[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 120 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1745]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      TRIBUTE TO ANGENETTE MARTIN

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                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 11, 1997

  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Angenette ``Angie'' 
Martin who died August 31 after a courageous battle with cancer. This 
past Saturday, September 6, in San Anselmo, CA, her family and friends 
gathered together to celebrate her life. She was remembered with tears 
and laughter, and I was honored to speak at this memorial on behalf of 
many of my colleagues in both the House and Senate who knew Angie.
  Angie Martin's entire professional career was reflected in her 
profound commitment to citizen action and participation in advocating 
for progressive social issues and candidates. Her incredible energy and 
passion for her work are what set her apart and made Angie the best of 
the best.
  My thoughts and prayers are with her husband, Gene Eidenberg, and 
daughters, Danielle and Elizabeth. I know my colleagues join with me in 
tribute to this remarkable woman who showed so many of us how to live 
well and with dignity.
  The obituary which follows describes many of Angie's achievements and 
her important contributions on behalf of social issues confronting our 
society.

            [From the San Franciso Chronicle, Sept. 2, 1997]

                            Angenette Martin

       Angenette ``Angie'' Martin, a founding partner in the Mill 
     Valley-based Martin & Glantz, a social issues organizing and 
     media strategies firm, died Sunday in Sausalito. Ms. Martin, 
     50, had been battling breast cancer for more than five years.
       She pioneered grass-roots organizing techniques in the 
     early 1970s when she ran field operations for the Connecticut 
     Citizens Action Group, Ralph Nader's first statewide 
     organizing effort. There she created the first ever 
     ``citizens lobby.'' The CCAG, which influenced many 
     environmental and consumer issues, quickly became a model for 
     grass-roots and political campaigns nationwide.
       During the 1970s and early '80s, she was in tremendous 
     demand as a political organizer, strategist and campaign 
     manager. She worked to improve conditions for migrant workers 
     in New York state and ran several successful congressional 
     and gubernatorial campaigns. She ran several states for 
     Senator Edward Kennedy's 1980 presidential campaign, as well 
     as the campaign's convention activities.
       In 1981, she was named director of candidate services for 
     the Democratic National Committee. In 1982, she became 
     political director for Walter Mondale's political action 
     committee and a year later, field director for his 
     presidential campaign.
       With a reputation as one of the nation's most innovative 
     and sophisticated organizers, in 1985 she founded Martin & 
     Glantz with Gina Glantz. In addition to their Mill Valley 
     headquarters, the firm also has an office in Arlington, Va.
       As a partner at Martin & Glantz, she shaped campaigns on a 
     variety of social issues, including organizing the highly 
     successful 1986 ``Hands Across America'' event that raised 
     national consciousness of hunger and homelessness. She 
     created effective grass-roots communications programs for the 
     National Cable Television Association, managed California-
     based child safety and educational reform campaigns and ran a 
     multiyear attempt to strengthen community leadership for the 
     American Association of Retired Persons.
       She was born Nov. 8, 1946, in Hartford, Conn. In 1968, she 
     graduated from Wells College in Aurora, N.Y., with a 
     bachelor's degree in sociology. After college, she spent two 
     years as a VISTA volunteer.
       Ms. Martin is survived by her husband, Eugene Eidenberg; 
     her mother, Angenette Vail Martin, of Hartford, Conn.; 
     brothers Erie Martin, Jr., of Albany, Ga., and Steve T. 
     Martin of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.; and her stepchildren, 
     Elizabeth Eidenberg of Los Angeles and Danielle Eidenberg 
     Noppe of Seattle.
       A memorial service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at 
     the home of Gina Glantz.

     

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