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Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 23:15:21 -0200
From: Ed Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Million Womans' March: Platform
> 1. National support for Congresswoman Maxine
Waters, in the efforts to effectively bring
about a probe into the CIA's (alleged)
> participation and its relationship to the
> influx of drugs into the African American
> community.
>
> 2. The development and completion of Black
> independent schools with a 21st Century
> focus from pre-K through 12th grade.
>
> 3. The formation of progressive mechanisms
> that will qualitatively address the
> development and advancement of Black women
> upon leaving the penal system.
>
> 4. The development of healthy facilities
> that can offer preventive and therapeutic
> treatment with a major emphasis on
> alternative and traditional medicine.
>
> 5. The formation of Rites of Passage
> centers/academics which provide continual
> programming in addition to assigned
> enrollment periods.
>
> 6. The further development of Black women,
> who are or who wish to become professionals,
> entrepreneurs, and/or politicians.
>
> 7. The further development of mechanism that
> will assist Black women who are ``in
> transitional'' experiences which will
> facilitate them more effectively and
> progressively.
>
> 8. The examination of Human Rights
> violations of Africans in the Americas and
> their effects.
>
> 9. The development of programming that will
> bring about a sincere and respectful
> environment that will foster the necessary
> interaction with our youth.
>
> 10. The formulation of progressive
> mechanisms to combat homelessness and the
> numerous circumstances that attribute to the
> plight of sisters/brothers who are without
> shelter.
>
> 11. The development of mechanisms to ensure
> that the gentrification of our
> neighborhoods, as it relates to public and
> private housing, ceases.
>
> 12. The reclaiming of our elders rights, who
> are entitled to the development of
> appropriate programs and support systems
> that will ensure that their quality of life
> is maintained, enhanced and preserved.
>
>
