Ask Regents to fire head of Smithsonian Institution

[Gary Ruskin]

Commercial Alert				January 16, 2002

Commercial Alert and a coalition of 170 scholars and activists sent
letters today to the Smithsonian Institution's governing Board of
Regents, asking them to protect the Smithsonian from commercialism, and
to fire Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence Small for commercializing the
Smithsonian.  

The Smithsonian is perhaps our nation's most important cultural
institution.

Text of the letter is available at:
<http://www.commercialalert.org/smithsonian/commercialism.html>.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP:
The Smithsonian Regents' next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January
22, 2002.  Please contact the Regents below before the meeting.  Ask
them to save the Smithsonian from commercialism, and to fire Secretary
Lawrence Small.

* Alan G. Spoon, <aspoon@polarisventures.com>
* Hanna H. Gray, <h-gray@uchicago.edu> 
* Senator Pat Leahy, <senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov>

If you have time, please contact these additional Regents:

* Roger W. Sant <achupp@summitfdn.org>
* Patty Stonesifer <media@gatesfoundation.org>
* Senator Bill Frist, fax 202.228.1264
* Wesley S. Williams, Jr., <WWilliams@cov.com>
* Representative Robert T. Matsui, fax <202.225.0566>
* Representative Ralph Regula, <repregula@workinohio.org>

Detailed contact information for the Regents is available at:
<http://www.commercialalert.org/smithsonian/regents.html>.
 
BACKGROUND:
Resources and materials on commercialism at the Smithsonian are
available at: <http://www.commercialalert.org/smithsonian/index.html>.


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Gary Ruskin | gary@essential.org 
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