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1990 NOVA Newsl. 1 (1990)

handle is hein.journals/novan1990 and id is 1 raw text is: NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE ® Newsletter Volume 14, Number 1 (of 12 Issues), 1990 White House, Justice, Congress Salute Victim Rights AnnualRose Garden Ceremony Honors Activists, Counselors In every April of the past decade, the President or the At- torney General has hosted a ceremony to affirm the Fed- eral government's support of crime victims' interests on the occasion of Na- tional Victim Rights Week (as it is most often called). Presi- dent George Bush and Attorney Gen- eral Dick Thorn- burgh teamed up this year to continue Awardees (from I the tradition at a Milton Cole Cons Rose Garden cere- mony April 25, 1990 - this time, for the first time, with the support ofa resolution passed by Congress honoring the com- memorative week. The following is the Justice Depart- ment's words of tributefor the individuals who were saluted at the Rose Garden ceremony. In a future issue. the News- letter will reproduce the President's proclamation and give other highlights of National Victim Rights Week, 1990. President George Bush and Attorney General Dick Thornburgh today honored seven people who have made outstanding contributions in assisting victims of crime. Before the ceremony, President Bush also signed a Proclamation com- memorating National Crime Victims' Rights Week (April 22-28, 1990). Those honored at the White House ceremony were selected by the Office for Victims of Crime, a component of the Justice De- partment's Office of Justice Programs, ft): John Walsh, Emilia Olson, Dean Kilpatrick, tance and Howard Clery, with OVC Director Ja from 200 nominations submitted by Fed- eral, state, and local criminal justice and victim assistance officials, national vic- tim assistance organizations, and individ- ual citizens. I commend these outstanding men and women who have dedicated countless hours of hard work to ensure the fair treat- ment of crime victims, Thornburgh said. They are some of the 'thousand points of light' President Bush keeps talk- ing about -those who work day after day on behalf of others. These outstanding American citizens and others like them around the country give of themselves selflessly to safeguard the rights and well- being of the innocent victims of crime. Those honored were: * Howard and Constance Clery, of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The Clerys dedicated their lives to preventing future campus victimizations since the murder of theirdaughter, Jeanne, in herdormitory room by a fellow stu- dent at Lehigh Uni- versity in April 1986. They founded the nonprofit organiza- tion, Security on Campus, Inc., and spearheaded a na- tional campaign to obtain passage of legislation mandat- ing that colleges, uni- versities and other in- stitutions of higher learning be required to publish their vio- lent crime and drug/ Sandra Heverly, alcohol offense sta- ne Nady Burnley. tistics. Four states have adopted such legislation; it is pending in 29 other states. The Clerys also have worked for pas- sage of Federal legislation, and obtained sponsorship for the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1989 in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives. (See Honorees, page 2) In This Issue: * First Bill of Rights Remembered... 3 * Calendar of Upcoming Events .............. 4 * Your Editor's Working to'Get it Together ..... 8 The NOVA Newsletter is published as a service to the NOVA membership and the general public. Views expressed here are those of their authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Board of Directors of NOVA. ( 1989 by the National Organization for Victim Assistance. Permission is granted to reproduce copyrighted materials from the Newsletter provided the source and copyright are appropriately noted.

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