Barbara J. Easterling, to be Honored by the American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center.PRESS ADVISORY ROAST FOR CHARITY Barbara J. Easterling, to be Honored by the American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center Retired Secretary-Treasurer of the CWA CWA Clean Water Act (33 USC) CWA Communications Workers of America CWA Concerned Women for America CWA CEN Workshop Agreement (European pre-normative document) CWA County Warning Area CWA Clean Water Action Proceeds from Retirement Dinner to Establish the Barbara J. Easterling Endowment for the University Within Reach program at The Yitzhak Rabin Center in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest . Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Hyatt Regency Hotel, Capitol Hill 400 New Jersey Avenue, N.W Washington, D.C. Program begins at 7:00PM Featured Speakers Senator Hillary Clinton of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Honorable Dalia Rabin, chair, Yitzhak Rabin Center in Israel; Larry Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , President, Communications Workers of America Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States (the union also has locals in Canada), representing over 700,000 workers in both the private and public sectors. ; Anna Burger, Chair, Change to Win, and John Sweeney, President, CFL-CIO Barbara J. Easterling, will be honored for her lifetime achievements in the labor movement and her extraordinary commitment to charitable and communal activities. As the first woman to serve as CWA Secretary-Treasurer and as AFL-CIO AFL-CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL-CIO in full American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations U.S. Secretary-Treasurer, Ms. Easterling has been a role model and positive force for change. Since 2001 the University Within program has opened the doors of higher education to high school students from all over Israel, targeting disadvantaged youth from communities in the periphery. The program instills democratic values and addresses social divisiveness. Dedicated in November 2005, the Yitzhak Rabin Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, The Center's objectives are to utilize the legacy and example of Yitzhak Rabin to positively impact civil society in Israel by reinforcing democratic values, building bridges between communities, equalizing educational opportunity and creating a cadre of young leaders equipped to confront the unique challenges that Israel faces. For more information, arrange an interview or to attend, please contact Vicki Miles Weiner at vweiner@friendsofrabin.org or call at 212-616-6161, or 917-714-2133. |
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