Citizens' Commission on Central America files, 1983-1986.

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Citizens' Commission on Central America files, 1983-1986.

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Correspondence; memoranda; press clippings; and draft legislation; and minutes of monthly meetings between Mar. 1984 and Nov. 1986. Subjects covered include the "City of Refuge" or sanctuary city resolution, the Seattle/Managua Sister City Program, Contra aid, immigration reform, and Initiatives 28 and 30. Photocopies of newspaper clippings are included in many files. These clippings often provide background information on the issues as well as articles relating specifically to the Commission's activities and interests. Persons represented include Andrea Brenneke and Charles Royer. Municipal agencies represented include the mayor of Seattle.

1.6 cubic ft. (4 boxes)

Seattle Municipal Archives

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Royer, Charles, 1939-

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Mayor of Seattle, Wash., and faculty member, Kennedy School at Harvard University; b. Charles Theodore Royer. From the description of Subject correspondence, 1978-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70925118 From the description of Departmental correspondence, 1978-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70925117 From the description of Legal files, 1971-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70925122 ...

Seattle (Wash.). Citizens' Commission on Central America

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At the Nov. 8 1983 election, Seattle voters passed Initiative 28, titled "For Peace in Central America." This initiative outlined the opposition of Seattle's citizens to U.S. support of the governments of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, supporting a peaceful resolution to the conflicts and human rights violations in those countries. The initiative further asked that " ... federal funds now being used to promote destruction in Central America be redirected to promotion of services vital to ...

Seattle (Wash.). Mayor

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Norman B. Rice was born 4 May 1943. He received his college education at the University of Washington, earning a bachelor's degree in communications and a Masters of Public Administration. Rice holds honorary degrees from Seattle University, the University of Puget Sound, and Whitman College. Before entering city government, he worked as a reporter at KOMO-TV News and KIXI Radio, served as assistant director of the Seattle Urban League, was executive assistant and director of government services...

Brenneke, Andrea

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