This conference note is to inform you of our efforts to urge
President Clinton to issue a National Apology to the Indian
people of our nation on October 12, 1993. That day will mark five
hundred and one years since Columbus landed in this hemisphere.
Significantly, this is the United Nations "Year of the Indigenous
People". We believe that it is extremely important that these
events be commemorated in a way that acknowledge our past and
opens the way to greater respect and sharing of cultures.
We are presently working to establish a grassroots movement
with coordinators in each state who are responsible for organizing
the mailing of at least 1,000 letters and 500 phone calls to the
White House. The text of the letter we are sending to Clinton
is in the first response to this conference note.
We hope you are interested in joining this campaign. Your
involvement could be as simple as e-mailing the letter to Clinton,
working with any organization you belong to, to copy and
distribute the letter or participating in a way we have not yet
thought of. Please let us hear from you, we'd be happy to send
you a paper copy of the letter for you to make additional copies
of. It is done in a way that people simply need to sign, fold,
stamp and mail it.
Sharon Franquemont
Daniel Dal Corso
ddalcorso@igc.apc.org
FROM THE CIRCLE
56 Joaquin Miller Ct.,
Oakland, CA 94611
PH (510)531-7527
FAX (510)531-7478