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Inventory for FOIA Request 2006-0503-F
Records on Remarks by Hillary Rodham Clinton at Forum 2000, October 13, 1998
Extent
4 folders, approximately 149 pages.
Access
Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the
Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC
522 as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal
exemptions.
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their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the
United States (17 USC 101), which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of
copyrighted material.
Provenance
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and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of
the Presidential Records Act (PRA).
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Staff Archivist, 2008. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released.
Scope and Content
The materials in FOIA 2006-0503-F are a selective, not necessarily all-inclusive body of documents
reponsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials.
FOIA request 2006-0503-F contains documents related to a speech given by the First Lady at Forum
2000 in Prague, Czech Repulic on October 13, 1998. The event was the second in a series of
conferences that Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Repulic, hosted to discuss the challenges of the
new millennium. Mrs. Clinton’s speech focused on globalization and the challenges it presented to
economies, governments, and society as a whole. She reflected upon the previous millennium and
conveys optimism for the following one.
Neither the White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Alpha Files nor the WHORM
Subject Files contain relevent records.
2006-0503-F
Clinton Library’s web site http://www.clintonlibrary.gov
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�The White House Staff and Office files contain correspondence, memoranda, publications, research
materials, schedules, and speeches maintained by individual offices and staff members. In the First
Lady’s Press Office, the files of Lissa Muscatine contain two transcripts of Mrs. Clinton’s remarks at
Forum 2000. In the First Lady’s Speechwriting Office, Laura Schiller was responsible for drafting the
Forum 2000 speech. Her files contain correspondence and information pertaining to the event and its
host, as well as materials on the subject of globalization. In the Millennium Council, Ellen Lovell’s files
contain responsive records. These include an invitation for Mrs. Clinton’s attendance at the conference,
as well as biographical information relating to President Vaclav Havel.
The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) Emails contain discussion between White House
staff regarding Mrs. Clinton’s attendance at the Forum 2000 event, including one draft of her remarks.
System of Arrangement
Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton
Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files and Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS
Emails. As policy, Staff and Office files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents
are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity,
it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the
subject area.
The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the
Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential Records email. The
ARMS dataset is comprised of 6 sub-series of email records called “Buckets.” The buckets include
NPR, OPD, POTUS, WHO, CEA, and Default. ARMS emails are arranged chronologically by creation
date.
The following is a list of documents processed in response to FOIA 2006-0503-F.
Box 1
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
First Lady’s Office
First Lady’s Press Office
Lissa Muscatine: FLOTUS Statements & Speeches
SPEECH Binder 06/27/1998-11/30/1998: Forum 2000 Speech Prague Czech
Republic October 13, 1998 [OA/ID 20110]
Speechwriting
Laura Schiller: Meetings, Speeches, Events 10/98-12/98
Forum 2000-Oct. 14 1998 [OA/ID 24612]
Millennium Council
Ellen Lovell
Havel, Vaclav Forum 2000 [OA/ID 24197]
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Emails]
WHO [OA/ID 500000]
[09/24/1998 – 10/09/1998]
Last modified: 02/04/2010
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2006-0503-F
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This collection contains transcripts, correspondence, general information, and invitations related to a speech given by the First Lady at Forum 2000 in Prague, Czech Republic on October 13, 1998. The event was the second in a series of conferences that Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, hosted to discuss the challenges of the new millennium. Mrs. Clinton’s speech focused on globalization and the challenges it presented to economies, governments, and society as a whole. She reflected upon the previous millennium and conveyed optimism for the following one.
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001. memo
Sidney Blumenthal to Hillary Rodham Clinton, re: NYU Panel
Talking Points (2 pages)
09/19/1998
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002. note
NYU, Strengthening Democracy in the Global Economy: An Opening
Dialogne, HRC handwritten notes (8 pages)
09/21/1998
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First Lady's Office
Speechwriting (Laura Schiller: Meetings, Speeches, Events 10/98 - 12/98)
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2201(3).
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bel) National security classified information [(b)(l) of the FOIA}
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an agency [(b)(2) ofthe FOJA]
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information [(b)(4) of the FOIA)
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purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA)
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financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA)
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concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
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September 19, 1998
MEMORANDUM
FOR THE FIRST LADY
FROM:
SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL
SUBJECT:
NYU PANEL TALKING POINTS
You should not hesitate to repeat the essence of what you said at Davos. You
shouldn't assume that it has been widely heard or reported. Repetition, in any case,
helps make the. message penetrate. In addition to the general ideas on civil society
you have discussed before, you should consider making these points:
1. In the interests of economic growth and stability, a strong international
community is necessary. But some mistakenly believe that globalization means that
nations and governments are increasingly irrelevant, vestiges that will be inexorably
eclipsed by multinational corporations and global commerce. On the contrary, the
kind of international community that can sustain the global economy through
concerted cooperation depends upon the flourishing of strong national communities.
Globalization both creates the need for strong nations and places new tensions on
them that, if not dealt with, may tear them apart. The inevitability of global trade
and the inescapable fact that it is a prerequisite for prosperity, the openness
required for this market system, the rapid spread of cosmopolitan culture and ideas,
and the increasing flows of immigration have provoked a reactionary backlash. This
reaction argues for the retribalization of the world, as though a retreat from
progress will protect people from change. The effect of these movements, all of
them nativist, some racist, many against any role for women in civil society, not
only leads to economic regression, but social and cultural division. The reactionary
promise of making society whole again only fosters deeply split nations. That is
�why those who believe in the creation of a new international community must also
seek to implement policies that create social cohesion at home.
2. Sound economic policy is good family policy. The Clinton Administration has
followed a policy of fiscal responsibility and social investment. As a result, real
family income is on the increase for the first time in a generation and a half. This
approach rejects the false dichotomies of the past and abstract models. It is
pragmatic, innovative and effective. Without this economic policy, the rest of the
agenda for the family would be impracticable.
3. Good family policy is sound economic policy. The global economy puts new
stresses on families. In the economy that demands flexibility, the family must be
supported so that it can be flexible. That is why the Clinton Administration has
fought for Family and Medical Leave, expanded health care and child care. (You
know the policies.) The family cannot be allowed to be atomized by the
imperatives of the economy. New polices are needed for a new era to make the
family whole. Family policy of this sort is not a nostalgic and quixotic attempt to
return to the days when women weren't in the workforce. Modern family policy is
an integral part of a progressive approach.
4. The millennium provides an opportunity for all of us to take stock and focus our
energies. The slogan of our White House Millennium Program is a positive guide:
Honor the past, imagine the future. How we think about the millennium, the great
global event we are about to experience, can help us give direction to our
communities, our cultures, our nations, and envision the new international
community.
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At the turn of the millennium, new methods of governance are required to confront new realities. '\\lith
the emergence of the new global economy, driven by the ever accelerating pace of technology, pressures for
constant adjustment are being placed on nations, communities and individuals. In the face of globalization,
the universal challenges are to maintain the highest level of prosperity and security, expand opportunity,
protect liberty, and deepen democracy.
Governments around the world are embracing the power of technology and telecommunications and using
free markets to empower individuals; while at the same time acting to enhance civil society and to foster a
renewed confidence from citizens. Forward-thinking political leaders, intellectuals, and business and labor
figures are defining the elements of the new social contract. As a result, there is a pressing need for a discusslon among those who have most vitally engaged these innovative approaches.
The dialogue on "Strengthening Democracy in the Global Economy," sponsored by New York University
School of Law in affiliation with the Progressive Policy Institute and the World Policy Institute of the
New School University, provides a forum for the international discussion that is driving reform-minded
governments and future-oriented thinking around the world.
The first panel, on "Civil Society and the Future of Democracy," will address the challenges facing civil
society by globalization and how it can flourish under the new conditions. The questions involve family and
work, community and commerce, the rule of law and human rights, civic participation and public purpose,
and the role of social investment.
The second panel, on "The New Economy and the Future of Opportunity," will address the problems of worker
equity and opportunity, technology and education, poverty and the fate of the stake-holding middle class, the
environment and economic development, and the roles of the nation-state and the modern corporation.
The third panel will feature reflections by heads of state and other world leaders. They will draw on their
practical experience and vision in discussing the general theme of the day, "Strengthening Democracy in
the Global Economy."
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Monday, September 21, 1998
Greenberg Lounge
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L. Jay Oliva, President, New York University
Introduction
Norman Dorsen, Chair and Founding Faculty Director, Global Law School Program
9:45 am - 11:50am
Panel One: "Civil Society and the Future of Democracy"
Roger Altman, Evercore Partners, Inc.
James Chace, Editor, World Policy Journal at New School University
Hillary Rodham Clinton, F,rst Lady of the United States
Ronald Dworkin, New York University School of Law
Anthony Giddens, Director, London School of Economics
Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for
Children and Armed Conflict
Norman Dorsen, New York University School of Law, moderator
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School
Richard Stewart, New York University School of Law
John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO
Laura Tyson, Walter A. Haas School of Business
Martin Lipton, Chairman, New York ~niversity School of Law Foundation, moderator
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Tony Blair, M.P., Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States
His Excellency Goran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden
The Honorable Professor Romano Prom, President of the Council of lVlinistersof the Republic of Italy
His Excellency Peter Stoyanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria
John Sexton, Dean, New York University School of Law, moderator
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The Global Law School Program
The Glohal Law School initiative at New York University School of Law, estahlished in 1994, has heen
called the most important development in legal education in three decades. It is designed to reshape legal
thinking and research for a world that is becoming smaller and increasingly interdependent. Legal systems above all, the rule of law - will be critically important for promoting transnational economic relationships
and for safeguarding national and human rights. It is therefore essential for tomorrow's lawyers to gain
insight into the legal systems of many countries.
The Global Law School Program provides all New York University law students with the opportunity to
expand their professional and intellectual horizons. It is much more than a program in international law.
Each year about 20 leading foreign law professors and judges from all parts of the world and from diverse
legal disciplines teach at New York University, and more than 300 foreign students, including the specially
selected Hauser Global Scholars, add their energy, insights and perspectives to the community. Creative
modifications to the law school curriculum continually take account of the new learning. All of this is merely
a strong beginning in the complex process of revising legal education to meet the challenges of a global society.
Through the Program, New York University School of Law has become a central venue for discussion about
law and society which goes far beyond legal academe to include leaders in all fields. Thus, in 1996 and 1997
the Law School hosted summits in constitutional adjudication which brought together with our faculty and
students justices from the constitutional courts of Germany, Italy, Russia and the United States. Today's
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DATE
SUBJECT/TITLE
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001. email
Sidney Blumenthal to John.than E. Smith at 17:01:04.00.
Forum 2000. (1 page)
002. email
Sidney Blumenthal to Laura E. Schiller at 19:21:54.00.
speech. (4 pages)
10/01/1998
Subject:
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WHO ([Forum 2000; Hillary Rodham Clintonll
GAlBo, Number: 500000
FOLDER TITLE:
[09/24/1998
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552(b»)
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information (b)(4) of the FOIA]
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Jone: Could you collect the materials Laura mentions here? Thanks.
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Laura E. Schiller
10/01/98 04:58:24 PM
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To:
Sidney
cc:
Subject:
Blumenthal/WHO/EOP
Forum 2000
Hi -Melanne just called and said HRC had asked you to do the first draft of
her Prague speech.
As she probably relayed to you, she wants to talk
about the importance of civil society in tackling the hard
questions/challenges
we confront.
I think she wants a combo of her
remarks at Davos and NYU; the questions POTUS raised at NYU; and the five
points Otunnu made there.
It would be great if we could get together -- or talk -- to figure out
what information or guidance you need from us and what kind of timeline
makes sense to get it done.
Her schedule is packed next week
and you
may know better than I when she wants to start focusing on this
.
Do you want to talk tomorrow?
Let me know.
Thanks!
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SUBJECT:
Blumenthal
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( CN=Sidney
9-0CT-1998
Blumenthal/OU=WHO/O=EOP
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19:21:54.00
speech
TO: Laura E. Schiller
READ:UNKNOWN
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E. Schiller/OU=WHO/O=EOP
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TEXT:
Laura: live dashed a few comments, and excised a number of graphs. I would
not counterpose government to civil society. I think HRC wishes to say
taht we've learned that government is essential, indispensable,
not
something we can discard. I'd add that point. Otherwise I think the
structure and points are strong. I think it's good. If you need me, just
call. Sidney
Open with a theme: Today the global economy is in crisis. One-fourth of
the world is in recession. A new financial architecture is needed for the
21st century. And leaders have been meeting to devise solutions, not only
to the short-term crisis but to the long-term one. A crisis in the global
economy, I believe, encompasses more than just the economy. Global economy
will not work without strong civil society. That is what I am here to
speak about today.
Acknowledgments:
Havel -- refer to great time had during visit.With
poetry and prose, no one has done more to spread freedom through the
world ...No one has worked harder to nurture civil society and keep us
focused on what I call real-politics,
kitchen table politics, that is, how
we live our lives -- not just as homogenzied consumers, but in real life
as diverse and spiritual human beings. And, I especially want to thank him
for convening the 2nd Forum 2000.
When I attended this conference last
year, [also refer to his speech?] I had the opportunity to meet with
representatives
of non governmental organizations
in the Czech Republic.
And, I was so impressed by the important work they are doing -- from
standing up for the rights and health of the Roma to safeguarding the
environment.
Our country, like the Czech Republic, like Italy, like [tbd] has our own
Millennium Program, with the purpose of encouraging Americans to use this
time to think about who we are, where weD,ve been, and the values,
culture, indeed the world, we want to pass down to the next generation.
It is, I think, a very humanizing time.
Millions and millions of people
around the world who may. be connected by little else, not language or
religion or custom, are all thinking about the end of the 20th century and
the beginning of the 21st.
[Even if itC, s primarily the party they hope
to attend] .
And I guess what I hope we ask ourselves now and in the days ahead
when we look into the future, what will we see?
is,
If we look back to the end of the last Millennium, we often hear about
the myth of Panic Terror [real name?}, where people gave their possessions
away, and hid in churches waiting for the end of the worldj and where a
prolific and rather controversial monk by the name of Raoul Glaber, who
lived in the 10th century, consistently warned his local citizenry of
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impending doom.
Now, perhaps because of his checkered career -- he was
expelled from several monasteries
-- he didn't attract much of a
following.
The earth did not implode as he predicted.
And though there
were pockets of fear ...though we know so little about that period, what we
do know is that there was a revival of literacy, crescent guilds {Ellen
more], and as we emerged from the dark ages, there were overwhelming
signs
of light -- not gloom.
Raoul Glaber comes from a long line of doomsayers and pessimists about
the human condition.
The kind of people who are always looking for what
is wrong with the advancements that occur, who are always pointing fingers
at one another and predicting the end of civilization as we know it.
So too today, are there different versions of the future U) most of which
depend upon how we feel about globalization,
some painted with light
others with darkness.
We live in a time when democracies have taken root
around the world, when we are no longer divided into antagonistic
blocks~(Hhen whatever affects one of us can ultimately affects all of us
~} from culture to terrorism to the economic crisis which has sent shock
waves throughout the world.
The new global economy is not a trend that
will fade away or be chased away.
Nor should it.
It is here to stay.
But what does that mean for us?
Will the global economy increase growth and stability for nations, will
it lift up the lives and expand the opportunities
of all citizens of the
world?
will it help us learn about each other, and create not just a
whirling global market, but a global community?
Or will it inspire a race to the bottom? Will we, as many of its
detractors and dooms ayers predict, find our resources depleted, our
culture and humanity replaced by a one-dimensional
consumer culture?
we retreat inward, our fear of the unknown transformed into a plague
racism, nativism and xenophobia?
will
of
In American popular culture, particularly
in some recent movies, the end
of the world has been an increasingly emphatic theme. Creatures from
outerspace descend upon the earth and blow everything up, threatening the
extinction of the human race. In one of these movies, Independence Day, it
is only international
cooperation that allows Earth to defeat the aliens.
Which vision of the future will we imagine?
Which version of the future
will we 'create? In afraid that we face dangers more real than aliens from
outer space. That would be easy. Today we are trying to cope with market
forces that may run out of our control. Globalization
itself is not good
or evil.
It offers us -- as nations and individuals -- tremendous
opportunities
~) but if and only if we meet new obligations.
We must
create the conditions in which strong democratic governments work for
people, healthy and free marketplaces benefit all people, and a vibrant
civil society fosters free citizens upon which all of it rests.
At my speech in Davos, I suggested that we think of society, if you will,
as a three legged stool U) composed of the government, the economy and
civil society.
We will fall down if we sit on only one leg.
No matter
how strong the other two are.
We will fall down if we rest on two legs.
Rather we need a balance among three strong legs~(and an understanding
of
how one supports the other.
Civil Society
is the family
that sustains
us.
It is religious
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spirituality that guide us.
The voluntary associations that connect us
and allow us belong and contribute.
It is the art and culture that make
our spirits soar.
It is the stuff of life.
And the training ground for
the most important person in every democracy:
a citizen.
The global
economy will not succeed unless citizens have the tools they need to be
its creators and beneficiaries ..
I have been privileged to travel around the world to many emerging
democracies.
I have seen what has happened to people whose spirits have
been crushed, whose economies have been driven into the ground.
And it is
clear when economic growth can provide jobs and income, but not
necessarily long-term stability or governments that understand their
duties to their citizens.
It is also clear that government may not bring
ensure long-term social stability unless it is rooted in vibrant civil
societies.And
it is not governments alone that can create economic growth
and opportunity,
stability and democracy today. We must foster a global
community that lifts everybody up, or else we will all fall together. That
is the lesson I have learned on my travels around the world.
Unless we protect vulnerable populations:
How can children one day
participate in global economy if theyD,re turned into child
soldiersJ(malnourishedD(.refugeesD(poverty.
How can women, if theyD,re
underfed, underpaid, first to get fired, last to get fired, victims of
violence at the hands of loved ones and strangers.
Unless we invest in human capital D) health care, education, helping
families balance work and family, microcredit
(story illuminating
importance of education of girls 0) the difference between societies that
are thriving and those that are left behind.
Microcredit story -- perfect
example of how to playa
role in lifting up families and communities,
while fostering, not compromising local cultureD(and helping women compete
in the global economy]
Unless
learned
same.
we provide tools of citizenship D) Senegal story.
What women
in their village.
Voted t ban FGM, got other villages to do the
Unless we manage diversity
[more eloquent way of saying this?] D) too
many leaders use the politics of divide and conquer , too many citizens
stigmatize those who donO,t look like them or talk like them as the
other.
New tensions have brought out primitive impulses of racism.
.What
sheU,s seen D) Ireland.
Able to do that because of grassroots
organizations 0) mostly women.
But, because of that, businesses are now
coming to invest in Ireland, not just because of the hard working
workforce.
Not just because they speak English.
ItO,s because the people
have chosen peace and no business wants to invest and set up shop in a
nation until they do.
Unless we save our local/national
culture:
Just as we protect our
diverse ecosystems to safeguard the environment, we must retain our
cultures, languages, and heritage.
When the bridge in Sarajevo was
bombed, when mosques are destroyed, when old synagogues are desecrated,
and the last speaker of a language or maker of fabric passes away, wen,ve
lost something as precious as a rain forest.
[Why safeguarding heritage
impO{why it takes all of us 0) and that includes artists and scholars who
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should never stay behind a university
Havel going to jail for his beliefs.]
wall or a studio
door.
Reference
We have global neighborsD(how
do we create a global neighborhood?
[Story
somewhere of CEO in St. Louis who raises the flag of a nation every time
his company secures a contract with it.
He does it to remind his workers
of how their livelihoods and liv~s depend upon people thousands of miles
away.
There are dozens of flags flying around his plant.]
Back to positive or negative image of the futureD(lOOO years agoD(world
to end or exciting time?
Like them, we cannot give into fears of
unknown.
1,000 years from now, what will they say?
I hope they say
thatD([uplifting
stuff about citizenship, meeting our challenges, etc.)
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