more Madoff fallout: >At the ACLU, we know that challenges to civil liberties can arrive from any >quarter -- at any moment. And, we understand that, as America's leading civil >liberties organization, we've got to be fully prepared to respond.
>As Director of Administration and Finance, it's my job to make sure that that >preparation includes prudently managing our organization's resources. So, as >you and other ACLU supporters expect, we've been carefully monitoring and >responding to the severe financial crisis enveloping America and its impact on >our ability to defend fundamental freedoms. >In the last couple of weeks, however, we've been hit hard in a way that no one >could forecast. You have, no doubt, heard about the Bernard Madoff Ponzi >scheme in which investors have been horribly defrauded of up to $50 billion. >What you may not know is that two foundations that have been incredibly >generous and longstanding supporters of our national security and reproductive >freedom work have been victimized by the Madoff scandal -- forced to close >their doors and terminate their grants. >That means that $850,000 in support we were counting on from these foundations >in 2009 simply won't exist. We're dealing with that reality and remain >committed to continuing our critical work in these areas. But, as you can >imagine, the year-end donations of you and other ACLU supporters are now more >important than ever. < -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
