Freunde beschrieben sie heute<\/a> Sie war in ihrer Hingabe an die Anliegen, die sie vertrat, ebenso unersch\u00fctterlich, erinnerte sich aber am lebhaftesten daran, wie sie mehreren Generationen anderer Aktivisten als Freundin und Mentorin diente.<\/p>Miles Rapoport, Pr\u00e4sident von Common Cause und seit \u00fcber 30 Jahren ein Freund und Kollege, bezeichnete Donna als \u201eintegrativen und unverzichtbaren Teil jedes Teams, dem ich seit 1980 angeh\u00f6rte. Ihr tiefes Engagement f\u00fcr Gerechtigkeit und Demokratie, kombiniert mit hervorragendem Organisationsinstinkt und au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnlicher emotionaler Intelligenz, waren ein au\u00dferordentlicher Beitrag. Ich werde sie jeden Tag vermissen.\u201c<\/p>
Bevor Rapoport sie Anfang des Jahres \u00fcberredete, Common Cause beizutreten, arbeitete Donna mehr als ein Jahrzehnt lang mit ihm bei Demos, einer progressiven politischen Forschungs- und Interessenvertretungsorganisation mit Sitz in New York.<\/p>
“I am in tears. I feel a part of me is now missing – as I suspect the same is now felt by the many, many friends whom Donna touched and loved,” said Marc Caplan, a longtime friend and associate of Donna’s now serving as Special Advisor to Common Cause on democracy issues. “In each part of her amazing life – as an environmental advocate, citizen organizer and leader, political campaign manager and senior staffer for citizen advocacy groups -- she maintained a host of friends, who will never forget Donna and how she touched our lives.”<\/p>
Like many others – “troublemakers,” Donna smilingly called them -- Wendy Fields, Common Cause’s Vice President for Campaigns and Strategic partnerships, was drawn into political and social activism by Donna’s example. On Tuesday, Fields found herself typing out a final letter to her friend of 25 years. “I always felt you knew that I could do things I never dreamed of, and of course dear Donna as always you were right… You can never have enough girlfriends, but now I am one short, but so much richer,” she wrote.<\/p>
\u00c4hnliche Ehrungen kursierten in einer E-Mail-Kette von Donnas Freunden im ganzen Land.<\/p>
Donna war Absolventin der University of Michigan und ihr beruflicher Schwerpunkt lag in ihrem Heimatstaat Connecticut. Als junge Mutter in einem l\u00e4ndlichen Teil des Staates half sie in den 1970er Jahren bei der Organisation einer erfolgreichen Bewegung, die eine Verl\u00e4ngerung des Interstate Highway 84 durch ein \u00f6kologisch sensibles Gebiet verhindern wollte. Sp\u00e4ter schloss sie sich mit Umweltaktivisten zusammen, um ein \u201eFlaschenpfand\u201c durchzusetzen, ein Gesetz, das Verbraucher dazu verpflichtet, ein kleines Pfand auf Getr\u00e4nkeverpackungen zu zahlen; das Geld wird zur\u00fcckerstattet, wenn die leeren Dosen und Flaschen zur\u00fcckgegeben werden.<\/p>
Donna arbeitete anschlie\u00dfend f\u00fcr den Sierra Club und dann f\u00fcr die Connecticut Citizen Action Group, wo sie 1984 Rapoports Nachfolge als Direktorin antrat. Sie war au\u00dferdem ehemalige gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrende Direktorin des Northeast Citizen Action Resource Center und leitete erfolgreiche Kongresskampagnen f\u00fcr den ehemaligen US-Abgeordneten Sam Gejdenson sowie eine erfolglose Kandidatur Rapoports im Jahr 1998. Sie war zwei Jahre lang als Au\u00dfendienstleiterin f\u00fcr Public Campaign t\u00e4tig, bevor sie sich Rapoport bei Demos wieder anschloss.<\/p>
Donna hinterl\u00e4sst zwei T\u00f6chter, Joanna und Jennifer. John Parson starb 1998. Die Bestattung steht noch aus.<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\n
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