Karen Whitman

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Karen Whitman

NAM first national conference

The first national meeting of the New American Movement was held in Chicago October 9-11. Up to 75 delegates and observers from 25 cities participated. The meeting laid the basis for a Thanksgiving conference on program in Chicago. The politiçal principles, program, and structure of the organization were discussed;

At the conference, a body mandated a committee to write a shorter version of the original NAM document in a style, adapted to mass distribution. People elected to this committee were:^[1]

• Diana Adams (Cleveland, Ohio),
• Jeremy Rifkin (Washington, D;C;),
• Jane Slaughter of the national staff,
• Karen Whitman (Baltimore, Md.),
• Michael Lerner (Berkeley, Calif),
• Alice Lynd (Chicago, Ill),
• Harry Boyte (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

The committee was mandated to have the basic document written by October 23.1971

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