[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 134 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S11235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     COMMENDING CHARLES N. QUIGLEY

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I am proud to recognize Charles N. 
Quigley, who participated in CIVITAS at Bosnia-Herzegovina, an 
intensive program from July 17-27, 1996, to train local teachers in 
education for democracy. Mr. Quigley was part of a team of 18 American 
educators and 15 teachers from the Council of Europe who were assigned 
to key cities throughout the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
  The summer training program was developed by the Center for Civic 
Education as part of a major education initiative in Bosnia-Herzegovina 
supported by the United States Information Agency and the United States 
Department of Education. The goals of the program are to help prepare 
students and their communities to participate in elections and other 
aspects of poltical life in emerging democracies. Achieving this goal 
will contribute to the reconstitution of a sense of community, 
cooperation, tolerance, and support for democracy and human rights in 
war torn areas.
  I am also pleased to announce that the curricular materials used for 
the program in Bosnia-Herzegovina have been adapted from the ``We the 
People . . . the Citizen and the Constitution'' and the ``We the People 
. . . Project Citizen'' programs, as well as other programs supported 
by the Congress which are used in schools throughout the United States. 
Initial reports evaluating the summer program indicate the materials 
and teaching methods were enthusiastically received and can be adapted 
for use in classrooms throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina.
  Mr. Quigley is the executive director of the Center for Civic 
Education which is located in Calabasas, CA. Mr. Quigley has traveled 
on four different occasions to Bosnia-Herzegovina to promote education 
for democracy efforts in the schools of that country.
  Mr. President, I wish to commend Charles Quigley for his dedication 
and commitment during the CIVITAS at Bosnia-Herzegovina summer training 
program. His work is helping to achieve the overall objective of 
building support for democracy on Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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