[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1975-E1976]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AMERICAN TEACHERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA HELP DEVELOP SUPPORT FOR 
                      DEMOCRACY AND FREE ELECTIONS

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 8, 1997

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize Doug 
Phillips of Anchorage, AK, who participated in CIVITAS at

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Bosnia and Herzegovina from August 1 through August 17, 1997. This 
intensive program is designated to train teachers from throughout 
Bosnia and Herzegovina with materials and methods developed to educate 
for democracy. Mr. Phillips was part of a team of 20 American educators 
who were assigned to 16 locations throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
including the Republika Srpska; the American teamed with 18 teachers 
from the Council of Europe in nine of these sites. This education for 
democracy program reached 550 teachers from both entities of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina.
  The summer training program was developed by the Center for Civic 
Education as part of a major civic education initiative in Bosnia and 
Herzegovina supported by the U.S. Information Agency and the U.S. 
Department of Education and built on a program begun in 1996. 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 reasonable 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.
  I am also pleased to announce that the curricular materials being 
used for the program in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been adapted from 
the ``we the people * * * the citizens and the Constitution, 
foundations of democracy,'' and the project citizen programs, which are 
supported by Congress and used in schools throughout the United States. 
Initial reports evaluating the summer program indicate the materials--
selected and adapted by educators from Bosnia and Herzegovina--and 
teaching methods were enthusiastically received and will be adapted for 
use in classrooms in both entities of the country.
  Mr. Phillips is the social studies program coordinator for the 
Anchorage public schools. He also serves as the state coordinator for 
the ``we the people * * * the citizens and the Constitution'' program 
in Alaska.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish to commend Doug Phillips for his dedication and 
commitment during the CIVITAS at Bosnia and Herzegovina summer training 
program. His work is helping to achieve the overall objective of 
building democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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