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003. letter
Merry Morris to Melanne Verveer (1 page)
10/14/1996
Personal Misfile
004. memo
Susan Glick to Melanne Verveer et al re: political (14 pages)
10/15/1996
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 22, 1996
Karen Mulhauser
AWID Forum Program Chair
1511 K Street NW
Suite 825
Washington, DC 20005
Dear Karen,
Thank you for your letter and invitation
for Mrs. Clinton to attend the Beyond
Beijing: From Words to Action Forum,
September 5-8, 1996.
We have forwarded your request to Patti
Solis in the First Lady's Scheduling Office.
Thank you again for writing and best
wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Neer Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
CC: Theresa Loar, President's InterAgency
Council
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FRITZ & KAREN MULHAUSER
FAX NO. 202 543 4072
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7.T.H. INTERNATIONAL AWID FORUM, SEPTEMBER 5-8, 1996
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FROM WORDS TO ACTION
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Date
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Post-it Fax Note
July 16, 1996
To melanne Verveet
From Karen Mulhaiser
Co.
Co./Dept.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Phone #
Phone # 4630180
The White House
Fax #
Washington, D.C. 20500
456.6244
Fax #
4630182
Dear Mrs. Clinton,
I am pleased and honored to invite you to participate in the seventh international
Forum of the Association for Women in Development AWID, with assistance from a
growing number of Collaborating Partners (see brochure for list), will convene its
important Beyond Beijing: From Words to Action Forum September 5 to 8 in
Washington, D.C. We will bring together people from all regions of the world to assess
progress made with implementation of the Platform for Action and strategies that have
been effective in holding governments accountable.
While we would of course welcome your participation at any time during the
Forum that is convenient for you, it is our hope that you can join us at the closing plenary
program on September 8 from 10:15 am to 12:15 p.m., when we will be addressing
one of our four subthemes, Powersharing and Political Participation. The other three
subthemes are Women's Human Rights, Health and Reproductive Rights and
Globalization and the Economic Empowerment of Women.
We are excited to see the program take shape with 120 workshops and panels,
major plenary panels, regional roundtable reporting sessions on implementation, skills
development sessions and much more. There will be a daily newspaper and information
on the Internet as a virtual conference for those who cannot attend in person. A special
effort is being made to encourage young women - tomorrow's leaders - to participate.
I have spoken with Melanne Verveer about the possibility of your involvement in a
pre-Forum Lessons Without Borders session sponsored by USAID with participation from
the President's InterAgency Council. This September 4 Lessons Without Borders session
will feature Women in Development issues and include a report to a panel of US policy
makers from 3 - 5 p.m. This program sponsored by USAID is scheduled for the day
before the Forum and will involve several women from the developing world who have
benefited from AID support. I believe you are familiar with the Lessons Without Borders
program and success.
AWID
ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT, 1511 K STREET NW, SUITE 825, WASHINGTON, DC 20005
TEL: 202-628-0440; FAX: 202-628-0442; EMAIL: [email protected]
J0L-17-95 WED 6:50 AM FRITZ & KAREN MULHAUSER
FAX NO. 202 543 4072
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If it is more convenient to take part in this panel instead of the September 8
plenary, we would be pleased to include you. All sessions will be at the Renaissance
Washington, D.C. Hotel. If neither of these times is convenient and you wish to come and
speak with the group, we may still find an opportunity at a time that does meet your
schedule demands.
I am aware this is late notice for such a request, but I hope it is not too late to be
considered, I look forward to hearing from you. Please do not hesitate to contact me
directly at my consulting office, 1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Suite 712, Washington,
D.C. 20036, 463-0180.
Sincerely,
Yaren Mulhanser
Karen Mulhauser
AWID Forum Program Chair
cc Melanne Verveer
Jill Buckley, USAID
Theresa Loar, President's InterAgency Coulcil
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 1, 1996
Lilia Merecicky
9209 Meadow Lane
Brecksville, Ohio 44141
Dear Ms. Merecicky,
The First Lady asked that I thank you
for writing in reference to a proposed
conference on children this spring. Mrs.
Clinton is in the early stages of planning
for a children's conference. The format and
scope are not yet determined.
We will keep your interest in mind as
plans develop. Thank you for writing and
best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Mene Melanne Deputy Chief Verveer of Staff
to the First Lady
9209 Meadow Lane
Brecksville, Ohio 44141
January 23, 1996
Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
200 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington DC
Dear Ms. Rodham Clinton:
I recently had the pleasure of viewing your television interview with Barbara
Walters. What interested me most was your choice of children and their welfare as
an important objective of your work as First Lady. I have been a children's
protective service worker for twenty years, so this issue is also a priority of mine. A
few days after the broadcast I purchased your book It Takes a Village and read it. I
was surprised to find that your beliefs and ideas on this subject are very close to my
own. I must say, however, that I have not found them to be particularly popular
among administrators of protective service agencies.
In the course of your interview you mentioned that you are in the process of setting
up a conference on children and the family. Undoubtedly you have an extensive
list of well respected experts to invite. Each of these experts is likely to have a great
deal of knowledge, as well as information on current trends and research in the
field. However, It is unlikely that any of them has spent twenty years in the front
lines of child protection. I have. Indeed, with burnout on these jobs averaging
twenty four months, I doubt that there are many people in the entire nation with as
much direct experience as I.
When this conference is held I would appreciate the opportunity to participate. I
believe I can contribute a unique perspective on the daily realities of protective
service work. Over the years I have observed and complied with a multitude of
legislative and policy changes affecting the protection of children. More
importantly, I have seen the immediate impact, sometimes positive and sometimes
devastating, on the children and families I serve. Having worked in two States,
Colorado and Ohio, I am also keenly aware of the vast differences in approach (and
effectiveness) of the protective service function from State to State, and community
to community. As a result, I believe I have a clear understanding of what further
change is necessary, the direction that change should take, and that I am particularly
well qualified to evaluate potential outcomes. The ideas I have developed during
my career are realistic, affordable, sensible, and based on a profound respect for the
rights of children and the sanctity of the family.
A copy of my resume is enclosed for review. I anticipate that if I am to be
considered as a conference participant my qualifications will need to be verified and
Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton
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a synopsis of my views and proposals submitted. Whatever is required will be
promptly and gratefully prepared.
I urge you to take this letter seriously and allow me the opportunity to present a
comprehensive summary of what I believe I can contribute to this conference. I am
available at your staff's convenience at the above address, and by telephone at work
(216-996-1061) or at home (216-526-0837). I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Lilia Ms. Lilia R. Merecicky
Encl.
Resume of:
Lilia R. Merecicky
9209 Meadow Lane
Brecksville, Ohio 44141
(216) 526-0837
EDUCATION:
Graduate: Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio
M.S. Degree in Urban Studies
Awarded: March, 1974
Graduate: Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
B.A. Degree in Sociology with 36 semester hours in Psychology
Awarded: September, 1970
CERTIFICATION:
Ohio Licensed Social Worker
EXPERIENCE:
April, 1992
Summit County Children Services Board
to
Akron, Ohio
Present
Social Worker/Child Protection: Responsible for the investigation
of all allegations of child abuse and neglect, assessment of family
functioning and dynamics, preparation of case plans for
individual families, and direct provision of intensive support and
treatment services. Submitted a plan for the restructuring of work
flow within the agency to increase efficiency and optimize
successful family interventions.
August, 1990
Townhall II (part-time)
to
Kent, Ohio
June, 1991
Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Specialist: Responsible for
training teachers, other school staff, medical services personnel,
and day care providers in child abuse prevention, reporting, and
treatment. Implemented the requirements of an Ohio Children's
Trust Fund grant aimed at preventing physical and sexual abuse
of children in Portage County. Wrote the grant renewal proposal,
which was accepted. Provided training and consultation services
to schools, and public and private agencies.
January, 1979
El Paso County Department of Social Services
to
Colorado Springs, Colorado
April, 1990
Child Protection Social Caseworker: Responsible for the
assessment of need for protection of children who were the
victims of child abuse and neglect. The position required
immediate response to reports of abuse; sole responsibility
for assessment of danger and crisis intervention; followed by
diagnoses, formulation of initial case plans, presentations,
recommendations, and testimony to the Court; provision of direct
services to client families; and preparation of detailed case
summaries. Worked closely with doctors, other health care
professionals, law enforcement, and school administrators on the
County Child Protection Team. This group developed case
management recommendations for serious abuse and neglect
cases. My caseload included child abuse resulting in death,
failure to thrive, medical neglect, and a landmark case of
emotional abuse.
October, 1977
Juvenile Probation Department
to
Fourth Judicial District
December, 1978
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Probation Counselor: Responsible for intake interviews,
preparation of family histories, supervision of probationers,
initial placement referrals, Court recommendations and testimony.
March, 1974
Travel Consultant: with a number of travel agencies in Cleveland
to
and New York.
July, 1977
August, 1971
Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services
to
Cleveland, Ohio
August, 1972
Caseworker: Responsible for complete intake work-ups and
family histories, verifying personal data.
ACTIVITIES:
Girl Scouts of America
adult member
Brecksville/Broadview Hts. PTA
Pikes Peak Children's Advocates
past member
PUBLICATIONS:
Pamphlet: "Because You Care"
(information for parents about sexual abuse of children)
Published and distributed by Townhall II, Kent, Ohio
June, 1991
Article: "Child to Child Transmission of Gonorrhea"
(discussion of sexual abuse indicators for physicians)
with other authors
Pediatrics, October, 1986
PERSONAL:
Married 19 years, one child
Excellent health
I enjoy skiing, camping, travel, music, and cooking (for which I
have won several amateur awards).
References available on request.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 15, 1996
Ann L. Miline, ACSW
AFCC Executive Director
329 West Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Ms. Miline,
Thank you for your letter and update on
the Second World Congress on Family Law and
the Rights of Children and Youth. We also
appreciate the invitation for the First Lady
to attend the lead-up event to the World
Congress at the UNICEF headquarters in New
York City September 12, 1996.
Regrettably, due to scheduling
conflicts, she will be unable to attend the
New York colloquium.
Thank you for writing, and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
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SECOND WORLD CONGRESS ON
FAMILY LAW AND THE RIGHTS
OF CHILDREN & YOUTH
3-7 JUNE 1997, SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA
Honorary Chair: First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
June 28, 1996
Melanne Verveer
Office of the First Lady
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, DC
VIA FAX and mail (202) 456-6244
Dear Ms. Verveer;
Plans for the Second World Congress on Family Law and the
Rights of Children and Youth to be held June 3-7, 1997 in San
Francisco are shaping up very nicely. We are delighted that
Mrs. Clinton has agreed to serve as the Honorary Chair of the
Congress. San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown has agreed to
serve as Honorary Chair of the Local Host City Committee.
I would like to update you on plans for the Congress and
related activities. Enclosed is the Early Bird brochure.
This has been distributed to over 70,000 family law judges,
lawyers, mental health practitioners, elected officials and
licy makers from around the world.
We are planning a very prestigious lead-up event to the World
Congress to be held at the UNICEF Headquarters in New York
City September 12, 1996. We are optimistic that Mayor
Giuliani and Chief Judge Judith Kaye will accept our
invitation to serve as honorary co-chairs of this event.
The one day New York Colloquium will be an opportunity to show
case two world Congress topics; children's health care needs
and unified family courts.
I would like to invite Mrs. Clinton, as Honorary Chair of the
World Congress, to attend the New York Colloquium and
participate on the program. I know how busy Mrs. Clinton will
be this fall with the election. Her appearance at the New
York Colloquium, however, would be heavily covered by the
media and could provide her with the opportunity to remind the
electorate of her abiding commitment to children's issues. We
would be pleased to accommodate the First Lady's schedule any
time during that day.
Please let me know if we can list Mrs. Clinton as an invited
participant realizing that her schedule must remain flexible
this far out.
Secretariat:
Chair:
Association of Family and
Chief Justice
Conciliation Courts
Family Court of Australia
329 West Wilson Street
P.O. Box 9991
Madison, WI 53703, USA
Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
Phone: (608) 251-4001
Phone: 3 9242 5888
Fax: (608) 251-2231
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Thank you again for the support that you have provided to us.
are very pleased with the broad-based support that the
hgress and the Colloquium have generated.
Sincerely,
Milne, ACSW
AFCC Executive Director
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 12, 1996
Ms. Karen Mulhauser
Mulhauser and Associates
1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Suite 712
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Karen:
Thank you for your letter and for
the invitation to the First Lady to
deliver the keynote address at the 1997
Young Women of Achievement Gala.
We have forwarded your request to
Patti Solis Doyle, Director of
Scheduling for the First Lady. I am
confident it will get full
consideration.
Thank you for writing and best
wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
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NETWORK
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WOMEN OPENING DOORS FOR WOMEN
Honorary
November 14, 1996
Advisory
Council
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
Co-Chairs:
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Hon. Rosa DeLauro
Washington, DC 20500
Karen Mulhauser
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
Heather Booth
On behalf of the Women's Information Network, (WIN), we would like to invite
Kathy Bonk
you to serve as our keynote speaker at the 1997 Young Women of Achievement
Gala. For the last three years, this event has honored women age thirty-five or
Susan Brophy
under who have achieved a great deal in their work or volunteer activities.
A. : Burns
WIN was formed in 1989 by a group of pro-choice Democratic women seeking
Amy Conroy
job information and mentoring opportunities after the Dukakis/Bentsen
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presidential campaign. Since that time, WIN has grown to a membership of over
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1,000 pro-choice Democrats! WIN members have been actively involved in the
Clinton/Gore re-election campaign, and campaigns of pro-choice, Democratic
Anita Dunn
women in the D.C. area and nationwide. Providing our members with
Dr. Janette Hoston
networking, career advancement, and job opportunities remains WIN's focus. In
Harris
addition, WIN sponsors community service projects and holds seminars on a
Lou Ivey
range of issues.
Karin Johanson
Your leadership has been an inspiration to countless young women in this country
Nancy Kirshner
and you exemplify the Democratic values to which WIN aspires. It will be an
Lisa Kountoupes
honor to have you as our special guest at the Young Women of Achievement
Awards Gala.
Madelzine Kunin
or Lewis
We have reserved two potential dates for the awards ceremony: Thursday, January
Judith Lichman
30, 1997 or Thursday, February 6, 1997. The awards ceremony will begin at
Ellen Malcolm
approximately eight p.m. Please call Wendy Leatherberry in the WIN office at
(202)347-2827 as SOOD as possible to let us know if you are available. We look
Irene Natividad
forward to hearing from you soon.
Maria Romash
Sincerely
Kimberly Scott
Stephanie Sollen
Liz Powell Powell
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Wright
Owyn Weathers
WIN Chair
WIN Vice-Chair
Debra DeLee
1,000 pro-choice Democrats. WIN members have been actively involved in the
Clinton/Gore re-election campaign and in campaigns of pro-choice, Democratic
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women in the D.C. area and nationwide. Providing our members with
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networking, career advancement, and job opportunities remains WIN's focus. In
Dr.
de Hoston
addition, WIN sponsors community service projects and holds seminars on a
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range of issues.
Lou Ivey
Your leadership has been an inspiration to countless young women in this
Karin Johanson
country. Your work on behalf of the homeless and mental health issues
Nancy Kirshner
exemplifies the values to which WIN aspires. It would be an honor to have you as
Lisa Kountoupes
our special guest at the Young Women of Achievement Awards Gala.
Madeleine Kunin
We have reserved two potential dates for the awards ceremony: Thursday, January
Eleanor Lewis
30, 1997 or Thursday, February 6, 1997. The awards ceremony will begin at
Judith Lichtman
approximately eight p.m. Please call Wendy Leatherberry in the WIN office at
(202)347-2827 as soon as possible to let us know if you are available. We look
Ellen Malcolm
forward to hearing from you soon.
Irene Natividad
Sincerely,
Maria Romash
Kimberly Scou
Povell
Stephanie Solien
I/iz Powell
Gwyn Weathers
WIN Chair
WIN Vice-Chair
Betsey Wright
Anne Zill
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 4, 1996
Sakinah Munir
Crossway Community
3015 Upton Drive
Kensington, MD 20895
Dear Ms. Munir,
Thank you for your letter and
information about the Crossway Community
programs. We applaude your important work on
behalf of families and hope Mrs. Clinton will
have an opportunity to visit your work sites
someday.
Thank you for writing and best wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
R
CROSSWAY COMMUNITY
family
to
family
May 23, 1996
Dear Ms. Verveer,
It was a pleasure to meet you and to have been given the
opportunity to speak with you about Crossway Community. Although
we only had a few minutes it was clear that the Clinton
Administration and Crossway Community share similar ideas regarding
the principles of family values, responsibility, and community.
We're very excited about the positive impact Crossway Community is
having on families in the Washington metropolitan area. And would
like to provide Mrs. Clinton the opportunity to take a closer look
at the Crossway programs.
Please take a few minutes to review the literature about our
programs and if I may, reiterate my invitation to Mrs. Clinton to
visit Crossway Community.
Sincerely,
Sakinsh Mumir
Sakinah Munir, Coordinator
Work-Family Resource Services
3015 Upton Drive
Kensington, Maryland 20895
(301) 929-2505
Fax (301) 949-4741
CROSSWAY COMMUNITY
family
to
family
May 23, 1996
Dear Mrs. Clinton,
It was indeed an honor and pleasure to be invited to the White
House for the very first and historical "Eid" celebration on
February 20, 1996. To have such a significant Islamic tradition
recognized by you and the President was very gratifying. My family
and I sincerely appreciate the warm welcome extended to us by you
and your staff. Your remarks, the reception, and the opportunity
to take a picture with you made us feel very special. Our son was
thrilled to meet you. It is an occasion that we will never forget
and will hold close to our hearts.
If you recall we had a very brief conversation about Crossway
Community. I extended an invitation to you to visit our programs
in Kensington, Maryland. You directed me to speak with Ms. Melanne
Verveer, your Deputy Chief of Staff. I gave Ms. Verveer my
business card and a brief description of the organization.
Crossway Community's mission is to promote learning,
creativity, and community for families through Work-Family Resource
services, Child Development services, and Neighborhood services.
These services are utilized by hundreds of families who live in
the Metropolitan D.C. area, along with 44 at-risk families who live
on-site while completing a two-year life skills education
experience called "The Family Leadership Program". A national
model, Crossway is able to reduce the social isolation of the most
vulnerable families, and bring families together across social,
cultural, and economic differences.
In your remarks you talked about the importance of family
values, community and responsibility. These reflect the principles
that Crossway was founded upon. Please take a few minutes to
review the accompanying literature about Crossway Community and let
me again invite you to visit our unique programs.
Sakinah Sincerely, Munir
Sakinah Munir, Coordinator
Work-Family Resource Services
CC: Melanne Verveer, Chief of Staff
3015 Upton Drive
Kensington, Maryland 20895
(301) 929-2505
Fax (301) 949-4741
The Crossway to New Beginnings
Organized by a Parish Member, a program nurtures single-parent famiiles
by Elizabeth Amore
HOLY TRINITY news
Day by day, as traffic rolls down
given way to spacious meeting rooms and day-
care facilities, as well as 44 spacious 2-3 bed-
University Ave. and shoppers search for
room apartments, specifically designed for use
sales at Wheaton Mall, a few blocks
by families enrolled in the two-year Family
away, people (including more than 50
Leadership Program.
The primary focus of Crossway Community
Holy Trinity parishioners) are coming
is education. Through community education pro-
together to make a difference.
grams, Crossway is able to provide families with
In a converted elementary school, nestled
the resources to make a positive change in their
among a quiet tree-lined neighborhood in
lives, Guinan said. Crossway Community offers a
Wheaton, MD, lies Crossway Community. Part
wide variety of programs and services (such as
educational, part family and community, and
seminars and enrichment programs) that are
part social-service oriented, Crossway
open to everyone in the community. These pro-
Community offers educational and enrichment
grams focus primarily on four areas - child
programs geared toward fostering a positive
development services, education and training,
atmosphere in which people from all socio-eco-
neighborhood services and work family services.
nomic, cultural and educational backgrounds
On any given day, it is not unusual to see a
can come together to learn and grow.
resume' writing class in progress, new mothers
Crossway Community was initially conceived
meeting to talk and play with their babies at
over 10 years ago with the goal of providing
Mother's Morning, youngsters in the daycare
quality services for all families in the Washington
center tucked in for an afternoon nap, or even
metropolitan area. Under the guidance of its
little tots in pink tights and tutus anxiously
executive director Kathleen Guinan, a Holy
awaiting an opportunity to dance at the Petit
CATHOLICA
Trinity parishioner, Crossways has grown and
Ballet class.
flourished since opening its doors in Wheaton
While many neighborhood community cen-
five years ago.
ters provide similar types of educational and
ECGESTA
Today, except for the sprawling playground,
social programs, Crossway Community is unique
the warm, hospitable atmosphere of the
in one innovative and enlightening way: it is
Crossway Community bears almost no resem-
able 10 blend the best that the center and the
blance to its former existence as Pleasant View
people of the community have to offer with 44
Elementary School. Extensive renovations have
families (including 98 children) who are enrolled
in its Family Leadership Program. This two-year
structured program provides life-skills education
as well as living quarters for single-parent fami-
lies in the Washington area who are homeless, or
at risk of becoming homeless, and who want to
make positive change in their lives.
For many single mothers who may be going
through hard times, the Family Leadership
Program offers the opportunity for them to learn
the skills they need, while allowing them to dis-
cover strengths within themselves that will
enable them 10 get back on their feet (both emo-
tionally and financially) and make a better life
for themselves and their children.
Participants take advantage of all of the ser-
The children bring laughter and smiles to Crossway Community. Some of the Holy Trinity
parishioners instrumental to the success of Crossway Community include (from left to right)
vices that Crossway has to offer, and they meet in
Ann Byrne, Jeanne Bresette-Jardeleza, Lynn Chalmers, Kathleen Guinan and Missy O'Connell.
groups on a weekly basis to discuss their progress
8
and goals with program counselors. For most,
the primary goals are to learn the skills need-
ed to get a good job, provide a home for their
children and become financially independent.
"There's something good about being in
a community where people are working on
the same goals - that creates strength,"
Guinan said.
It is this sense of community - the
community within the program, blended
with the community made up of the
Crossway staff and members of the sur-
rounding neighborhood and community as a
whole - that creates an affirming environ-
ment in which all can learn and grow.
The positive impact Crossway
Community makes on the lives of so many
in the Washington metropolitan area has
been great, and people are beginning to take
notice. Recently, the Family Leadership
Program was selected as an honorable men-
tion winner in the Community Education
national awards program, sponsored by the
Coalition On Educational Initiatives.
And, from the very beginning, Holy
Trinity parishioners have come together to
help create the positive and enriching
atmosphere that is evident at Crossway
Community. "Holy Trinity has played a big
part providing the spiritual support that is
necessary (to this community)," Guinan
said. "The spirit of the what the Holy Trinity
community is comes to life here."
After Guinan got the program underway,
Lynn Chalmers was the first Holy Trinity
parishioner to come forward to offer her
support. She is now president of Crossway's
Board of Directors. Fellow board members
from Holy Trinity are Ann Prichard and
Margie Quinn. Others from Holy Trinity
who have been instrumental in their support
and work for Crossway Community have
been Mimi Dorman, Lila Sullivan, Janice
Jacobs, Jeanne Bresette-Jardeleza and Anne
Byrne, the director of family services at
Crossway.
As a non-profit organization, Crossway
continues to count on the many volunteers
who offer their time, talents, skills and
resources to help sustain the valuable com-
munity resource that is Crossway
Community. To learn about volunteer
opportunities at Crossway Community,
please call Jeanne Bresette-Jardeleza, the
program's coordinator of neighborhood ser-
vices at (301) 929-2505.
PIECES OF THE PIE:
BASIC PROGRAM AREAS
WORK-FAMILY RESOURCE SERVICES
For families from across the metropolitan D.C., area and for the 44 families enrolled in the
Family Leadership Program, Crossway Community's Work-Family Resource Services offer innovative
case management based on family "learning agreements," pre-employment and employment training
programs, twice-weekly life skills seminars, a library of health, career, parenting, and economic literacy
resources, and a computer education cluster. Job placements from Work-Family Resource Center are
made in several fields including childcare, hospitality, office administration, allied health, financial ser-
vices, and retail.
CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
For children ages 2-12, Crossway Community's Child Development Services include pre-
school, Kindergarten and Head Start Complements, Before and After School programs, summer Peace
Camp, and evening care in conjunction with Work-Family Services. New initiatives during 1994-95
were a "Kids Corps" involving 40 children and youth in service learning activities, and a "Mothers'
Morning" program to facilitate peer relationships for young parents as well as safe and healthy infant
development. A top-notch staff makes "family-focused childcare" a reality for over one hundred families
each year. With a training component linked to the Work-Family Resource Services, Crossway's child
development classrooms are set to become a training platform for our community's childcare workers and
educators of the future.
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
Crossway works collaboratively with arts, health, recreation, and cultural organizations bring-
ing quality, affordable, accessible activities to the neighborhood on a monthly basis, and coordinating
volunteer endeavors with more than 50 corporate and other non-profit partners. Highlights during
1994-1995 included ChildWatch for Montgomery County, a series of public forums on healthcare
reform, National Night Out, summer theatre arts camp, and a holiday Open House.
FAMILY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Through an integration of all Crossway services with its 44-unit apartment complex, Crossway
Community supports the life skills development of low-income, single parent families at-risk. In this
program 44 such families create a "learning agreement" through which they participate in each set of ser-
vices and make progress toward their health, career, parenting, and economic goals, while widening their
social networks and making a positive contribution to the community. A collaboration with the
Housing Opportunities Commission links eligible families to financial assistance for their housing costs
during the program and after successful completion of its requirements and their "learning agreements."
CROSSWAY COMMUNITY
3015 UPTON DRIVE
KENSINGTON, MD
20895
PHONE (301) 929-2505
FAX (301) 949-4741
KATHLEEN GUINAN, Executive Director
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Crossway Community: Hope and Home
for Families with Neither
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 7, 1996
Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima
Director-General
World Health Organization
CH-1211 Geneva 27
SWITZERLAND
Dear Dr. Nakajima:
The First Lady asked me to thank
you for your kind letter of
congratulations.
With best wishes in the most
important work you do.
Sincerely,
meen
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Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
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PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
FOR KIND TRANSMISSION TO THE FIRST LADY,
MRS HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Dear Mrs Clinton,
On the occasion of the reelection of your husband as President of the United States of America I wish
to convey to you also my warm congratulations and best wishes.
Your strong commitment to international health issues and initiatives on behalf of vulnerable and
disadvantaged peoples is valued highly. and. in this connection, I recall with warm appreciation your
interventions at important gatherings such as the Fourth International Conference on Women in Beijing and,
more recently. in Washington at the meeting "International Women Leaders for Mental Health".
Your advocacy for health and your personal contributions in many fields, especially your work for
women and children, are greatly needed in today's world. May I take this opportunity to thank you for your
continuing support of the WHO Global Commission on Women's IIcalth.
My wifc joins me in sending you our warm regards and best wishes for the future.
Yours sincerely,
H.Muk
Hiroshi Nakajima, M.D., Ph.D.
Director-General
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 25, 1996
Ms. Irene Natividad
Summit Director
Global Summit of Women
1211 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 504
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Irene:
On behalf of the First Lady, I
would like to thank you for your
invitation to speak at the Global Summit
of Women in January 1997.
I have forwarded your request to
Patti Solis Doyle, the Director of
Scheduling, for further consideration.
We cannot make a commitment at this
time.
Thank you for writing and best
wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chef of Staff
to the First Lady
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TO: FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
GLOBAL SUMMIT OF WOMEN
THE WHITE HOUSE
1997
WOMEN'S ECONOMIC POWER
MIAMI. FLORIDA, U.S.A.
ATTN: MS. MELANNE VERVEER
JANUARY 9-12, 1997
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE FIRST LADY
FR: MS. IRENE NATIVIDAD
SUMMIT DIRECTOR
on
DT: SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
On behalf of the International Planning Committee of the
1997 Global Summit of Women, I would like to invite you to
keynote this international gathering of women leaders in Miami
from January 9-12, 1997. This is the first time that the
Americas (north and south) are serving as host for the Summit;
the others were held in Taipei, Taiwan ('94) ; Dublin, Ireland
('92) ; Montreal, Canada ('90). It is our hope that the location
of the Summit will encourage greater participation from women
leaders in the Caribbean nations, Central and South America --
many of whom were not present in large numbers at prior Summits.
The theme of the 1997 Summit is women's economic
empowerment, an issue that 1 know is important to you. For the
first time, the Summit will look at all areas in which women
participate in the national and global economy: as workers,
entrepreneurs, business leaders and consumers. One of our major
objectives is to call attention to women's aggregate economic
"power" which needs to be acknowledged and counted in any measure
of a country's GDP. The focus is not on need, but on solutions -
- model programs and "best practices" -- since the problems were
discussed fully at the prior U.N. conferences. Most important,
we are trying to bring together sectors which have traditionally
not seen each other as possible allies in creating positive
change for women in the workplace: women board directors and
women's NGO leaders; alternative banks with multilateral banks;
women policymakers and business leaders. Our premise is that
collaborative partnership is the key to advancing women as major
players in the economy.
The Summit espects the participation of at least 500 leaders
from 81 countries -- the number who attended Taiwan. UNIFEM has
partnered with the Summit in developing and funding the program,
as well as the Interamerican Commission on Women. NGO partners
include the European Women's Lobby, International Federation of
Business and Professional, WEDO, Soroptimist International of the
Americas, and Zonta International. I've been having discussions
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with multilateral banks, who are very interested in participating
and financially supporting the Summit.
Everyone, of course, in the International Planning Committee
and the leadership of the partnering organizations all want to
know if you're coming, since the Summit is being held in the U.S.
All have witnessed your bravura performance in Beijing, and want
to see you again in that role. I know that this is near the time
of inaugural festivities, but I am hoping that you could squeeze
into your busy schedule this critical meeting. Your keynote
speech can be scheduled either Thursday evening during the
Opening Ceremonies, or first thing the next morning prior to the
morning plenaries, depending on your availability. The
Intercontinental Hotel is the site of the Summit.
For your information, I will be sending under separate
cover: the Executive Summary on the 1997 Summit; the members of
the International Planning Committee; the Proceedings from the
1992 Summit in Dublin which was co-chaired by Iceland's President
Vigdis Finnbogadottir and Ireland's President Mary Robinson, some
newsclips from the Dublin conference. Should any additional
information be needed, I will be more than happy to respond to
such requests.
I do hope you will be able to join us. Thank you in advance
for your consideration of this request.
CC: Ms. Kathy Hendrix
Interagency Council on Women
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 4, 1996
Commissioner Susan Ness
Federal Communications Commission
1919 M Street, NW, Room 832
Washington, DC 20554
Susan
Dear Commissioner Ness:
Thank you for sending me a copy
of your article, "Upgrading what TV
offers children". I hadn't seen it SO
I'm glad to have it. Thanks for your
leadership in this important issue.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
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September 14, 1996
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SUSAN NESS
y the time most American
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children begin the first
grade, they will have spent
Upgrading
Until now, broadcasters have in
effect been told: "You must air some
educational programming, but we
the equivalent of three
won't tell you how much. Your
school years in front of the televi-
sion. After entering school, chil-
what TV
license is on the line, but we won't
tell you what standards we'll apply."
dren on average watch more than
It's like driving down the road when
three hours of television daily.
only the highway patrol knows what
Many people may gloss over
offers
the speed limit is.
these statistics, but the implications
Under the new rules. broadcast-
are immense. Television plays a
ers will no longer have to guess
huge part in the lives of those most
what is expected of them in order to
precious to us - our children. Yet
it is difficult to find family-friendly
children
meet their obligations under the
Act.
fare on commercial broadcast tele-
The FCC's rules do not write
vision - let alone children's pro-
the end of the children's televi-
gramming that educates as well as
sion story. They are really only
entertains. That is about to change.
with a majority of members of the
the beginning. The educational
Starting next year, broadcasters
House of Representatives and a
programming pump is primed.
will have to offer up a bigger serv-
third of the Senate writing to
It is now up to broadcasters and
ing of educational children's shows.
endorse a three hours per week
the public to deliver on this
On Aug. 8. the Federal Communi-
requirement.
promise.
cations Commission adopted an his-
What does the FCC order do?
To succeed in this marketplace,
toric children's television order -
First, it establishes a guideline for
broadcasters must air children's
a rule that will jumpstart the mar-
broadcasters' compliance with the
programming that entertains as
ket for innovative educational pro-
act: three hours, or the equivalent
well as enlightens, enraptures as
gramming. It is a rule that works for
of three hours, of educational chil-
well as educates. Already, there are
families, for children, and for
dren's television per week - a
encouraging signs that award-win-
broadcasters. But community
mere 2 percent of the broadcast
ning directors, producers, writers
involvement is essential for its ben-
week.
and actors are rising to this chal-
efits to be fully realized.
Second, it strengthens the defin-
lenge. Enlightened advertisers are
Broadcasters enjoy a special
ition of "educational" program-
talking about setting aside a portion
privilege: use of the public air-
ming, by focusing on half-hour
of their budgets to support educa-
waves. That special privilege car-
shows "specifically designed to
tional programming on commer-
ries with it a special responsibility:
meet the educational needs of chil-
cial television. And some newspa-
serving the public interest.
dren - as opposed to general
per publishers are considering
With this in mind, and prompted
audience programming that has
inserting a box in their weekly tele-
by the paucity of quality children's
some incidental educational value.
vision listings to highlight family-
programming, Congress in 1990
friendly fare.
passed the Children's Television
licensee "serve the educational and
T
hird, it requires broadcasters
The public will also play a criti-
Act, a law requiring that every
to regularly schedule these
cal role. Beginning next January,
shows during times when kids
families will know which programs
informational needs of children." In
actually watch TV - between 7
broadcasters have designated as
fact, this is the only specific pro-
a.m. and 10 p.m.
"educational and informational,"
gramming requirement Congress
And fourth, it requires that the
and can judge whether these pro-
has placed on broadcasters and
programs be identified as educa-
grams truly meet that description.
expressly instructed the FCC to
tional at the time they are aired, in
Our rules provide the tools to
review for compliance at license
information provided to television
encourage befter-quality children's
renewal time.
program guides, and in the station's
educational programming without
Although passage of the act
public file. These public informa-
government intrusion by fostering
$purred some additional educa-
tion initiatives will help parents
a dialogue between broadcasters
tional programming on commer-
select programs suitable for their
and the public they serve.
cial television, the response fell
children.
Only if broadcasters dedicate
considerably short of public ex-
In short, the new rules set the
their creative energy and resources
pectations. Thus began an effort
stage for the long-overdue benefits
to this effort - and the public stays
to put meat on the bones of the
of the Children's Television Act to
involved - will our next generation
rules implementing the act, cul-
reach America's children.
be enriched by the best that the
minating in President Clinton's
What the three pages of rules do
powerful medium of television has
hegotiated agreement between
not do is tell broadcasters what to
to offer.
proadcasters and children's advo-
teach, or which shows to air, or
pates. During the course of this
what the message is. They do pro-
debate, the FCC received more
vide broadcasters clear guidance
Susan Ness is a member of the
than 20,000 letters strongly urging
with a measure of flexibility that is
Federal Communications Commis-
the commission to enforce the act,
First Amendment-friendly.
sion.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 4, 1996
William Novelli
President
Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids
1707 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Mr. Novelli,
Thank you for your letter. We
appreciate hearing from you and receiving
your counsel on what constitutes a genuine
comprehensive proposal to reduce tobacco use
among children.
Thank you for writing and best wishes.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
of the First Lady
CAMPAIGN for TOBACCO-FREE Kids
May 28, 1996
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
100 Old Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20501
Dear Ms. Verveer:
On behalf of the Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids and its
members, we urge you not to be fooled by the most recent tobacco
industry public relations ploy and not to back down from the
comprehensive, meaningful proposal announced last August. On May
15, 1996, Philip Morris and United States Tobacco Company
presented a proposal which they said will reduce tobacco use
among children. Unfortunately, this proposal is designed to gain
headlines but not reduce tobacco use; therefore, we oppose it.
We would be happy to work with the tobacco industry if they
were genuinely interested in making a difference in the battle to
protect children from tobacco. But if you look at their
proposal, you will recognize it for what it is--a proposal which
promises far more than it delivers. If Philip Morris doesn't
want kids to smoke, why doesn't it stop using the Marlboro cowboy
to attract them? After all, 60% of all children who smoke, smoke
Marlboro.
We urge you to oppose Philip Morris' proposal because it
falls far short of the comprehensive approach that is required to
reduce youth tobacco use.
1. ADVERTISING - No real change would occur. The Marlboro
Man and Joe Camel would not be removed from a single magazine,
from most billboards, or even from ads next to candy displays.
Tobacco ads would be restricted in magazines that have over 15%
youth subscribers under the age of 18 as opposed to the FDA's
proposal to restrict ads in magazines with over 15% youth
readership. The difference is the difference between real change
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and no change. For example, only 6.5% of Sports Illustrated's
subscribers are under the age of 18 as opposed to 20-22% of its
readership. Twenty percent (1,500,000) of Rolling Stone's
regular readers are under the age of 18 but only 0.4% of its
subscribers (approximately 1322 children) are under the age of
18.
2.
SPONSORSHIP - As the August proposal recognized, brand
name sports sponsorship is a critical component of the tobacco
industry's marketing which makes tobacco products attractive to
kids. The tobacco industry says it will no longer sponsor
sporting events using cigarette brand names except for motor
sports and rodeo--the two events which currently reach more kids
than any other. The result is that under the Philip Morris
proposal all major brand tobacco industry sports sponsorship
would continue. Marlboro, Skoal and other tobacco-brand images
would continue to be seen on television and at auto racing,
rodeo, and other events by millions of kids.
3.
FREE MERCHANDISE - Tobacco companies would still be
able to give away free clothing and "gear" that kids love.
Although tobacco-brand logos would only appear on tobacco-related
merchandise, this would not prevent the companies from giving
away items that kids love like leather jackets, compact-disc
players or backpacks. It is also possible that the Marlboro t-
shirts will just become Marlboro Racing Team t-shirts, just as
Skoal hats and shirts have become Skoal Racing Team hats and
shirts.
4.
PUBLIC EDUCATION - The Philip Morris proposal
eliminates all money for public education about the health
dangers of tobacco products. The $150 million a year proposed
last August for public education is critical.
5. CONSUMER PROTECTION - The "price" of even these modest
concessions is the elimination of the Food and Drug
Administration's authority over tobacco products. Thus, just as
new evidence demonstrates why the tobacco industry cannot be
trusted, the tobacco industry proposes a plan that would leave it
free to manipulate the nicotine and carcinogens in its products
without oversight from any federal agency. Tobacco is the only
consumer product with no such supervision.
It is time we begin to address the problem of tobacco use
among our nation's children seriously. Last August's proposal
would do so. Philip Morris' proposal would not. This is not the
time to accept half-hearted gestures that will not work. We know
we can count on your continued support.
May 28, 1996
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Respectfully submitted,
William Novelle
William Novelli
Matthew L. Myers
Mathew 2.Myurs
President
Executive Vice President
Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids
Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids
1707 L Street, N.W.
1707 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Washington, D.C. 20036
Members of CAMPAIGN FOR TOBACCO-FREE KIDS
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Council on Substance Abuse - NCAAD
African American Tobacco Education Network
General Board of Church & Society - United
American Academy of Family Physicians
Methodist Church
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head
The HMO Group
and Neck Surgery, Inc.
Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
American Academy of Pediatrics
IMPACT Delaware Tobacco Prevention
American Association for Cancer Research
Coalition
American Association for Respiratory Care
InterHealth/ Protestant Health Alliance
American Association for World Health
Interreligious Coalition on Smoking OR Health
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Maryland State Council on Cancer Control
American Association of Dental Schools
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
American Association of School Administrators
Metro Omaha Tobacco Awareness Coalition
American Cancer Society
National Association for African American
American College of Cardiology
Positive Imagery
American College of Chest Physicians
National Association for Medical Directors of
American College of Emergency Physicians
Respiratory Care
American College of Physicians
National Association of Children's Hospitals and
American College of Preventive Medicine
Related Institutions
American Dental Association
National Association of County and City Health
American Dental Hygienists' Association
Officials
American Heart Association
National Association of Elementary School
American Lung Association
Principals
American Medical Association
National Association of Local Boards of Health
American Medical Student
National Association of School Nurses
Association/Foundation
National Association of Secondary School Principals
American Medical Women's Association
National Association of Women Lawyers
American Nurses Association
National Black Child Development Institute
American Public Health Association
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and
Human Services Organizations (COSSMHO)
Oncology (ASTRO)
National Council for International Health
American Society of Addiction Medicine
National Education Association
American Society of Anesthesiologists
National FFA Organization (formerly Future
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Farmers of America)
American Society of Internal Medicine
National Medical Association, Second Hand
American Veterans Committee
Smoke Awareness Program
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
National PTA
Association for the Advancement of Health
National Smoking Cessation Campaign for
Education
African American Women
Association for Nonsmokers - Minnesota
New Jersey Group Against Smoking Pollution
Association of American Cancer Institutes
(GASP)
Association of Black Cardiologists, Inc.
Oral Health America, America's Fund for Dental
Association of Maternal and Child Health
Health
Programs
Partnership for Prevention
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
Protestant Health Alliance
Association of Schools of Public Health
Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional
Association of State and Territorial Health
Radiology
Officials
Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco (STAT)
Boston Women's Health Book Collective
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Center for Women Policy Studies
The Student Coalition Against Tobacco (SCAT)
Church of the Brethren
Tobacco Free, Inc.
Coalition for a Smoke-Free Valley
Uptown Coalition for Tobacco Control & Public
Coalition For a Tobacco Free Pennsylvania
Health
Coalition for Tobacco-Free PA/ Am Heart
Washington Institute
Association
Women and Girls Against Tobacco
Committee for Children
Youth for Understanding International Exchange
Congress of National Black Churches, Inc.
YWCA
4/96
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 2, 1996
Mr. Walter S. Nuchtern
9 Canoon Road
Turramurra 2074
AUSTRALIA
Dear Mr. Nuchtern:
On behalf of the First Lady,
thank you for your thoughtful letter
and newspaper clipping on her visit to
Estonia which she enjoyed very much.
Your letter provided a wonderful
welcome to Australia.
Thanks for writing and best
wishes.
Sincerely,
w
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
WALTER A NUCHTERN
9 Canoon Road
TURRAMURRA 2074
November 16,1996
MRS HILLARY RODHAM-CLINTON
SYDNEY 2000
DEAR MRS RODHAM-CLINTON,
You are very welcome in Australia!
As an Estonian-Australian your recent visit to Estonia,
more so, came to my attention, when in Sydney Morning Herald
of September 18, the enclosed article and photograph appeared.
I thought that you may wish to see it.
As President Clinton was re-elected for a second term in office,
it may be of some interest to note, that the Estonian President
Meri was also returned for a second term.
Wishing you and President Clinton a happy holiday in Australia!
PS My wife, a Latvian-Australian, and I, as a member of the
Australian American Association, look forward to the
President Clinton's public speech on Thursday.
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1996
SUCCESS
Estonia
TOWS
a party
unaided
Tallinn, Estonia: Do this to
almost any other country and
you'd expect a burst of nation-
alist indignation.
Maybe an insult about Yan-
kee imperialism or a few choice
words for the American ambas-
sador behind closed doors.
But not here.
When the US cut off aid for
the first time to a nation of the
former Soviet Bloc on Monday,
Estonia threw a party.
"I would like to express my
heartfelt thanks," Estonian pres-
ident Mr Lennart Meri told US
officials at a ceremony in Tal-
linn's 14th-century town hall.
"This day means we are finally
standing on our own feet."
Officials of the US Agency for
International Development,
which distributes most of Amer-
ica
eign aid, said the cut-off
nt in part to highlight
Ill
ess of Estonia's radical
free market reforms and
encourage others to follow suit.
Since breaking away from
the Soviet Union in 1991, this
small Baltic nation of 1.5 million
has embraced such hard-nosed
monetarist policies as a consti-
tutionally mandated balanced
budget, a nat tax and the
elimination of all trade tariffs.
The numbers indicate the
Estonians have done it right.
Annual inflation has been
slashed from more than 1,000
per cent in 1992 to about 20 per
cent today. The private sector,
banned during Soviet rule, now
accounts for 65 per cent of all
economic output. Estonia has
become one of the former Soviet
Bloc's most attractive places for
foreign investors, who have
brought in about $US750 mil-
President Lennart Meri, seen here with US First Lady Hilary Clinton
his country has
lion ($950 million).
become an attractive place to foreign investors.
Photograph by AP
An economic boom is under
way in this seaside capital, with
environment. However, some
projects questioned the motive
off aid programs," he said.
new office towers springing up
doubt the wisdom of giving up
in cutting off Estonia.
The aid cut prompted some
and old buildings being refur-
US aid SO soon.
Rather than using economic
Estonians to broach an uncom-
bished on almost every block.
Estonian bankers and entre-
criteria, he said, US AID was
fortable question about mem-
The US has been one of
preneurs may not need US-
rushing to make a political
bership in NATO. While the US
leading donors, pro-
funded training, they argue, but
point to the Republican-con-
insists the door to NATO is
bout $US50 million in
the past five years. It
doctors, police and civil servants
trolled Congress that foreign
open, the Baltic nations believe
a
has paid for projects to build
could use help to raise their
aid didn't have to be forever.
they may have been put at the
free market and democratic
standards to Western levels.
"They wanted to show that
bottom of the waiting list.
institutions and to clean up the
An American close to US aid
countries could be weaned
LA Times-Washington Post
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MRS HILLARY RODHAM-CLINTON
c/ USA Consulate General
SYDNEY 2000
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 22, 1996
Mr. Mark T. Mroz
Executive V.P. of Communications
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls
1140 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, ILL 60607
Dear Mr. Mroz:
Thank you for your letter and for
the materials on Mercy Home for Boys &
Girls. It was a pleasure to meet you
at the Medal of Freedom Ceremony and
to know about your work. Thanks,
also, for sharing your insights and
concerns on programs affecting our
children.
I hope we will have a chance to
visit Mercy in the future.
Best wishes in the important work
you do. Please convey our best wishes
to the Cardinal when you see him.
Sincerely,
member
Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff
to the First Lady
SINCE 1887
R
September 30, 1996
MERCY
HOME
FOR BOYS & GIRLS
Ms. Melanne Verveer
The White House
600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20006
Dear Melanne,
My thanks to you for sharing a few minutes of your time several weeks ago during the
reception honoring Cardinal Bernardin and the other great Americans who received the
President's Medal of Freedom. Needless to say, it was a great honor for me to attend.
After hearing so much about you and your family from Tom Gilardi, it was indeed my
fortune to meet you.
You may recall our conversation regarding the need for children to have a public voice
that is heard and understood. At Mercy Home, we very definitely plan to hold an event
and forum at which a national discussion can take place regarding services to children at
the crossroads. Certainly, the First Lady, you and others of the Administration know well
the need to address problems that confront children as result of welfare reform and the
host of family problems that cause tens of thousands of youth to be homeless, abused,
and disillusioned. The very heart and soul of a generation is often in jeopardy.
Throughout the country, there are programs that have saved thousands of youth, but they
need to be supported and replicated. With an enlightened national discussion more can
be aware of how the nation can address the problems they face. Mercy Home believes it
has a responsibility to organize a broad based effort to inform the public and deliver a
few key messages over and over again until they are heard. Mercy Home is somewhat
autonomous as we are a 110 year old tradition that exists almost entirely through private
funding given by 150,000 donors from across the country. We are fortunate to have the
support and resources to do what is in the best interest of the youth we serve. Because of
our earned integrity and fiscal autonomy, so many peer organizations have invited us to
step forward and help lead an effort to publicly discuss these important issues, without
the fear of reprisals of any kind, from anyone.
Reverend James J. Close, President 1140 W. Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60607 312/738-7560 FAX 312/738-0484
Melanne Verveer
September 30, 1996
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In our public discussion, it will be important for the country to understand our children,
their needs, what programs exist to help them, what more can be done, and the overall
importance of their survival in relationship to the health of this nation. In the next month,
we hope to have an outline of key messages, concrete goals for our communications
program, and suggested formats and attendees. I will forward this information to you.
Please know that we'd be honored if the White House would be interested in taking a
closer look at our program and how you may use it to promote your children's agenda.
As promised, I have enclosed information on Mercy Home and a letter we wrote to the
White House last March. Of course, Brian McPartlin is informed about our conversation
and is very well acquainted with Mercy Home.
I look forward to speaking with you in the future and I will send you more concrete
information on the project as we develop its structure.
Again Melanne, thanks for your interest and gracious hospitality.
Best regards,
Mark Mroz
Exec. V.P. of Communications
Enclosures
cc: Fr. Jim Close
Mr. Brian McPartlin
SINCE 1887
MERCY
HOME
SINCE 1887
March 8, 1996
MERCY
HOME
FOR BOYS & GIRLS
The Honorable Bill Clinton
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
While doing some Lenten reading, I happened on an amusing anecdote concerning "Happy" Chandler,
the onetime Kentucky governor. It seems that sometime during the 1950s, Chandler visited the Trappist
monastery at Gethsemani, where in brief remarks he declared: "You monks know you cannot be happy
because you have material possessions." Later, Thomas Merton, who then served as spiritual director for
Gethsemani's scholastics, pointed out the exact meaning of Chandler's observation. With gentle humor he
noted that the governor had seemed to suggest that "we are in despair because of our great possessions." A
vice protested, "That's not what he meant. What he meant is that we monks know that poverty and not
ssessions make men happy." Later Merton wrote: "How true it is that everyone instinctively pays attention
not to what a politician actually says but to what he seems to want to say."
Nowadays I'm not so sure. Either that or maybe I just don't have that gift. Because when I recall
what Rep. Gingrich suggested back in 1994, namely that the first lady ought to go to Blockbuster's and rent
"Boys Town," rather than criticize his plan to end welfare for out-of-wedlock children by funding orphanages
instead, there didn't seem to be a lot of room for interpretation. It seemed pretty clear that he thought we in
the "orphanage" business needed more children to care for, not less. Never mind, as The New Republic
quickly noted, that "the Child Welfare League of America estimates welfare costs for a child living with a
mother to be $2,644 per year; in orphanages, $36,500." (It actually costs us $55,815.) Never mind that on
any given day in this country, as a special edition of Fortune revealed, nearly 90 new children of necessity are
"added to the overburdened foster-care system." And never mind what is most important: You just can't put a
price tag on what it means for a child to grow up at home with even one caring, loving, nurturing parent.
Which is not to suggest that welfare is the answer. Our current system must be fixed, but not if it means that
children will sleep outdoors on grates, and not if it means that children will wind up in orphanages for no
better reason than nostalgia.
I only wish the speaker had meant to convey a different message, because even though that black-and-
white MGM movie dates to 1938, it is a gem of a picture for at least two reasons. First and foremost we can
learn much from what "Boys Town" says about the best among us, about Father Flanagan and Mother
heresa and, for my money, our own Cardinal Bernardin. They have, in Merton's words, "fortitude in the
lidst of [their] souls like an unshakable rock." They are calm, certain and peaceful "in [their] absolute
confidence in God." As for the second lesson: Forget about being too rich or too thin; what you really can't
have are too many friends.
Reverend lames I Close President 1140 W. Jackson Boulevard Chicago. IL 60607 312/738-7560 FAX 312/738-0484
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When in the wake of those intemperate remarks the Mercy Home found itself in the thick of the
"Boys Town" fray, one of this home's very best friends, Mayor Rich Daley, graciously weighed in. "The
concept of the orphanage of the 1800s is gone," he told our ABC affiliate, "Mercy Home for Boys & Girls is a
facility that does not just house a child, but educates a child, provides medical services, good food and good
care." Echoed the Tribune's Anne Keegan, Mercy Home is "recognized as among the best in the nation."
Our doors have been open for a while now for 109 years -- and in that time we have been a haven
for neglected, abused and troubled kids of all races and religions. Many early residents were newsboys who
arrived here penniless for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. These days, the boys and girls of Mercy, which,
incidentally, raises 95 percent of its funds privately, are apt to be victims of neglect and/or physical,
psychological and sexual abuse. Not necessarily orphans in the traditional sense, they are instead the
throwaway kids of modern society.
We endeavor to give the children in our care roots and wings the grounding they so desperately
need along with the dreams that every child and young adult should and must have. If it's in them, why
shouldn't they grow up to run the Chicago Board of Trade? Pat Arbor does, and he's a Mercy Home
alumnus. Why shouldn't they dream of shaking hands with a president? Bill Clinton didn't have it so easy as a
kid, but he once did and look at him now.
Not all of our kids end up running the Board of Trade, but a substantial percentage attend college,
me at schools like the University of Illinois, Notre Dame and even Harvard. And typically, even the
oungsters who don't land at Notre Dame or in the Ivy League end up as productive citizens in good and
honorable jobs in banks, at manufacturing plants or even as Chicago Police officers.
I wish I could tell you that the problems we work day in and day out to address are abating, that the
population here is shrinking and that in, say, 10 years we'll be out of business entirely. But that, of course, is
not the case. Indeed, the Mercy Home has nearly doubled in size over the past five years. For what it says
about what we at the Mercy Home do and how well we do it, we are, I think, justifiably proud. For what it
says, however, about the society in which we live, all people of good will justifiably should be angered and
ashamed.
Mr. President, when you are here in Chicago in August, we'd be honored to welcome you to the home
for a visit, at your convenience. I won't kid you, it takes a lot of money to run this place almost $5 million a
year and since we raise most of it privately, a visit from the president of the United States probably wouldn't
hurt fund-raising. On the other hand, I'm awfully proud of the home, our staff and, most of all, our kids. I'd
love for you to meet them and for them to meet you. So I hope you will give it all due consideration.
In the meantime, with best wishes I am
Sincerely,
James J James Close J. Close
SINCE
President
MERCY
HOME
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 5, 1996
The Reverend James J. Close
President
Mercy Home for Boys and Girls
1140 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60607
Dear Reverend Close:
Thank you for your kind invitation to President Clinton.
The President has asked us to convey his appreciation for your
kind offer.
Your correspondence has been forwarded to the Clinton/Gore
re-elect office for consideration. Please be assured that you
will be contacted directly by that office regarding the status of
your request.
On behalf of the President, thank you again for your
thoughtful invitation and best wishes.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Streett S. theets
Director of Scheduling
awally
Anne Walley
Director of Scheduling
SSS/AW/bxa
SINCE 1887
August 22, 1996
MERCY
HOME
FOR BOYS & GIRLS
President Bill Clinton
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
Last March, we invited you to consider visiting Mercy Home for Boys & Girls on one of your
trips to Chicago. Now that the Democratic Convention is upon us, the 86 youth who live at
Mercy Home and myself want welcome you to Chicago, and invite you to stop-by if your
schedule permits as the United Center is blocks from our Home.
Mercy Home values education as a primary element to the success of our youth as they move
on to build healthy and productive lives. In the spirit of a historical and "teachable moment,"
we plan to watch significant moments of the convention as a group. We expect that there will
be a lot of activity around the Home's neighborhood and this is a great opportunity for all of
us.
We the undersigned who comprise Mercy Home know that you are our advocate and
understand that your schedule probably will not permit any time to visit, but we want you to
know that you are very welcome to be with us.
God bless you,
78.Din
Rev. James J. Close
and
The Boys & Girls of Mercy Home
Campbell Home
Mahony Home
Kelly Home
Young Boys Home
Travoris
Relando
Valdimir
Howard
Robert
Andrew
Kwadwo
Freddy
Daniel
Keith
Alvin
Bryan
Ronald
Giovani
Christian
Joseph
Teklom
Edward
Nathanael
Jonathan
Donnell
David
Michael
Jose
Richard
Anthony
Justin
David
Edgardo
Charles
Brian
Lloyd
continued
Reverend James J. Close, President 1140 W. Jackson Boulevard Chicago, IL 60607 312/738-7560 FAX 312/738-0484
President Bill Clinton
August 22, 1996
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Campbell Home (cont.)
Mahony Home (cont.)
Young Girls Home
Brian
Joseph
Ladonna
Lunganga
Jermaine
Michaela
Girls Home Level I
Michael
James
Angela
Latresha
Willie
John
Jenel
Bamari
Toib
Antoinette
Tamika
Girls Home Level II
Sean
Tiffany
Izabela
Theresa
William
Nicole
Jane
Kimberly
Rosemary
Roshelle
Veronica
Quille Home
Katie
Maria
Brigette
William
Christine
Christina
Michelle
Theodore
Claire
Jennifer
Eboney
Godfrey
Cara
Kathryn
Evelyn
Luis
Megan
Sabrina
Mary
Wayne
Latrese
Tamorra
Maggie
Patrick
Rebecca
Jacques
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HOME
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Sincerely,
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FOLDER TITLE:
Verveer, Melanne Correspondence: June to December 1996 - M - N [1]
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information |(b)(4) of the FOIA]
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personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]
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C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
h(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA]
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DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
004. memo
Susan Glick to Melanne Verveer et al re: political (14 pages)
10/15/1996
Personal Misfile
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
First Lady's Office
Melanne Verveer
OA/Box Number: 12169
FOLDER TITLE:
Verveer, Melanne Correspondence: June to December 1996 - M - N [1]
2013-0534-S
rc1581
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]
Freedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]
P1 National Security Classified Information |(a)(1) of the PRAJ
b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
h(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute |(a)(3) of the PRA]
an agency |(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute |(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information ((a)(4) of the PRA]
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information |(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors |a)(5) of the PRA]
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRA
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.