[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  ALABAMA TEACHER IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA HELPS DEVELOP SUPPORT FOR 
                      DEMOCRACY AND FREE ELECTIONS

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                           HON. TERRY EVERETT

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 23, 1997

  Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize Joan Byington 
Stough of my congressional district, who participated in CIVITAS@Bosnia 
and Herzegovina, an intensive program from August 1-17, 1997, designed 
to train teachers from throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina with materials 
and methods developed to educate for democracy. Joan Byington Sough is 
a counselor-teacher at Dalraida Elementary School in the Montgomery 
County School System, Montgomery, AL.
  Ms. Stough was part of a team of 20 American educators who were 
assigned to 16 locations throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, including 
the Republika of Srpska. The Americans teamed with 18 teachers from the 
Council of Europe in nine of these sites. This education for program 
reached 550 teachers from both entities of Bosnia and Herzegovnia.
  The summer training program was developed by the Center for Civic 
Education, which supplied me with this information, as part of a major 
civic education initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovnia supported by the 
U.S. Information Agency and the United States Department of Education. 
It built on a program which began in 1996. I am told that the U.S. 
Information Service in Sarajevo provided valuable assistance to the 
program. The goals of the program are to provide teachers with the 
tools necessary to help prepare students and their communities for 
competent and responsible citizenship, including participation in 
elections and other opportunities to take part in the political life of 
their communities. Achieving this goal will contribute to the 
reconstitution of a sense of community, cooperation, tolerance and 
support for democracy and human rights in this war torn area.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish to commend Joan Byington Stough for her 
dedication and commitment during the summer training program. Her work 
is helping to achieve the overall objective of building democracy in 
Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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