[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S9984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO ANGENETTE ``ANGIE'' MARTIN

 Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, a woman who devoted most of her 
life to improving the lives of others lost her battle with cancer 
recently, and I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the 
accomplishments and the contributions of this extraordinary woman.
  Angie Martin struggled with the dreaded disease of breast cancer for 
the past 5 years. She died on August 31 at her home in Sausalito, CA, 
and a memorial service will be held here in Washington, DC on Monday, 
September 29. The many people who knew Angie know that this memorial 
will not be in mourning for her death, but in celebration of a life of 
service to others.
  The world is filled with passionate idealists. Angie was of the rarer 
breed of people who also had the ability to inspire passion in others. 
Rarer still was her talent for turning those passionate ideas into 
action. Her efforts were always aimed at improving the lives of others, 
the most rare gift of all.
  Angie Martin pioneered grassroots organizing techniques, establishing 
a vital link between citizen action and social change, and created a 
model for grassroots and political campaigns nationwide. Working with 
consumer advocate Ralph Nader in Connecticut in the early 1970's, Angie 
helped to create the first ever citizens lobby devoted to environmental 
and consumer issues. She worked to improve conditions for migrant 
workers in New York state, and organized the highly acclaimed 1986 
Hands Across America event to build awareness for the cause of hunger 
and homelessness in the United States.
  Together with her friend and partner, Gina Glantz, Angie took on some 
of our Nation's toughest issues: homelessness, hunger, migrant workers, 
gun violence, teen pregnancy. Her counsel was valued by many of our 
Nation's most prominent leaders, including Senator Ted Kennedy and Vice 
President Walter Mondale.
  Angie battled her disease with the same conviction and courage she 
brought to fighting for causes she believed in. Her legacy will live on 
in the lives of those she worked with, and in the lives of those she 
helped through her passionate efforts over the last three decades.
  My thoughts and prayers are with her husband, Gene Eidenberg, and 
daughters, Danielle and Elizabeth. I know many of my colleagues will 
join me in paying tribute to this remarkable woman, by continuing the 
fight to find a cure for breast cancer and for all cancers, and by 
continuing to address the important issues for which she dedicated her 
life's work.




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