Dear CCI Friends,
We are honored to have had a two-hour meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev on September 4, 2018. This event was prior to our delegation of U.S. ‘citizen diplomats’ traveling across Russia to investigate how fifteen far-out cities in ten regions are faring.
Gorbachev’s decades-long private interpreter, Pavel Palazhchenko, was present to assure that the interpretation was accurate. The two-hour visit was trimmed down to two 30-minute segments.
President Gorbachev felt it very important to get his message out to the American public, as you will learn from his own words. He was in the hospital the previous day, met with us, then returned for additional treatment the following day. Although his physical self is challenged, Gorbachev’s spirit took on the energy of his younger years to get his message across. He wants his words to go to as many Americans as possible!
Please forward these YouTube videos to your friends, colleagues, elected officials, educators, neighbors, families … any and all with whom you are in email contact. His message is apolitical. He speaks for the benefit of us all.
Sharon Tennison
Center for Citizen Initiatives
FYI: If you would like to send a message to President Gorbachev, send it to me at sharon@ccisf.org. Your comments will go directly to him and Pavel.
YouTubes of CCI’s meeting with President Mikhail Gorbachev