---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 03:41:22 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: fyi- Responsible Wealth response At 06:59 PM 11/17/97 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Of interest from another list... > > The Global Citizen > November 6, 1997 > > Donella H. Meadows > PEOPLE OF WEALTH STAND UP FOR GREATER EQUALITY <snip> > If you'd like more information about Responsible Wealth, you can > contact United > for a Fair Economy, > [EMAIL PROTECTED]). The response: <quote> Dear Friend: Thank you for your recent inquiry about Responsible Wealth! As you might expect, we have had quite a strong response from Donella Meadows' recent column about Responsible Wealth. At this point, the best materials describing Responsible Wealth and our upcoming Founding Forum in New York City are in printed form (brochure, invitation, and newsletter). We would be happy to fax a copy of these materials to anyone who needs them right away (i.e., if you are interested in attending the December 5-6 Forum in NYC or the Friday, December 5th benefit reception). If you need this information right away, please call and ask to have it faxed to you, or mark your email "urgent." The Founding Forum is for members and potential members of Responsible Wealth (i.e., business leaders and wealthy individuals in the top 5% of wealth and/or income in the US ($125,000 annual income and/or $500,000 net assets)). The benefit reception is open to all NY-area friends and supporters, and features US Rep. Martin Sabo (Lead Sponsor of the Income Equity Act), Sally Covington (Director of the Democracy and Philanthropy Project), Katrina vanden Heuvel (Editor of The Nation), singer Si Kahn and the Class Acts theater troupe. The cost is $35. If you are not interested in attending those events, please forward your mailing address (if you haven't already), and indicate that you are following up on a previous inquiry. Please do not email a copy of this notice or the article, etc. Most of our efforts these days are focused on preparing for the Forum, but we will mail out a packet of information as soon as we are able after December 6th. We will be happy to take you off our mailing list at any point if you wish. We believe that the voice of Responsible Wealth is one that is sorely needed in order to counteract the current trends toward concentration of wealth, an increasing wage gap, increasing corporate power, and the dominance of our political system by big money interests. As beneficiaries of a system that is heavily tilted in our favor, we believe it is in our long-term best interest to change some of the rules of the economy so that it works for all of us, not just the wealthiest among us. If you are wealthy, please consider joining Responsible Wealth ($100/yr.). If you are not wealthy, but support this work, please join our parent organization, United for a Fair Economy (UFE) for $25/yr. (email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], or see UFE's website, listed below). You can also make a contribution of any amount to either the Responsible Wealth project or UFE. Although Responsible Wealth is organizing wealthy individuals and business leaders, we are a non-profit operating on a limited budget at this stage. Any contributions are welcome. Thank you again for your inquiry and your support. Keep in touch, and please help us spread the word. -Mike Lapham, Project Director ************************************** Responsible Wealth - Business leaders and wealthy individuals joining together to speak out for greater economic fairness and shared prosperity. Responsible Wealth is a project of United for a Fair Economy 37 Temple Place, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02111 PH 617-423-2148 FAX 617-423-0191 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UFE Web: http://www.stw.org Mark your calendar: Responsible Wealth Founding Forum, December 5-6, NYC. Benefit reception for NYC-area friends Friday, December 5, 5:30-7:00. Please join us! <endquote>