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Dear Ivan, I read your message this morning and kept it on my email to answer later today. I had to be gone most of the day and wanted to put some thought into it. When I got home and read your second request and the subsequent replies, I felt very conflicted as far as what I had planned to say. I, for one, don't see any connection between color of skin and lack of response. I, for one, also found myself wondering what could I possibly say to this great man. If I were you, being blessed with communicating personally with a man who is so obviously an advocate for humanity, I would be speechless to say the least. When it is all said and done, I guess the most I can really say is thank you, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, for speaking on the behalf of PWP. Your influence in our cause will surely be beneficial. All of the folks that will be helped now and in the future should be humbly grateful to you for your support. Jennifer Ivan M Suzman wrote: > Dear Mary Ann, Maryhelen, Stephan and other listmembers, > > I talked with Archbishop Desmond Tutu's office > twice more. today, at Emory University. They are VERY > receptive, and distinctly compassionate. > > I am trying to do everything they need, humbly and completely. > > I believe that YOUR e-mail messages to him could be quite helpful. > I feel that placing these messages on our List would be better > than e-mailing his office directly. This tactic > would help me to know what Listmembers are thinking > about his potential involvement with us. > > I also mailed him a long, personal letter, which he had requested. > I asked him to do whatever he felt he could do. I emphasized April, > because it is Parkinson's Awareness Month. I wrote about > how truly difficult it is for most of us PWP's to be heard. > > I hope that he can help us visibly. I am actually VERY uneasy > tonight, because I do not want to push. > > I am hoping that I am letting him lead the way. > I will follow what he tells me to do. (I know, I know, Ivan the > follower??) > > So, I am keeping my fingers crossed that I am doing this job > sensitively. . > > Ivan Suzman > > On Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:48:05 -0500 "Bent Willow" <[log in to unmask]> > writes: > >Ivan wrote: > >> Archbishop Tutu and I talked about World Parkinson's Day, April > >11,and > >>about ./..(CUT)