Winter 2008 Newsletter

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Anne Hess, BOARD CO-CHAIR

Margaret Ratner-Kunstler, BOARD VICE-PRESIDENT

Linda Flores Rodriguez, BOARD SECRETARY

Hilda DiazLaura FlandersHolly MaguiganMarie Saint CyrPam Spees

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Dear Friends,Twenty-five years ago, when Kathy Engel invited me to

be part of a newly formed women’s response to the US

war against Nicaragua, I never dreamed we were planting

the seeds of an organization that would play a leading

role in the peace and justice movement in the US and in

the movement for women’s human rights globally. I never

dreamed that we were sinking the roots for an institution

that would outlive four US administrations and nurture

two generations of human rights activists.

But thanks to your commitment to women’s human

rights, we have accomplished more than we ever

dreamed. Together, we have literally saved lives. We have

challenged and changed destructive policies at local,

national and global levels. We have improved and

advanced both the global women’s movement and the

international human rights framework. And we have provided women from our sister organizations—

now in every region of the world—with training and resources to play leadership roles in the process

of creating lasting, positive change.

As we move into our second quarter-century, we face a world we would have scarcely recognized

when MADRE was first founded. We all know the litany of terrifying threats that we face, from AIDS,

to environmental destruction, to more entrenched poverty and violence.

But we also know that through MADRE, we have created a way to confront those threats. We have

built a bridge to one another and to women around the world. And we have created new ways, not

to save the world, but to recreate it on a better foundation.

That foundation is being built right now through MADRE’s programs in 11 different countries.

It is being built because you understand that women are the backbones of their communities, and

positive change depends on them. It is being built because you breathed life into our programs

with your support and because you stuck with us through hard times. That foundation for a world in

which human rights is a reality for all women and families is being built because of you.

Thank you.

Vivian StrombergExecutive Director

Executive Director Vivian Stromberg

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Kathy Engel is MADRE’s founding ExecutiveDirector. A life-long poet and cultural worker, Kathy

has always placed her art in the service of social justice and infused her work for justice with art.

We honor Kathy’s creative vision of MADRE as aninstitution that bridges cultures and makes a realdifference in people’s lives, her insistence on the

importance of joy and art in activism, and herenduring faith in the power of words and deeds. JO

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A Passion for Change

MADRE began as a friendship associationbetween women in the US and women inNicaragua. It was 1983, and the US was spon-soring an undeclared war against the people ofNicaragua. Grounded in the concrete work ofcollecting crayons, books, powdered milk, med-ical equipment and art supplies for Nicaragua,MADRE offered ways for people in the US tothink about their own lives in a political contextand to join together to demand alternatives todestructive policies, at home and abroad. Fromthe start, MADRE’s method was to partner withthose women who were most directly threat-ened by US policy, to meet immediate needs intheir communities and to address the underly-ing causes of the crises they faced.

Over the years, MADRE has expanded its workto every region of the world. Today, MADRE isan internationally recognized women’s humanrights organization working at the crossroads of movements for women’s equality, peace andjustice and international human rights. Our workreflects the understanding that women’s rightsare human rights, that US foreign policy is a

“women’s issue” and that human rights every-where are inherently political.

How does a small friendship association growinto an international organization and becomepart of the leadership of the global women’smovement? It develops a model of human rightswork that encompasses the vision of the world itseeks to create. It refines, builds and adapts thatmodel to changing conditions, different contextsand new crises as they emerge. It builds concreteprograms in communities that make a real differ-ence in people’s lives. It expands its programs—horizontally, to new countries but also vertically—so that its programs grow roots below the sur-face and thrive above-ground, in communities.An organization does all of this and more underthe leadership of someone who recognizes theimportance of combining political principle, pro-grammatic strategy and creative energy to affectsocial change; someone who knows when thetime is right to make a change in an organiza-tion’s programs or structure and seizes thatmoment fully. Since 1990, that person has beenMADRE Executive Director Vivian Stromberg.

INTRODUCTION

A Passion for Change

Since 1983 MADREhas provided 25 million dollars worth of material support to our sister organizations in Afghanistan,Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia,Cuba, El Salvador,Guatemala, Haiti, Iraq,Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico,Nicaragua, Pakistan,Palestine, Panama, Peru,the Philippines, Rwanda,South Africa, Sri Lanka,Sudan, Uruguay,Yugoslavia and more. . .

1983MADRE launches apartnership withNicaraguan womenwith our first deliveryof humanitarian aid.

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LEADERSHIP FOR LASTING CHANGEVivian Stromberg became MADRE’s director aftera lifetime of political organizing and more thantwo decades of teaching school in New YorkCity. In fact, it was a harrowing exchange withone of her students that moved Vivian tobecome the director of MADRE. “It was the eveof the first Gulf War,” Vivian recalls. “I was lead-ing a discussion with sixth graders about theimpending war. This was the South Bronx. Manyof the children knew people being deployed tothe Gulf as US soldiers. I asked the students ifthey thought there might be a class of kids inIraq like themselves having a similar conversation

about the coming war with their teacher. Oneyoung boy looked at me with disbelief. He raisedhis hand and said, ‘But Ms. Stromberg, there areno children in Iraq.’ I knew then that I had to be at MADRE full-time. I had to put all of myenergy into political work; for the children—inBaghdad, in the Bronx, everywhere.”

Based on an assessment that its CentralAmerica partnerships were strong enough tosustain an expansion, MADRE began workingin the Middle East. In fact, MADRE’s originalpartnership with the women of Nicaragua isstill going strong.

1985MADRE supports a clinicand daycare center forwomen and childrenimprisoned in ElSalvador’s LlopangoPrison by the US-backed military.

1986MADRE launches Boycott South Africa,Not Nicaragua, bringing together students from SouthAfrica, Namibia,Nicaragua and the US.

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Key Foundations of Social Changeaccess People must have accessto life-sustaining resources. Peoplemust be able to recognize the denialof basic resources as violations of theirhuman rights and know that govern-ments are accountable for upholdinghuman rights.

affinity People must be able tocome together and see their ownstruggles in a broader context and inrelation to other peoples’ struggles.

agency People must haveaccess to arenas of power and be ableto play meaningful roles in decisionsthat affect them. EL

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MADRE’s work is driven by four strategies: • Meeting Immediate Needs

• Creating Partnerships for Social Change

• Advocating for Human Rights

• Educating the Public

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*$1,756,900 is the value of “in-kind” medical shipments and services donated to MADRE during this fiscal year. This category is not includedin the above totals and is not considered income by the Internal Revenue Service, but it is a very important source of support for MADRE.

MADRE’s current program areas: • Women’s Health & Combating Violence Against Women

• Economic & Environmental Justice

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1988MADRE supportsa mobile healthclinic in ElSalvador for families fleeingthe bombing.

1989MADRE artistswork with youthin New York and Los Angelesto combat racism and violence through the arts.

1990Vivian Stromberg leaves a 23-year teaching careerto become MADRE’sExecutive Director. Under Vivian’s leadership,MADRE’s work hasexpanded to many coun-tries around the world. (a

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Women cannot develop long-term solutions tothe crises they face when they are strugglingto ensure their family’s daily survival. MADRE

therefore works to meet urgent needs as anecessary component of creating socialchange.

STRATEGY I

Meeting Immediate Needs

1991MADRE delivers10 tons of milkand medicinesto Iraqi womenand familiesfollowing thefirst Gulf War.

1992MADRE supports akindergartenin thePalestinian city of Nablus.

1993MADRE organizes a

Mother Courage tourabout rape as a weapon

of war, with women from Bosnia, Croatia,Serbia, South Africa,Nicaragua and otherembattled countries.

Rwanda: Water is Life In Rwanda, thousands of children die needlesslyeach year because they don’t have access to clean water. In 2002, MADRE worked withour sister organization, BENIMPUHWE, whichmeans “From the Heart” in Kinyarwanda, tobuild a water system for Rilima, a new villagefor women-headed families made homeless by the genocide of 1994.

MADRE installed 16 water taps, improving life dramatically for the families of Rilima. The project reduced waterborne diseases and freed up hours ofwomen’s time previously spent hauling dirty water from great distances every day. Women in Rilima took part in MADRE-sponsored health andhygiene workshops that further improved the overall health of their families.

“Water is a source of life, of peace, of joy forthose who drink it,” said our partner, SuzannaOdette. “Thank you, MADRE, for bringing clean drinking water to our village of Rilima.”

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CreatingPartnershipsfor SocialChange

1994MADRE partners withK’inal Antzetik, providinghealth education, human-itarian relief and commu-nity development projectsto Indigenous women inChiapas, Mexico.

1995MADRE and members ofour sister organizationspromote an internationalwomen’s human rightsagenda at the FourthWorld Conference onWomen in Beijing.

1996MADRE’s delega-tion to Lebanonprotests the US-funded Israelibombing and calls for an end to all militaryoccupations.

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MADRE’s core work is based on our partner-ships with “sister organizations” around theworld—community-based women’s organiza-tions that share our commitment to social justice and progressive politics.

The women who come together throughthese organizations are those for whom themost horrifying newspaper headlines are adaily lived reality. They are survivors of war,political repression, genocide, economic andsexual exploitation and the twin burdens ofnatural disaster and disastrous policies. Yet,they refuse to give in to despair. Instead, theyhave organized with MADRE to build healthclinics, nutrition programs, domestic violenceshelters, community radio stations, humanrights training centers, literacy campaigns andprograms to promote human rights advocacyand women’s political participation.

DEVELOPING WOMEN’S LEADERSHIPMADRE’s programs enable women in commu-nities to strengthen their own leadership skillsand capacities. These women are not neces-sarily professional “experts.” Many are them-selves survivors of the very human rights viola-tions that our programs address.

These women have an important perspective to share with other survivors and can serve ascritical role models for moving beyond victim-ization to agency. MADRE’s programs defy thedichotomy between victims and advocates, recognizing that survivors of abuse are oftenthe most powerful advocates for change.

STRATEGY II

Creating Partnerships for Social Change

Bringing Milk and Medicine to IraqIn 1991, on the first anniversary of the Gulf War against Iraq, MADREbrought 10 tons of milk and medicine to clinics and hospitals in Iraq.The aid was personally delivered by Vivian and a delegation of MADREmembers. The womendrove a caravan oftrucks across thedesert from Amman,Jordan, to Baghdad.With the aid, theydelivered a messageto the first BushAdministration to lift the sanctions thatthe US had imposedon Iraq.

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GuatemalaBárcenas Maquila Workers’Committee

CALDH (Human Rights LegalAction Center)

Conavigua (NationalWidows’ Committee ofGuatemala)

GRUFEPROMEFAM (Women’sGroup for the Betterment ofthe Family)

MOLOJ (Political Associationof Mayan Women)

PRONICE (Central AmericaResearch Center forChildren)

The Rigoberta Menchú TumOrganization

T’al Nan Koi

Women’s Weaving Center inEl Churro

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CADAMUC Clinic

Casa Materna Santa Inez

Casa Museo

CADPI (Center forIndigenous People’sAutonomy andDevelopment)

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The Wangki TangniWomen’s Center

United StatesAsociación Tepeyac

Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance

Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network

El SalvadorADEMUSA

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K’inal Antzetik

HaitiKOFAVIV

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Zanmi Lasante

CubaCuban Red Cross

Federation of Cuban Women

Hogar Castellana

BelizeMaya Institute of Belize

Ukuxtal Masewal

PanamaFoundation forthe Promotion ofIndigenousKnowledge

ColombiaLIMPAL

Ruta Pacifica de Mujeres

Taller de Vida

BoliviaCenter ofMultidisciplinaryStudies-Aymara

PeruCHIRAPAQ

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Peruvian Women’sCenter: Flora Tristan

ArgentinaAssociation ofIndigenous Youth

Mulabi

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MADRE’s Sister Organizations

FISCAL SPONSORSHIPAlternative Women in DevelopmentEast End Women in BlackFriends of Capetown Mothers to MothersInternational Indigenous Women’s ForumLa NoritaMetropolitan Council on HousingNGO Working Group on WomenNew Yorkers Say No to WarPeacewatch IrelandProject BreakthroughTipitapaWWIFUNWomen’s Caucus for Gender Justice of the International Criminal CourtWomen’s Human Rights NetworkWomen’s International Coalition for Economic JusticeWomen in Media and NewsWomen in Media in Latin America

YugoslaviaAutonomous Women’sCenter – Croatia

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Medica Zenica

Motrat Qiriazi

SOS Children’s Villages

Women in Black – Serbia

LebanonCenter of Researchand Training forDevelopmentAction

Women’sInternationalLeague for Peaceand Freedom

IraqThe Iraqi Red CrescentOrganization

The Organization ofWomen’s Freedom inIraq

PakistanShirkat Gah Women’sResource Center

PhilippinesTebtebba

Women’s HumanRights DefendersNetwork

Sri LankaINFORM

KenyaThe IndigenousInformationNetwork

Umoja UasoWomen’s Group

South AfricaRural Women’s Movement

RwandaBENIMPUHWE

Clinic of Hope

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AfghanistanAfghan Women’s EducationCenter

Afghan Women’s Network

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Palestine & IsraelGaza Community Mental Health Center

Ibdaa Cultural Center

Israeli Committee Against HouseDemolitions

Nablus Kindergarten

Palestinian Medical Relief Society

The Mother’s School

Women in Black – Israel

SudanZenab for Womenin Development

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1997MADRE provides

Klinik Fanm, Haiti’s first women’s health

clinic, with an on-sitelaboratory and sends ashipment of medicines

and supplies to threeHaitian clinics.

1998MADRE provides health care, counseling andeconomic development programs for womensurvivors of rape and genocide in Rwanda.

MADRE delivers emergency funds for food,fuel and medicines to communities that haveno other source of aid after Hurricane Mitchdevastates Nicaragua’s North Atlantic Coast.

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MADRE’s Trainings for ChangeMADRE focuses on working with our sisterorganizations to claim human rights as theirown. Partnering with local women leaders,MADRE trainings enhance women’s rights

to make decisions in all arenas of life—fromthe bedroom, workplace and village councilto the voting booth and international policyconference.

1999MADRE responds to the NATObombings of Kosovo and Serbiaby supporting Women in Blackwith counseling and legal advoca-cy programs for refugees and survivors of war-time rape.MADRE sponsors a dance tour inthe US with youth from the IbdaaChildren’s Center in Palestine.

2001MADRE launches Justice NotVengeance, a campaign tohelp people in the US formu-late a progressive response tothe atrocities of September 11and to support Afghanwomen and the families ofundocumented workers killedat the World Trade Center.

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Cuba, sendingover $700,000

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Colombia: Protecting Children of WarIn the poorest areas of Bogotá, Colombia, many children have been displacedfrom their homes by war and poverty. They face aggressive recruitment byarmed paramilitary groups. Some children join because they have lost theirfamily and have no other means of survival. Others are kidnapped andforced to fight.

In 2006, MADRE and our sisterorganization, Taller de Vida,launched a videography project tooffer hope and healing to these children. By providing equipmentand training, MADRE was able toput video cameras in the hands ofat-risk children and teens, helpingthem channel the trauma of dis-placement and war into healthyself-expression. As eleven-year-oldex-child soldier Sandra said,

“They are giving me una nueva vida (a new life).”

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How a Kenyan Village BanishedViolence against WomenThe women of Umoja, Kenya, have declared their village a violence-against-women-free zone. The women founded this unique commu-nity with a commitment to build a better future for themselves andtheir children. With MADRE’s support, they are succeeding.

MADRE provides human rights trainings for women in Umoja to combat HIV/AIDSinfection, forced female genital mutilation (FGM), domestic violence and child marriage.Through these trainings, the women of Umoja are educating themselves and their girls and boys about the importance of women’s human rights. Their daughters arenow refusing FGM and postponing marriage to finish school.

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Advocating for Human RightsLAYING CLAIM TO HUMAN RIGHTS MADRE has always stood apart from conventionalhuman rights organizations, which see themselvesas apolitical and objective. Instead, MADRE seesthe entire process of defining, fighting for andapplying human rights as inherently political.MADRE works on the cutting edge of humanrights—the point where rights are being extendedand reconceptualized to meet the needs of moreand more people. We see that human rights are awork in progress—not an end in themselves, buta means of creating social change.

When MADRE began working in the internation-al arena, mainstream human rights organizationsbarely acknowledged the economic issues thatwe claimed were central for most women in the

world, such as rights to food, housing andhealth care. In fact, the very notion that“women’s rights are human rights,” was mar-ginalized until the global women’s movement,including MADRE, won international recognitionof new interpretations of human rights at UNconferences in the 1990s.

By the start of the new millennium, the internation-al context had undergone a seismic shift. The gainsthat women had achieved were attacked by con-servative forces. Yet, MADRE continued to work toadvance—rather than merely defend—women’shuman rights. MADRE strategized with Indigenouswomen and with advocates of the emergent sexualrights movement in Latin America and Africa topropel the process of continually expanding theapplication and understanding of human rights.

2002MADRE launches programsin Kenya, Peru andColombia and sends a$2.5 million shipment toour sister organization,CADAMUC, the onlyOB/GYN clinic on theNorth Atlantic Coast ofNicaragua.

2003MADRE’s Every Child

Has a Name campaigndelivers emergency milk

and medicine to Iraqiwomen and children,

organizes against the warand petitions the UN to

hold the US accountableto international law.

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HAITI MADRE conductedhuman rights trainingswith women who wereraped as part of the 1991coup d’etat.

HAITI MADRE supporteda women’s march againstviolence and discrimina-tion, led by our partners at KOFAVIV, a rape crisis group.

Seeking justice for Haitianwomen who were rapedduring the coup d’etat,MADRE helped bring alegal case before the Inter-American Commissionof the Organization ofAmerican States.

Local National International

GUATEMALA MADREsupported the BárcenasMaquila Workers’Committee, a resource forthe marginalized urbancommunity of sweatshopworkers in Guatemala City.

GUATEMALA MADREadvocated for the humanrights of women factoryworkers in Guatemala and for enforcement ofnational labor laws.

MADRE’S Food for LifeCampaign highlighted con-crete solutions to environ-mental threats, promotedsustainable agriculture andsupported food sovereigntyprograms in Nicaragua,Panama and Sudan.

IRAQ MADRE supportedthe Organization ofWomen’s Freedom in Iraq(OWFI) as it opened Iraq’sfirst network of women’s shelters and launched theUnderground Railroad forIraqi Women, an escapenetwork for women fleeing “honor killings.”

IRAQ MADRE and OWFIlaunched a campaign to defeat Article 14 of the proposed IraqConstitution, which wouldhave overturned laws protecting the rights ofIraqi women.

MADRE sponsored theWomen’s Caucus for GenderJustice at the InternationalCriminal Court, whichworked to ensure that gender-based crimes wouldbe incorporated into theCourt’s mandate.

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Nicaragua Hurricane Response:The MADRE Model When Hurricane Mitch leveled Nicaragua in1998, MADRE moved quickly to deliver food,medicine and other needed relief. We deliveredover half a million dollars worth of aid—enoughfor 30,000 people for several months.

The Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua is home to mostof the country’s Indigenous and African-descent communities, who were mar-ginalized in the distribution of emergency aid. Responders didn’t know wherethese communities were, much less how to reach them in flood conditions. In contrast, MADRE’s local partners knew where every affected family lived,which households had new babies or disabled elders, and how to reach remote communities by canoe. By working with our sister organizations on theground, MADRE put aid directly into the hands of those who needed it most.

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2005After the Asiantsunami, MADREsends over $90,000in humanitarian aid to establishemergency healthcenters in Sri Lanka.

2006MADRE responds to the urgentneeds of women and families in the refugee camps of Darfur.MADRE helps feed hungry familiesand hires social workers to conduct trauma counseling andplay therapy for children.

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Educating the PublicIn the mid-1990s, MADRE expanded our publiceducation work to enable people to recognizeand act on their connection to women and fami-lies around the world, and to envision and pressfor human-rights-based policies. Our messagewas that working to transform abhorrent globalconditions is more than a moral imperative: it isan act of survival in this interconnected world.

In 2004, MADRE launched a media program todisseminate the stories, perspectives and analy-

ses of MADRE and the women with whom wework. MADRE aims to influence the content ofmainstream media by building relationshipswith journalists and editors. For example, inSeptember 2005, The New York Times EditorialBoard requested a briefing with MADRE staff tofurther the Board’s understanding of women’ssituation in Iraq. MADRE continues to build itsreputation as a critical resource for journalists inthe US and internationally.

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2007MADRE works with the Organization

of Women’s Freedom in Iraq to estab-lish a network of shelters for womenescaping violence and honor killings.MADRE publishes a groundbreaking

report, Promising Democracy, ImposingTheocracy: Gender-based Violence and

the US War on Iraq.

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Thank You! Foundations & Organizations

Thanks to our many members, includingsome of this year’s strongest supporters.

Anonymous (4)Advantage Testing, Inc.Shana Alexander Charitable

FoundationIsabel Allende FoundationAlpern Family FoundationAlternative Gifts InternationalAMB FoundationArtVentureAtkinson FoundationThe Berwick Degel Family

FoundationGertrude Bock Fund at the

Philanthropic Ventures FundThe Body ShopBonness Enterprises, Inc.Brooklyn Women’s ChorusBydale FoundationCenter for Constitutional

RightsChesapeake Community

Advisors, Inc.Concerned CitizensCottonwood FoundationThe Crest Fund at the

Community Foundation of Greenville

Dickler Family FoundationDining for WomenDominican Sisters of

Springfield, ILIsadore & Sadie Dorin

FoundationJames R. Dougherty, Jr.

FoundationThe Easton FoundationEstate of Jocelyn Ruth EdelstonElmo FoundationNaomi & Alan Epstein Fund of

the Community Foundationof New Jersey

F. S. M. LeadershipBetsy Fairbanks at the

Tides FoundationFairgift Fund at Fidelity

Charitable Gift FundFeminist Majority Leadership

Alliance at the University ofNorth Texas

Fleming Fund at BerkshireTaconic CommunityFoundation

Food For AllFood Industry Crusade

Against HungerFordham UniversityFour Fingers Inc. Matching

Gift FundH. C. Gemmer Family Christian

FoundationThe Malcolm Gibbs FoundationThe girls just want to have

funD at the HorizonsFoundation

Glickenhaus FoundationThe Global Medical Society of

the University of IowaEmma Goldman Fund at the

Funding ExchangeThe Greenberg FoundationGrey Area Inc.Barbara and Homer Gurtler

Fund at the CommunityFoundation of Central Illinois

High Hopes FoundationThe Homestead GardenHuman & Civil Rights

Organizations of Americahundredth monkey foundationThe I Do FoundationThe I. A. C. FoundationI. S. Club at Marymount

Manhattan CollegeThe William & Marie Iberti

Charitable FoundationInternational FoundationJewish Federation of Greater

PhiladelphiaJVH Fund at the Fidelity

Charitable Gift FundMelvin & Sylvia Kafka

FoundationKe Kokua Charitable Gift Fund

at Schwab Charitable FundsHarris & Eliza Kempner FundKind World FoundationLaguntza FoundationLambda Theta Alpha Alumnae

Chapter (Seattle, WA)Lambda Theta Alpha Latin

Sorority (Houston, TX)Lawrence UniversityLefort-Martin Fund at the

Chicago Community TrustLeosa Fund at the Funding

ExchangeLincoln Middle School

(Winnipeg, MB)Loring Nicollet Alternative

School (Minneapolis, MN)The Bryan Macpherson &

Pamela Van Hine FundMarazul Tours, Inc.Marble Collegiate ChurchWalter H. McClenon FundMcGraw-Hill CompaniesMicrosoft Giving Campaign

Matching Gifts ProgramNancy R. Milio Revocable

Living TrustMorrison Family Foundation

(Chicago, IL)Morrison Family Foundation

(Corrales, NM)Mosaic FoundationMovement Strategy CenterMulberry Cottage Family Life

Fund of RSF Social FinanceNeighbors for Peace & JusticeNew Society FundNew York UniversityNewman’s Own Foundation

Nippon Steel USA, Inc.Matching Gift Fund

O. H. I. Inc.Orchard House FoundationThe Paul Charitable TrustPerforce FoundationPolk Brothers FoundationRichard H. & Janice R. Popp

Charitable FoundationPresbyterian Hunger ProgramLynn R. & Karl E. Prickett FundProspect High School

(Saratoga, CA)Public Spectacle, Inc.Queensborough Community

CollegeRacine Dominican Mission

FundHarold K. Raisler FoundationShelley Reimer & Craig Allen

Family Charitable FoundationRocking Moon FoundationRobert M. Schiffman

FoundationJoseph Rosen FoundationThe Rosenthal Family

FoundationBenjamin J. Rosenthal

FoundationRichard & Hilda Rosenthal

FoundationSeymour & Sylvia Rothchild

Foundation

S. C. N. Ministry FundRobert M. Schiffman

FoundationSeattle FoundationSemnani FoundationShaw Trust AgreementSheilah’s Fund at the Tides

FoundationRony & Catherine Shimony

Philanthropic Fund at theJewish Communal Fund

Silicon Valley CommunityFoundation

Sisters FundSisters of Charity of HalifaxSisters of ProvidenceSisters of St. Francis of

PhiladelphiaSoaring Apple FoundationSocial Innovation Fund of RSF

Social FinanceSolidago FoundationSongs for PeaceSorensen’s ResortNancy Spero & Leon GolubSpirits of Life CommunitySt. Martin’s TableThe Douglas & Dorothy Steere

Fund at The VanguardCharitable EndowmentProgram

The Susan Stein ShivaFoundation

The Stiletto ProjectTuhus-Dubrow Charitable Fund

at The Vanguard CharitableEndowment Program

The Dorothea TuneyFoundation

United Church of Christ,Justice and WitnessMinistries: Neighbors inNeed

United Methodist ChurchGeneral Board of GlobalMinistries, Women’s Division

The Unity Through SharingFund of the JewishCommunity Foundation

Urbana Champaign FriendsMeeting

Urgent Action FundRachael & Ben Vaughan

FoundationVox FeministaLi-hsia Wang & Henry Abrons

at the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

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Christopher Andrew GoelzRosalind & Robert AbernathyMarilyn & Emory AckleySusan AckleyEdith AdamsNora AdelmanDorothee & Alfred AeppliLori AganKristin AlexanderHelen & William AlfiniEdith & Frederick AllenMargaret Allman & Lois LehrNancy & Michael AndersonShereen Arent & Brian WolfmanElaine & Armand ArriazaSilvia ArromRaymond ArthurSharon Lea AukermanDr. Elie AxelrothFlorence AzriaSandy BaileyCarolyn BanasNancy Barber-StoneAnthony BarnesMary & Jeremy BarnesPamela BarnesMary Ellin BarrettLaurel BastianMarven BaumanCheryl BeattyRev. Alfred BebelBeth & Bruce BeckerClaire BedardMeg BeelerLucia & Samuel Church BeerSara BeinertGioconda BelliAldo BendanaDana BennisonDr. Barbara BergerNikhil BhatlaMr. & Ms. J. R. BiardDrs. Sophie & John BilezikianHelga Bilik

Virginia BlacklidgeBrenda Blair & Larry YarakVivienne BlanquieElizabeth Block & Bruce KuklickBarbara BlountCaitlin BlueEleanor & George BollagGregory BongenDolores V. BootJoan BotwinickJean & Norman BradfordLila BraineAnlee BrickmanElizabeth BrodyBarbara & Vernon Howland

BrownFrieda BrownMarian Miller BuckhartJanet Burdick & Scott MillerLinda & M. Timothy BurkettMartha BushnellAlice CamilleGillie CampbellKathleen & Robert CampbellJoan CanterburyMartine CapalboAlison CardosoDianne & Raymond CareyAntonina & Kenneth John

CarpenterKimberly CarrollKay Castelle & Gary StollerElizabeth CastelliKathleen & Henry ChalfantCharles ChapinJessica ChapinSamuel ChapinPolly ChernerCarol & Noam ChomskyJean May ChurchillBarbara Chutroo &

Thomas RiversDr. Dorothy CinquemaniGladys ClaassenAnna ClarkDeryl ClementKathryn & Douglas CochraneHelen CohenLeslie CohenMr. & Mrs. Cole & Ms. PoeMaribeth CollinsClay Colt & Kate DonnellyThomas ColtonJanet ConnSerena & Tom ConnellyAllison CookDr. Scott CooperRhonda CopelonKarina CopenPeter CopenTeresa CoraggioClaire Coss & Blanche CookAnne CovertCarole CrossmanCecilia CulverhouseDiane CummingsPeggy & Mark Curchack

Joann DaleKarin DanbyAlice DanielSally & John DanielsBarbara Danish & Laura BrownMarsha & George DavisGeorgia De HavenonAnne De Muth & Mark HodgeJanet De Vries &

Leanne WoodfillAstrid DelafieldMargaret & Robert DelaneySonja DevriesAliza DichterMarlene DickRita & Robert DigiaValerie DillmanElizabeth DomingueErik DonaldsonSheila DonnellyVirginia DonnellyPat DownsAkara DraperMartin DreyfussRobert DubrowSuzanne DunbarSusan & G. Cam DuncanRuth S. DunlopMary & Richard DunnVincent Louis Dureau &

Celeste ChinAnnette & Michael DwyerElizabeth & Clifford EarleMaud & David EasterRobert EdgerlyLydia & William EdisonRegina EdmondsRabbi Susan EinbinderAnita & Stanley EisenbergRuth EisenbergDenise EliotCynthia & Jonathan EllerJoy EllisCarolyn EmersonMary Emerson & Au NguyenElaine Enarson & Carl HeringClemmie Parker EngleHollie EnriquezBetsy FairbanksEvan FalesLenore FeigenbaumPatricia & T. Lux FeiningerNancy FeldmanMark FensterGinny FereiraPamela FerrariJulie & Lowell FewsterShirley FingerhoodCathy FinkJoyce FinnSue Fischlowitz & David RobertsCornelia & Jan FloraAnne FlynnPatricia & Robert FlynnMary Ann & Hugh FoleyDr. Georgiana Foster &

Dr. Robert Murphy

Rosanne FoxBarbara FranciscoMargaret FrankstonLetha Mae FranseSuzan FreconDevon FredericksDr. Sophie FreudAndrea FriedmannShannon & Christopher FritzDonna FuttermanMonica GagnierDr. Kathleen Curzie GajdosMary Gallagher &

Brendan O’FlahertyGisela & David GamperRoberta & Craig

Garrison-MogrenJesse GarsonPeggy GartnerSusan GedankeJanice Gepner & Eric NewmanJoan GeroHelen GiambruniMary Gillmor-Kahn &

Dr. Henry KahnGeorge GilmanAlice & Rinardo GiovanellaLouise GiovanellaPolly & Frances GirvinElizabeth & James GlennRose & Fred GliennaSarah GoldJean GoldmanJudy Goldsmith &

Andrew KlapperElizabeth GoldwaterLinda GoncalvesMargaret GoodmanClaire Gosselin &

Coleman HarrisonMike GouldRoberta GouldEnid GrantJanice GrantSuzanne & Peter GreenbergWendy Greene & Russell HelmsNina Gregg & Douglas GambleJan GriesingerSusan & Ted GroszkiewiczNancy GruberSharon & Joseph GuasconiLinda & Hans HaackeEileen HaddenElizabeth Bess & Richard HaileJohn HaimanAlice Wick HallJean HandyJulana HansmeierMary Kay & Don HansonRaphael HansonJoan HardinLynne HarkinsMargaret Harris &

Philip StrausAngelica & Richard HarterCarrie HartmanLynn Haug

Patricia Headley & Ruthanne Harstad

Elizabeth HegemanSigrid Hepp-DaxBerta Hernandez &

Vivian GutierrezAnne Hess & Craig KaplanDiane & Donald HewatIsabel Thigpen HillElizabeth HirschLawrence HitchKyle HoelscherEleanor HofkesClare & Robert HolzmanAbigail & Mark HorowitzLouise & Herbert HorvitzRegina Hosey & Tony TravisKimberley ImaPatricia JacobsLinda Jacobsen &

Stephen ThompsonMary Woodall & Carl JappeMelinda JeanneLisa JervisJudith Jesiolowski &

David ThompsonBonnie JonesIleana & Kimball JonesSullin JoseGloria Joyce & Edward FlowersJudy JuddBenita KaimowitzSarah KaplanCarolyn & Martin KarcherRichard KarpLinda Marks KatzGerri KaySusan KayRich KelleyMarion & Franklin KelloggProf. & Mrs. KellyEleanora & Michael KennedyChris KeroackElizabeth & Christopher KeysJean KilbourneBen KirkGayle Kirshenbaum &

Ira Jay YankwittLindsey Kiser & Lester KobzikDr. Hilda KnoblochSarah & Victor KovnerNanette KramerNancy Kricorian &

James SchamusCynthia KrupatUma KukathasClaudia & John LampertiLouise LamphereMadeline LandauerMargaret LaneAmy LanskyMargherita LarsonMiriam LaughlinMarta Jo LawrenceKirsten LawtonHelen Le GrowPamela Lee

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Timothy DennisMichele & James LubySarah Ludden & Nancy LanoueMark LutzJohn LynchSuzanne LynchMary LynnTiffin MabrySusan Mac Grath &

Martin ZabaletaWilmer Mac NairCarolyn Macdonald &

Norman StewartGlynis MacleodAmy Madigan & Edward HarrisRose & Michael MageHolly Maguigan &

Abdeen JabaraMartine MakowerJoe ManginSarah MankoffNancy Marlin & Fred KolkhorstLucinda MarshallRachelle & Hubert MarshallOystein & M. Byrne MathisenMargaret & Arnold MatlinRichard MayAngela Barron &

William Mc BridePenny Mc ClaryWilliam McBarronKathleen McCallum-Gesher &

Gabriella Heinsheimer-GesherMary & James McCueDusa McDuffJane McGarveyChristina McGillSusan Clay MeiselasMonica Melamid &

Rafael AndreuMari Mennel-BellMarianne MerolaCharles MerrillEllen MessingLenore Migdal & William LloydCarson Ann MillerRoberta Miller & Alan MedvilleCornelia and Richard MislickJudy Mladineo &

Jeffrey MorganDr. Elizabeth MoberlyValentine MoghadamJacqueline Montgomery

Lou MontgomeryEster & Gregory MoranCorinne Morse &

David BeemanKenneth MountcastlePatricia MullanRuth & Samuel NeffVerna NeilsonTrudy Nelson & Norman WattsAmy NewellMargaret NewellMartha NewellHariom NewportSheila Counce NicklasAnn NiederkornElaine NonnemanMargaret NormanBarbara OceanlightJohn O’ConnorCathy O’Donnell & Doug NeissSusan & Milford OliverEileen & John OlmstedKimberly Olmsted &

Dan DickinsonNora OlsenIvan OrdonezAngela Marie Organ &

Dave PowellHelen OrtmannMarianne OstermannEdith & Emil OxfeldJulia & Thomas PageElizabeth PapagniJudith ParkerKelly ParkerCarol Parrish & Paul ClarkYvonne Paterson &

Milton RossmanDarien Payne & Robert TingleffEvelyn Howe & Herbert PaysonLaura PerkinsRosalind PetcheskySusan PetersLois & John PetkeKatha PollittCarol PorterEllen PossJane Ellen PossJane Power & Jack O’DellEllen Powers & Klaus BiblMary Ellen & John PrestonLaura Quigg & Bjorn FlesakerLeo RainerBonnie RaittSenta & Abraham RaizenSandra RamosColleen & Kenneth RandKaren Ranucci &

Michael RatnerElizabeth RappaportMargaret RatheauAmelie RatliffSusan & Ray RedlineElinor Myers ReesColleen Reid & Andrew BrodyMargaret Renzi & John SaylesJayne RiewAnn & Dan RigbyNeil RindlaubLisa RippergerElisabeth Rix

Suzanne RoachWayne RobertsLinda RobinsonMargaret Robinson &

Jeanne GalloJohn RodgersCarolyn Jane RodisLorraine & James RogersRev. Michael RogersPatsy RogersAmy RomanCamilla RosenfeldMiriam RosennToni RossJames RothDella & Rustum RoyPolly RubinFrancine RuddElizabeth Ryan & Joanne HugiNaomi SagerLindsey SalernoShelley SandowSandra Lee & Van SantvoordMichael SanzoneSusan Sarandon & Tim RobbinsMichelle Saunders &

Christopher ZurnJo SchaffelNatalie & Robert SchafferDeborah Schifter &

Alan SchiffmannEmily Schnee & Carlos TorunoAmy SchoenwaldAnn Koch SchonbergerMardith Schuetz-MillerMary SchwartzMadeleine ScottSusan ScottPatricia SeguraArt SeidnerHoward SeifeBarbara SerenaWilla ShalitDiane Shapiro & Bari ShamasMyra & Harold ShapiroMartha ShawCarol Sheinfeld &

Yoshifumi TanakaSusan SheinfeldCatherine & Rony ShimonyPaul SiemeringHildi & Richard SilbertSusan SingletonWillard SkidmoreCheryl SmithLoretta SmithPatricia & Michael SmithRebecca & Wilbur SmithStephen SnyderLaura Juran & Raphael SperryDe Courcy SquirePearl SteeleJane & Adam SteinSally Ann SteinJill Sternberg &

Charles ScheinerFran StewartHattie StoneMarion & Barbara StrackNancy Strohl & Peter SiegelDaniella Stromberg

Kathleen SullivanAndrea SununuAnn Sutton & Martin FreundlichGary TabasinskeKay TaneyhillElizabeth TestaSylvia Thayer &

Rev. J. Philip ZaederKristin ThompsonDr. Heather ThroopJanet ThroopMary Beth Tinker & Mary Ann NyeJohn TintoriAncella & Thomas ToldrianCarla Tomaso &

Dr. Mary Jean HaydenMartha TracyJennie Traschen & David KastorMerry TuckerHazel Tulecke & William HoustonA. Jane TurnerCatherine UrsilloJo ValensMarie Valleroy & Alan LocklearKarel Van Horn-Seldner &

Anna Seldner-GhazaouiLori VaughnVeronica Janis Vieland &

John Joseph ObergLissy & Anna VomackaLarry Von KusterMary-Jane WagleJessica & Matt WagnerAlice WalkerRuth WalkerShawn WallLi-Hsia Wang & Henry AbronsJenny WarburgGeorge WardRoxanne WarrenGila WdowinskiBrenda WehleCora & Peter WeissMerle WeissJoan WeissmanGinia Davis WexlerFlorianne White

Melissa White & Robert WattsCory Scott WhittierLinda Wieser & James RosbeCheryl WilfongJames WilliamsCass & Samuel WilliamsonDeborah & Henry WillisArlene WilsonJohn WilsonCarol & Terry WinogradMary Lee &

Newell WitherspoonClaudia WohlhauserMadeleine WolfeHolly & Christian WolffInson WoodNancy WykstraRachel WysokerCarol YamasakiMichael YarusMonona Yin & Steve FahrerKaren YoungPeggy & Lee ZeiglerAlice & Frederick ZengelTania ZivkovichDavid Zyla

The Jocelyn CircleThese special women are the newest

members of the Jocelyn Circle, joining thosewho have included MADRE in their will.

We honor their lasting commitment to women’shuman rights for generations to come.

AnonymousEmily Garlin

Helen GiambruniJennifer Lazarus

Mari Mennel-BellAmy Newell

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