---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 23:15:21 -0200 From: Ed Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. > >