch with you.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
menn
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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COLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION
729 N.E. Oregon, Suite 200, Portland, Oregon 97232
Telephone (503) 238-0667
Fax (503) 235-4228
November 14, 1997
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
OEOB Room 100
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Ms. Verveer:
Over the past year, the four Columbia River tribes with treaty-reserved fishing rights and the
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission raised concerns at all stages of Northwest
Power Planning Council implementation of the Gorton amendment to the Northwest Power
Act. Unfortunately, NWPPC's decision to condition or delay funding for tribal salmon
restoration programs (ostensibly, until additional reviews take place) has forced the tribes to
take legal action.
The Yakama, Umatilla, Warm Springs, and Nez Perce tribes petitioned the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals, asking it to review the legal aspects of NWPPC's decision and its
responsibilities under the Northwest Power Act. At the same time, the tribes are asking the
NWPPC to rescind its decision.
The enclosed full-page advertisement, which is running this week in major newspapers in
Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, was prompted by NWPPC's recent actions. As the
advertisement indicates, more studies are not necessary. Many of the tribes' projects have
undergone fifteen years of extensive study and planning, costing hundreds of millions of
dollars under NWPPC's leadership. By NWPPC's own admission, the tribal hatcheries are
based on sound science. The tribal projects are also based on sound policy and law.
Delay caused by NWPPC's decision to create new and shifting policies jeopardizes many
salmon restoration programs, including those in the Yakima, Clearwater, Walla Walla, Grande
Ronde, and Salmon basins. NWPPC's actions are keeping us from repeating the successes we
have had in the Umatilla Basin. Salmon runs that had been eliminated in the Umatilla for
about 70 years are beginning to flourish again. For the past two years, salmon returns have
been strong enough to allow limited spring chinook fishing seasons for both Indian and non-
Indian fishers, something that is still almost unthinkable in the rest of the Columbia Basin
above Bonneville Dam.
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These are the types of projects that would be halted under NWPPC's recommendation.
Accountability is about getting results, not about more study, process and bureaucratic delay.
The tribes agree that we need monitoring and evaluation. Let's get projects on the ground so
that we can assess them and apply the adaptive management techniques the NWPPC adopted
more than a decade ago.
For fiscal year 1999, we call for the NWPPC to work with the tribes and the federal
government to establish a coordinated, cooperative structure for reviewing projects. This
cooperative approach to project review must be consistent with the 1996 Secretarial
Memorandum of Agreement on Bonneville Power Administration's fish and wildlife funding.
We wanted you to be aware of these recent developments and are requesting your support for
our efforts. If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call.
Sincerely,
ded They
Ted Strong
Executive Director
cc: NWPPC members
If the Northwest Power Planning Council
has its way, the only place our children
will see wild salmon will be in a museum.
The Northwest Power Planning Council (NWPPC),
scientists, educators, tribes and community leaders are
charged by Congress to restore declining Columbia Basin
producing real results. The symbol of the Northwest-our
salmon populations, wants to halt $35 million of critical
salmon-can make a comeback. But NWPPC's cuts have
funding for successful salmon restoration programs.
put a stop to this.
What does the Northwest Power Planning Council
Putting salmon back in the rivers
think will save salmon?
Salmon have been returning to the Yakima River in recent
years, but only in very low numbers. Why are the salmon
More ratepayer-financed studies and bureaucratic maneuver-
coming back? Because of tribal efforts to put fish back in
ing. After 15 years of research and study, we say enough is
the river where they belong. Now the NWPPC wants to put
enough. Successful model programs that help salmon are in
a hold on this successful project and others like it.
place today.
What programs are saving salmon today?
The same programs the NWPPC is putting on hold or
Say "NO" to more studies and
delaying. Restoration projects done through cooperative
community partnerships to put salmon back in the rivers
"YES" to saving salmon
where they belong.
Restoration programs that work
Ask Governor Gary Locke to work with
In some Northwest locations, damaged salmon habitat is
the tribes to see that salmon restoration
coming back to life. Thanks to successful restoration
funds are spent for programs that work.
projects which reintroduce native plants and prevent
erosion, streams and rivers are salmon-friendly once again.
Phone: 360-753-6780
How many studies will it take before the NWPPC under-
Fax: 360-753-4110
stands what scientists already know-salmon need cool,
clean water to thrive?
E-mail: [email protected]
Community partnerships that work
Tell him to take action today.
Salmon restoration doesn't happen in NWPPC meeting
rooms, it happens in communities where people form real
partnerships that work. Innovative programs pairing
Paid for by the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation
Phone: 509-865-5121 Fax: 509-865-5745 E-mail (attn. Carol Craig): [email protected]
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 8, 1997
Mr. Lael Stegall
Delphi International
1828 L Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Lael:
Thank you very much for your letter and for
information on the Star project, which I have shared with the
First Lady. We know firsthand what a difference it makes.
It was great to have you in Vienna and it's vital to have
you and Delphi International engaged as you are in Bosnia and
beyond.
Thanks and best wishes.
Sincerely,
Member Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
DELPHI INTERNATIONAL
STAR Project
Strategies, Training, and Advocacy for Reconciliation
1828 L Street, N.W., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: 202/898-0950 Fax: 202/842-0885 E-mail: [email protected]
Delphi/STAR Field Office: Kneza Mislava 11, 41000 Zagreb, CROATIA
Telephone: 385-1-413-848 Fax: 385-1-413-490 E-mail: [email protected]
November 25, 1997
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Office of the First Lady
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20520
Dear Melanne:
I thought you and the First Lady would appreciate seeing the "good news" coming out of the
former Yugoslavia in the recent newsletter of The STAR Project. While the film, "Welcome
Sarajevo" is real and recent, our STAR Project - with US foreign aid dollars -- is giving
assistance to the positive leadership of the very women who may well lead a peaceful future.
A number of these women were at the Vital Voices gathering and the ripples from that
meeting continue. I met just this week with Ambassador Bob Gelbard who is enthusiastic
about a new women and violence initiative that STATE hopes to fund in conjunction with the
STAR Project. Our partner groups in Bosnia and Croatia will work with media and local
police in building new alliances to prevent community violence. Now that's good news,
right!
Thanks for your superb work, Melanne. It means so much to our work internationally to
have the continuing and determined interest of the First Lady and you on these issues.
On a personal matter, I know you are happy to have Bobbie Greene on your team now.
Jul S Jegall Best wishes
Lael Stegall
Strengthening Local Leadership Worldwide
STAR Tracks
Volume III (6-12)
The Newsletter for The STAR Project of Delphi International
Summer/Fall 1997
Strategies, Training, and Advocacy for Reconciliation:
Women for Social Change in the Yugoslav Successor States.
STAR na HVAR
WOMEN GATHER FOR REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON POLICY ADVOCACY
by Rada Stakic-Domuz, Infoteka, Medica Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hvar, 21 - 25 May, 1997
Sunny Hvar, Stari Grad, Croatia -- five
Participants from the Women in Politics Workshop at STAR Na Hvar.
days in May. This was the regional
women's conference on policy
advocacy. Eighty-six women
from the former Yugoslavia,
organizers, and guests from
USAID participated in the
conference organized by the
STAR Project of Delphi
International and funded by
USAID, the Soros Foundation,
private foundations and
individual donors. Present were
fifteen women from Croatia,
fifteen from Bosnia-Herzegovina,
twelve from Serbia, two from
Vojvodina, one from
Montenegro, three from Kosova,
and four from Slovenia. This and
other meetings play an important
role in the processes of
normalization and reconciliation, most of all reminding us that there are still many things which hold us together. Indeed, Hvar
represented the first time that members from each part of the region gathered at this kind of conference. Montenegro and
Republika Srpska had their own representatives for the first time. It was also only the second instance of this type of meeting of
women NGO activists since the Struga Conference in 1995. Jill Benderly, Regional Co-Director of the STAR Project of Delphi
International, said at the opening session, We want to put the experience of NGOs and activists in a new framework on the local,
regional and national level. We call this framework advocacy. Each country has its own specific problems: the return of refugees
from third countries to their homes, women's issues in politics, the strengthening of women's economic position, reproductive
rights. Our primary goal is to take everything that you learn here and put it into action, working together towards your common
goals." In the last four years, what happened has happened, but we as a region are connected on many levels. We live in too small
a space to live without self-confidence and self-esteem on a regional level. We met to exchange our experience about advocacy.
We found that we had many similarities but also had many different interpretations when translating this term.
Women use Advocacy Skills For
Issue Action in Local Communities
2
STAR Tracks
VOICES FROM HVAR
WORKSHOPS
Mirjana Bilopavlovic of Women's Club, Pakrac, Croatia,
returned from Hvar to lead her group in planning a
Intensive, daily workshops focused on advocacy in
Women's Health Advocacy Campaign. With support
the areas of violence prevention, women's health,
from STAR and the U.N. Development Program, a round
economic independence, politics, and human rights.
table brought together women NGO activists and health
In addition, there were many self-initiated
professionals to launch a campaign on breast cancer and
workshops including: women and global policy;
preventive gynecological care for women without medical
elitism in women's organizations; the return of
insurance.
refugees; conflict resolution; fundraising, and
techniques in moderating workshops.
HIGHLIGHT: Women's Health
Eni Kurtovic,
Lindita Azizi, League of
Krajiska Suza,
Albanian Women, Ohrid,
Women from all regions participated in the
Sanski Most, BiH,
Macedonia, a journalist and
women's health workshop. The focus of the
on the Hvar
published poet, living in a small
discussion was on health education and the
Conference:
community with a socially
relationship of policy and media to women's health.
"I go home filled
oriented women's group, saw the
Participants found that they face similar problems,
with ideas and great
potential for positive social
such as diminished access to health services and the
energy from what I
change when she met the women's
growth of fundamentalism. Quality health services
learned and a certain
groups so active in the region at
are becoming more and more scarce and women's
direction to work on
Hvar. When she returned to her
health has been damaged by difficult socio-
problems I left
community, she formed a
economic circumstances such as unemployment,
behind in Bosnia.
partnership with another young
post-war trauma and "burnout." Participants noted
With the knowledge
woman to organize a youth group
that with strong networks, coalitions and use of the
I gained on Hvar, it
to provide positive social models
media--in one word ADVOCACY-they could
will be much easier
for young people in Ohrid.
influence those who have the power to improve
to solve them."
women's health. Breast cancer prevention, health
insurance cutbacks, domestic violence and HIV
prevention are among the issues these women have
addressed.
(Left)
Marina
STAR Na
Blagojevic, a
Hvar
sociologist active in
Panelists
Women's Studies,
(from Left):
Belgrade, returned
Rada
from Hvar inspired
Stakic-
by Marana
Domuz;
Palikovic-Gruden
Martina
and her monthly
Belic;
Zagreb women's
Aleksandra
magazine,
Dukovska;
Zaposlena. Marina
Vesna
is now planning a
Kesic.
new women's
STAR
HVAR
magazine in Serbia!
STAR Tracks
3
From Croatia
Women Against Violence
The Autonomous Women's House, Zagreb, Croatia is
fighting domestic violence through powerful public
outreach and awareness campaigns as well as by
providing direct social services at their shelter for
STAR FUTURES
women and children.
As STAR Tracks goes to press, we are encouraged by
The following page displays one of AWHZ's posters
USAID's interest in giving continued financial support for
publicizing the organization's services for women.
women's advocacy leadership in the Yugoslav Successor
Posters such as this one also serve to increase
States. In late September, USAID Croatia formally
visibility regarding issues of violence against
notified Delphi/STAR of fourth year support under their
women.
democracy and governance program. Zvijezdana Schulz
will coordinate STAR's on-going technical assistance and
The Poster is translated as follows:
financial support to women's advocacy organizations. Jill
Benderly will provide regional leadership for what we
MALE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS NOT
hope will be continuing programs in Bosnia and
JUST A PRIVATE PROBLEM
Macedonia and a likely program in the Federal Republic of
Let's recognize and resist it!
Yugoslavia.
Violence against women exists in different forms
-physical (beating, battering, wounding)
Please note the following correction with regard to the last
-psychological (isolation, insulting, belittling)
issue of STAR Tracks: STAR Project support to the Croatian
-sexual (rape, sexual abuse, incest)
Women's Ad Hoc Coalition for the '97 elections has been given
-economic (withholding money, nonpayment of child
through the regular activities of the STAR project supporting
support)
Croatian women's NGOs and the Croatian Women's Network.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR VIOLENCE
STAR Croatia will focus on supporting advocacy efforts of
Call the women's counseling center workdays from
women's groups in '97-'98.
11 am - 5 pm at 455-2836
The poster production was funded by a grant from
the STAR Project.
VITAL VOICES: Almost 300 women attended Vital Voices, a gathering in Vienna of women leaders from
throughout Central/Eastern Europe and NIS. Marina Skrabalo (below) from the Center for Peace Studies, Zagreb,
Croatia, spoke at the conference which initiated new action on political leadership, legal rights and women's
economic independence.
.Vital
/oices
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in
emocracy
July 9 - 11. 1997
Vienna. Austria
AUSTRIA CENTER
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MUŠKO NASILJE NAD ZENAMA
NIJE SAMO PRIVATNI PROBLEM
PREPOZNAJMO GA I ODUPRIMO MU SE!
Nasilje nad ženama postoji u različitim oblicima:
fizičko (udaranje, premlaćivanje, ranjavanje ...)
psihičko (izolacija, prijetnje, vrijeđanje, omalovažavanje ...)
seksualno (silovanje, seksualna zloupotreba, incest ...)
ekonomsko (uskracivanje i oduzimanje novca, neplaćanje alimentacije...)
ZA NASILJE NEMA OPRAVDANJA
Nazovite Zensko savjetovalište radnim danom od 11-17 sati, na telefon 455 28 36.
Autorski rad grupe:
Family Violence Prevention Fund
Financirao: STAR Delphi International
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INTERNATIONAL POLICY ADVOCACY: Leadership Skills Training
Delphi/STAR sponsored the
participation of eight women
from June 6 - July 4, 1997 at the
International Policy Advocacy
training program in the U.S.
sponsored by World Learning of
Brattleboro, Vermont.
Delphi/STAR participants were:
Serbia-Violeta Krasnic of the
Autonomous Women's Center
Against Sexual Violence in
Belgrade, Serbia; Bosnia-
Herzegovina- Aleksandra Petric
from Helsinki Citizen's Alliance,
Banja Luka; Macedonia- Azbije
Memedova, Roma Youth
Organization; Biljana Bejkova,
Urban and Media Action of
Macedonia; Mjelma Ahmeti,
Humanitarian Organization for
Emancipation, Solidarity and
Equality all of Skopje and Jagoda
Gligorovska of Kumanovo;
Croatia- Gordana Stojanovic of the Center for Peace and Human Rights, Baranje, and
The IPA'ers in Brattleboro, VT
Bojana Genov, Women's Group of Mali Losinj. They constituted the largest delegation
in the group of twenty-two international trainees. Participants from NGOs in South
Africa, Uganda, China, Romania, Kenya, Mozambique, and Indonesia were also
represented in the World Learning group.
Designed to train experienced NGO leaders in the process and techniques for public policy advocacy, the program included
intensive theoretical presentations and site visits to many U.S. and international NGOs. In Washington, D.C., participants
visited the World Bank as well as local women's advocacy organizations such as the D.C. Rape Crisis Center to see how
advocacy strategies can be developed for both local groups and international institutions. Sladjana Dankovic, an IPA
participant last year from Nis, Serbia, hosted the group at the Community Family Life Center, a Washington D.C. agency
serving the homeless and the poor.
In New York City, participants observed the United Nations General Assembly and joined a gathering of participants
attending the Summer Institute of the Center for Women's Global Leadership. The Sister Fund, a woman's foundation,
hosted a briefing on women's funding issues.
The last week of the program was held at the campus of the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont. Lael
Stegall, Co-Director of the STAR Project, joined the participants for their final presentations on advocacy campaigns which
they will conduct upon returning to their communities. Each participant will conduct at least two workshops for their
country's NGOs on public policy advocacy and most will do team teaching.
The participants gathered for a follow-up meeting in late October in Macedonia and were joined by former IPA participants,
Rada Stakic-Domuz, Edita Bacic and Aleksandra Dukovska. A policy advocacy network for the region has been formed.
The regional public policy advocacy workbook which emerged out of the proceedings of the "STAR na Hvar" conference in
late May, will be developed by the IPA network and be ready for publication in 1998. IPA'ers have initiated a variety of
campaigns such as a new youth network in BiH and a monitoring project on use of IMF reconstruction funds in Croatia.
Funding for the STAR participants in the IPA training was provided by USAID/PIET, a grant from the Samuel Rubin
Foundation and scholarships from World Learning.
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MOSTAR AS AN OASIS OF TOLERANCE
By Nedzma Dzananovic, Project Assistant, STAR, Sarajevo
To talk about tolerance in the middle of the forcibly divided city of Mostar, which is living proof of human hatred and irrationality, is
a complicated thing to do. Yet more than 70 women, from both entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), took part in a three-day
Women's Conference, "Room for Conversation," the third in a series organized by Helsinki Citizens' Assembly (HCA). The
conference was co-funded by Kvinna till Kvinna, the Soros Foundation and the STAR Project of Delphi International.
During the Conference, two plenary sessions and three workshops provided space to talk about tolerance as a pre-condition
of democracy, dialogue and solidarity within society in terms of the post-war BiH context. The conference was divided into three
workshops: 1) politics and tolerance 2) reconciliation and tolerance 3) culture and tolerance.
"Tolerance is you and me talking; tolerance is these women from both Mostar East and Mostar West who are here together,"
said one of the Conference participants. Participants agreed on how best to disseminate the idea of tolerance in their local
communities and concluded that they would do the following:
Recommend to women during the forthcoming elections to vote only for the candidates and the lists of the political parties
which are truly dedicated to the issue of return.
Concentrate on efforts to build tolerance between local and displaced populations.
Intervene, not only in their families but in the educational system as well, in order to prevent the younger generation from
being brought up in the spirit of non-tolerance, and appeal to teachers to take responsibility for encouraging tolerance in the
future.
Launch a legal initiative to enforce laws which protect women from all kinds of violence.
Do everything to keep the existing legal regulations on the issue of abortion.
Empower women economically and enable them to participate in the processes of economic reconstruction and
privatization.
Increase media coverage of women's ideas and activities.
Insist on women's participation in the political and decision making process in all segments of life.
After having very ambitious topics at the two previous Conferences in Zenica (Women-refugees, Women in politics, Women in BiH
rebuilding and development) and Banja Luka (Analysis of the September 1996 elections in BiH, Women's role in renewal of
education and schooling system, Social problems and possible solutions) a discussion of tolerance was essential. This was especially
true for women who attended the conference for the first time and were able to talk openly, free from all kinds of fear and ideological
restraints.
The wish to have more women involved in the "Room for Conversation" Project and to support and encourage women from
areas that lack citizens' initiatives resulted in the decision to hold the next conference in Livno. Nobody believed it when they heard
that there would be women from the Republika Srpska at the first conference in Zenica, nor when they heard that the second would
take place in Banja Luka. After overcoming these obstacles, is there any reason to doubt that HCA will be as successful in Livno?
STAR DONOR CIRCLE EXPANDS
Cost-sharing of USAID grant funds through financial support, gifts-in-kind and volunteer services is not only a requirement
of our project but is a positive step toward building sustainability and new linkages for the organizations with which STAR
works. STAR is proud that non-US government support to STAR program and partner groups has continued to grow. The
MEET microenterprise project in Bosnia is funded through contributions from UNHCR and the Local Initiative Department
of the World Bank. The Banyan Tree Foundation of the United States has funded Motret Qiriazi in Kosovo for girls
education. The Shaler Adams and Caritas Funds have continued to be generous contributors to grassroots advocacy in
Macedonia, Serbia, and for exchange programs within the region. Soros Foundation in Belgrade has supported regional
travel, and individuals and the Tides Foundation have contributed to special projects on child abuse and research on women
and violence. The Holdeen India Fund helped to finance the participation of Dr. Stanislava Otasevic at the First World
Conference on Breast Cancer. THANK YOU STAR DONORS and volunteers!
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FROM BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
REGIONAL NEWS
WAVE: Women Against Violence Europe
SUSTAINABLE NGOS
Convenes Historic Meeting in Belgrade:
In June, Nuna Zvizdic of Zene Zenama worked with coordinators
Women from seventeen countries, including
from Federalne Zene in Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje to iron out
Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia
organizational development problems that were facing the group.
gathered for four days in late October to
This example of mentoring of new women NGO leaders by a more
discuss strategies for dealing with male
experienced NGO leader reflects the core goal of the STAR
violence against women. WAVE has formed
Project--to build the capacity of local NGOs to serve as resources
a network to exchange experiences in public
and mentors for one another. Nuna Zvizdic was instrumental in
education, legal advocacy, strengthening
identifying organizational strategies. She has offered to take part
social institutions and providing needed
twice a month in their weekly meetings and to work with both the
services for victims of violence.
coordinators and the other members to rebuild trust and
cooperation that have been lost. The coordinators will travel to
Women in Sarajevo have recently met to
Zenica and Sarajevo in mid-July to work one-on-one with Nuna
develop a plan of action for assessing the
on their leadership skills.
problem and creating public awareness on
In continued efforts in mentoring new NGOs, Nuna Zvizdic is also
domestic violence in this post-war period.
working with Li-Woman from Livno to identify their mission and
Look for more information in the next STAR
to work on proposal writing and fundraising.
Tracks on action targeting violence against
women.
In May 1997, Rada Stakic-Domuz, in conjunction with Aleksandra Petric from the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly,
facilitated a three-day Policy Advocacy Workshop in Banja Luka. A total of 15 women, of all nationalities, from
NGOs in the Banja Luka area, took part in this workshop, including: Merhamet, Duga, Udruzene Zene, HCA,
Women's Legal Center, and the Danish Center. The goal of the workshop was to introduce the concept of
advocacy to the participants and to work with them systematically to enable them to enhance their work with new
theoretical and practical knowledge. Rada Stakic-Domuz noted, I think we reached an understanding of
advocacy and sparked an interest in subsequent work. The general consensus was that, at the moment, they find it
very hard to work on advocacy in a place with a very low standard of living and with repressive and nationalistic
political parties in power But to all of us it was clear that our future depends on us. If we wait for someone else
to build our country or leave it to the politicians, we will be manipulated."
MEET: MICROCREDIT EMPOWERMENT AND EDUCATION TEAM
The STAR Project has initiated a new program for women's economic development in Bosnia-Herzegovina, called the
Microcredit Empowerment and Education Team (MEET). Project Manager, Leesa Wilson, and Project Assistant,
Natasa Goronja, work in both the Federation and Republika Srpska to strengthen the capacity of women's NGOs to
successfully manage microcredit programs in Bosnia. Microcredit programs give small business loans to vulnerable
groups, such as the displaced, unemployed and others affected by war. Leesa and Natasa work intensively with select
women's organizations in Tuzla, Bihac, Mostar and potentially Banja Luka, to develop their capacity to make large
numbers of small loans to Bosnian women in order to increase their household incomes, end dependence on
humanitarian aid and develop successful new businesses at the local level. Close to 1,000 loans have been made with
a 100% pay-back rate so far! MEET is funded by UNHCR's Bosnian Women's Initiative and the World Bank.
Leesa has been working with the STAR Project since November 1996 to develop the MEET program concept and
officially joined the STAR team in May, 1997. Leesa started one of the first microcredit programs for women in St.
Petersburg, Russia in 1994. She will work with STAR in developing an agenda for women's economic leadership and
empowerment in Bosnia and in the region.
Natasa comes to MEET from Women for Women in Bosnia, Sarajevo, a microcredit program. Over the next year,
Leesa and Natasa will serve as resources to Bosnian women's organizations and other NGOs and microcredit programs.
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Subgrants: Regional Highlights
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly and Mostar Youth Center~ Hosted a July 3-6 women's conference in Mostar "Room for
Conversation: Democracy and Tolerance." With co-funding from Soros and Kvinna till Kvinna, the STAR Project
supported the participation of 35 women from the Republika Srpska and 35 from the Federation.
Zene Zenama's Center for Women Returnees ~ Is concentrating on its goal of integrating women returnees into their
Sarajevo surroundings. Activities included psycho-social support, as well as weekly sessions on education and issues
related to feminism and current political developments.
Medica Zenica Infoteka~ Continues distribution of the bulletin, We Choose for You, to their network of women's NGOs
in BiH, and continues networking with different NGOs in both entities of BiH. Most recent editions of We Choose for You
have focused on Policy Advocacy, Conflict Resolution, and Management of Small Enterprises/Self-Financing of NGOs
through Profit-Generating Activities. To celebrate its four year anniversary, Medica organized a widely attended press
conference.
Udruzene Zene, Banja Luka~ Is implementing a "Women and Law" project that provides free legal aid to women and
includes an SOS Telephone, as well as a series of eight open seminars entitled "Women Today." These seminars explore
such topics as gender relations and women's health, and aim to engage a greater number of women in the democratic
process. Udruzene Zene uses local media to televise these open discussions and reach a greater audience.
MACEDONIA
Majka: Women's Humanitarian Organization of Kumanovo- Is initiating capacity-building efforts and preparing a
potential partner in a domestic violence network spanning Macedonia and southern Serbia. Funding will support training
efforts and facilities for a domestic violence hotline.
Humanitarian Organization for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality, Skopje~ Will disseminate research conducted
on domestic violence. The group will also gain experience in conducting short-term, issue-based research through surveys.
Iskra, Bitola~ Initiated a public awareness campaign on breast cancer. This project will build the group's capacity to
conduct public awareness campaigns, establish a network of media contacts, and work with national experts on breast
cancer issues.
Women of Gostivar~ Is improving democratic processes by fostering organizations among rural women through lectures
to village women on legal and health issues. The project will build the group's standing in the community as an
organization actively working across ethnic lines to identify the needs of local women for further education and access to
legal and medical information.
Women of Gazi Baba, Skopje~ Will test the feasibility of an employment agency for women in order to improve their
economic position. Eventually, the group intends to establish a pool of women candidates for job training and skills
development. Early efforts have been very successful.
League of Albanian Women, Zhitoshe~ Will use this subgrant to support lectures on women's health issues for rural
women, including production of multilingual materials for the semi-literate.
Center for Urban and Media Action, Skopje (UMAM)~ Will focus on issue-based advocacy research on the portrayal of
gender in the local media and in advertising.
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FROM MACEDONIA
Workshop in Participatory Leadership
Training: June 20-22
WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP FOR ISSUE
Thirty women from fourteen women's NGOs took
ACTION
part in Leadership Training workshops led by
Stephanie Clohesy. Participants represented a wide
August is a dead month in Macedonia. People flee to the
range of experience, including leaders as well as
mountains, their home villages, or to the seaside to get
younger members from each organization.
out of the heat. Instead, this August, 10 women from
Stephanie provided basic skills for evaluating the
Macedonia fled to the U.S. for an eighteen day study tour
behavioral profile of NGO leadership. The
specially designed for them by Lael Stegall, consultant
workshops also focused on how expanding
Martha Burk and Delphi staffer Rebecca Sholes.
leadership to include people with different styles
strengthens and enriches organizations. Stephanie
The theme was women working together for issue action -
presented nonjudgmental language and
NGOs, the media and public officials. Tour participants
organizational development models which the
met with national and grassroots activists in Washington,
leaders used to evaluate their own NGO's stage in the
D.C., Austin and Houston, Texas. The trip culminated in
organizational development process. A similar
their attendance at the bi-annual convention of the
workshop was held June 23-25 in Belgrade for 30
National Women's Political Caucus.
women activists from 17 women's NGOs in Serbia
and Montenegro.
And where are the women now? Sashka Srbinovska, a
single mother in Shtip who works as an epidemiologist
and is active in the local branch of the political party
Women's Leadership for Issue Action participant
noted after the tour, "I've been wanting to do this kind of
Irmela Bajramovska
work for 14 years, but I haven't known how. Now I see
exactly how I can get more involved in political life."
She is doing workshops both with her Organization of
Single Mothers of which she is vice-president, and with
the most active women in her political party.
Kristina Al-Jarrah, president of the Women's
Organization in Gostivar, is using her training in the
organization's outreach work with women in villages of
mixed ethnicity. After sponsoring lectures on women's
legal and health issues in four villages, the Women's
Organization encouraged women to form groups to meet
their own needs. In addition, Kristina encouraged her
NGO to sponsor a meeting with the school directors,
mayors, and the potential presidents of the new
organizations from all four villages in a day-long meeting
with the media. With experience gained from the tour,
The Women's Organization of Gostivar found new ways
to bring local government officials and NGO leaders
together.
In late October the participants gathered with Lael
Stegall, Jill Benderly and Edith Johnson for a follow-up
meeting in Skopje, Macedonia to exchange successes and
challenges in their follow-up work. Action on domestic
violence, voter education, Roma youth leadership, and
media training for NGOs is currently underway.
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STAR FAREWELLS AND WELCOMES:
FAREWELL: Claudia Crawford STAR's project manager in the Washington, D.C. office has accepted a new position with
Internews in Jerusalem. Claudia leaves after three year of energetic leadership in coordinating STAR's administrative and
reporting relationships with USAID. Her special spirit will be missed but we know she will cultivate new STAR
partnerships in the Middle East! Ana Kajevska, STAR's project assistant in the Macedonia office, is moving on after
working with us for a year and a half. She came to us as an activist with years of experience in the Macedonian ecological
NGO world. While she was with us, she broadened her volunteer activities as an AIDS educator. She has accepted a
position in Amsterdam as the Internet manager for an ecological network.
WELCOME: Aferdita Imeri is our new project assistant for the Macedonia office. She brings experience from her years
managing the finances of a small pharmacy. She is fluent in Albanian, English, Macedonian and Serbian. Natasa
Milenkovic joins the Macedonia team as a project assistant. She brings extensive experience as a women's movement
organizer from Belgrade, and a student of psychology and women's studies. Jessica Greenberg is our new project assistant
in the Washington office. She recently graduated with a degree in Women's Studies from Columbia University,
concentrating on issues relating to gender and the Yugoslav Successor States. Natasa Goronja will be working with the
MEET project as the project assistant. She has a background in microcredit projects through her work with Women for
Women in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
WASHINGTON, DC, USA
Lael Stegall, Co-Director
Delphi International/STAR Project
Tel: 202/898-0950
Alexandra Detjens, Project/Financial Coordinator
1828 L Street, NW, Suite 900
Fax: 202/842-0885
Jessica Greenberg, Project Assistant
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Email: [email protected]
ZAGREB, CROATIA
Jill Benderly, Co-Director
Delphi International/STAR Project
Tel: 385-1-46-12-409
Zvijezdana Schulz, Project Coordinator, Croatia
Kneza Mislava 11
Fax: 385-1-46-12-428
Rada Vujovic, Project Assistant
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Email: star_zg@zamir-
zg.ztn.apc.org
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (BiH)
Cressida Slote, Project Coordinator for BiH
Delphi International/STAR Project
Tel: 387-71-201-612
Nedzma Dzananovic, Project Assistant
Obala Kulina Bana 4
Fax: 387-71-211-601
71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Email: star_sa@zamir-sa.
Leesa Wilson, MEET Project Manager
Delphi International/MEET Project
ztn.apc.org
Natasa Goronja, MEET Project Assistant
(please use above address)
Tel/Fax: 387-71-211-601
Email: [email protected]
SKOPJE, MACEDONIA
Edith Johnson, Project Coordinator for Macedonia
Delphi International/STAR Project
Tel: 389-91-220-959
Aferdita Imeri, Project Assistant
Bul Marks i Engels 1-5/1
Tel/Fax: 389-91-130-223
Natasa Milenkovic, Project Assistant
91000 Skopje, Macedonia
Email: starmk @
unet.com.mk
The Summer/Fall Report of the STAR Project of Delphi International (Strategies, Training, and Advocacy for
Reconciliation) is funded per Cooperative Agreement No. EUR-0016-A-00-4070-00 with the United Stated Agency for
International Development. The views and opinions in the STAR Tracks are expressed by the Delphi/STAR Project team,
and, therefore, do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Agency for International Development.