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Presidents' Summit Annoucement (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Brown)
Mon Jan 27 13:41:33 1997
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:25:06 -0600
Reply-To: Tom Brown <tebrown@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu>
From: Tom Brown <tebrown@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Forgive the cross postings, but this touches us all in a variety of
ways. I especially like the idea of our former national leaders taking
this leadership initiative. Any thoughts?
I am also going to try an personally make the summit. Anyone else
thinking of going?
In Leadership, Friendship & Service
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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:32:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Campus Outreach Opportunity League <homeoffice@cool2serve.org>
To: Campus Outreach Opportunity League <cool@csf.colorado.edu>
Subject: Presidents' Summit Annoucement
Clinton, Bush Announce Presidents Summit on Service
Washington. D.C. -- President Bill Clinton and former President George Bush,
joined by Vice President Al Gore, today announced "The Presidents' Summit for
America's Future," aimed at bringing America to a new level of commitment to
volunteer service, especially targeting the nation's young people.
President Clinton and the former Presidents will serve as honorary
Co-Chairs of the Summit, which will be held April 27-29 in Philadelphia.
Presidents Clinton, Bush and Ford will attend. President Carter and Lady
Bird Johnson, while unable to attend have pledged their support. President
Reagan will be represented by Nancy Reagan.
Gen. Colin Powell will serve as General Chairman. Henry Cisneros, former
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, will serve as Vice-Chairman.
In announcing the Summit, President Clinton said, "For all our differences,
we haveto identify the challenges we face in common as Americans and find
ways to go after them in common."
"To prepare for the 21st Century, The Presidents' Summit for America's
Future will launch a historic mobilization of people in every walk of life
to meet those challenges, and shine a spotlight on what is working
somewhere in America so that it can be adopted everywhere in America," the
President added.
In Fridays East Room announcement, former President Bush said, "The Philadelphia
summit is about getting more people off the sidelines. It is about citizens
pulling together, leading by example, and lifting lives."
Some 50 commitments for specific future actions have already been received from
voluntary, religious, and educational organizations, business, media, and
local and state governments.
The Presidents' Summit for America's Future was conceived by the late Gov.
George Romney of Michigan and initiated as joint effort by two of America's
leading organizations dedicated to service: The Points of Light Foundation
and the Corporation for National Service.
General Powell said of the Summit: "I can't think of a better task for my
generation. We received so much from our own parents. It is only
appropriate that we give back in kind. Our young people are facing
unprecedented challenges. They deserve the same kind of support from their
country as we received, but it will take extra efforts from all of us to
make this possible. With the help of millions of Americans, we can, as a
nation, turn the tide for America's youth."
Summit partners point to growing evidence that young people today face serious
threat to their futures - and even their lives; thus, the urgency leading
to the April Summit. Studies show, for instance:
* A child is abused every 13 seconds in America, with almost 3 million
reports of such abuse filed each year.
* 1 in 9 African-Americans between the age of 12-15 are victims of violent
crime.
* The number of children under age six living in poverty has increased 50% since
1979.
* Cigarette and marijuana use is increasing again among high school students.
* Suicide rates for children between 5-14 doubled between 1970-1988.
The Summit is organized on the proposition that America's young people must have
access to five fundamental resources that can help them lead healthy,
fulfilling and productive lives:
* An ongoing relationship with a caring adult or mentor;
* Safe places to learn and grow;
* A healthy start;
* A marketable skill through effective communication;
* An opportunity to give back through community service.
The Summit itself will have three focal points. First, the Presidents and
First Ladies will join in the historic call to commitment and to action.
Second, local and national leaders from all sectors will announce their
organizational commitments to action - mobilizing their people and their
abilities for an unprecedented effort to turn the tide for America's youth
by the turn of the century. Third, delegations from approximately 100
communities and all 50 states will work together to turn the message of the
Summit into concrete plans for action.
In the weeks leading up to the Summit, a national partnership engaging dozens of
leaders and organizations from all sectors will develop targets for
specific increases in volunteer service and put in place the framework for
an extensive follow-up campaign.
Some of the substantial commitments that already have been made include the
following:
* Big Brothers/Big Sisters has committed to doubling their mentoring
relationships, reaching 200,000 matches through the year 2000. Service will
become an integral part of the mentoring relationship.
* LensCrafters will provide one million needy people, especially children, with
vision care by the year 2003.
* Shell Oil has made a corporate wide commitment to support all five goals
of theSummit at every level of the company through expanded employee
volunteering,
targeted corporate philanthropy, and promotional support.
Likewise, the Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) was asked to be one
of the select group to make an initial commitment to the Summit. Therefore,
in the twelve months following the conference, COOL is commiting itself to
encourage students on at least 100 college campuses to partner with local
secondary school students for an annual introductory service experience
using COOL's Into the Streets service model. This concerted effort will
introduce many of America's youth to service and allow them to have an
outlet to give back to their communities and thus be energized and mobilzed
for a life-long commitment to service.
For more information on COOL or Into the Streets:
Lloyd Jacobson
National Programs Director
(202)637-7004
homeoffice@COOL2SERVE.org
http://www.COOL2SERVE.org
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