Inilarawan siya ng mga kaibigan ngayon<\/a> bilang hindi natitinag sa kanyang debosyon sa mga adhikain na kanyang niyakap ngunit matingkad na naalala kung paano siya nagsilbi bilang isang kaibigan at tagapagturo sa ilang henerasyon ng iba pang mga aktibista.<\/p>Ang Common Cause President Miles Rapoport, isang kaibigan at kasamahan sa loob ng mahigit 30 taon, ay tinawag si Donna na "isang mahalagang bahagi at kailangang-kailangan na bahagi ng bawat koponan na naging bahagi ko mula noong 1980. Ang kanyang malalim na pangako sa katarungan at demokrasya, na sinamahan ng napakahusay na mga instinct sa pag-aayos at pambihirang emosyonal na katalinuhan ay isang pambihirang kontribusyon. Mami-miss ko siya araw-araw."<\/p>
Bago siya hikayatin ni Rapoport na sumali sa Common Cause mas maaga sa taong ito, nagtrabaho si Donna kasama niya nang higit sa isang dekada sa Demos, isang progresibong pagsasaliksik sa patakaran at organisasyon ng adbokasiya na nakabase sa 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>
Ang mga katulad na pagpupugay ay umiikot sa isang email chain ng mga kaibigan ni Donna sa buong bansa.<\/p>
Isang nagtapos sa Unibersidad ng Michigan, ang karera ni Donna ay nakasentro sa kanyang sariling estado ng Connecticut. Bilang isang batang ina sa isang rural na bahagi ng estado noong 1970s, tumulong siyang ayusin ang isang matagumpay na kilusan upang ihinto ang pagpapalawig ng Interstate Highway 84 sa pamamagitan ng isang lugar na sensitibo sa kapaligiran. Nang maglaon, nakiisa siya sa mga aktibistang pangkalikasan upang magpasa ng isang \u201cbottle bill,\u201d batas na nag-aatas sa mga mamimili na magbayad ng maliit na deposito sa mga lalagyan ng inumin; ibinabalik ang pera kapag naibalik ang mga walang laman na lata at bote.<\/p>
Si Donna ay nagpatuloy sa pagtatrabaho para sa Sierra Club at pagkatapos ay para sa Connecticut Citizen Action Group, kung saan pinalitan niya si Rapoport bilang direktor noong 1984. Siya rin ay dating Executive Director ng Northeast Citizen Action Resource Center, at pinamahalaan ang matagumpay na mga kampanya sa kongreso para kay dating US Rep. Sam Gejdenson at isang hindi matagumpay na bid ng Rapoport noong 1998 bago siya muling sumali sa Rapport na direktor sa Campaign sa loob ng dalawang taon. Mga demo.<\/p>
Naiwan ni Donna ang dalawang anak na babae, sina Joanna at Jennifer. Namatay si John Parson noong 1998. Nakabinbin ang mga kaayusan sa libing.<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\n
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