Folks,
	I quit work for AT&T to devote 2018 to efforts for Family Rights.  Got a notice I’ll be eligible for Social Security – I turn 62 in October.  I realized I had some unfinished business before I could just relax.  I really need your help and/or advice on how to proceed.  My cell # is at the end of this message.

        Many know the years I spent demonstrating for Family Rights.  I learned a lot after 48 arrests and over 200 days locked up – jail stinks!  (http://www.AKidsRight.Org/arrests_jail.htm)  But I saw the effectiveness of peaceful self-sacrifice in changing how people think.  We need public notice and I wanted more people to join the effort – I wasn’t very good at finding them.

	With your help things will go better in 2018.   All we need to make a large media impact is a mother and father to join me.  I plan on starting with Mother’s Day in May, but there is a lot of preparation to be done on social media.  My calendar is clear for the entire year, no trips planned.   Senator Charles Schumer represents New York, the Senate Minority Leader. He is quite concerned with Civil Rights (along with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand).

          Easy to say ‘forget about it, you can’t fight City Hall’ – but I still hear from parents who are suffering through unjust loss of contact with their kids. It shatters both their lives. I recall dark moments when I felt I was sitting in an out of control car, at night, no lights, and speeding down the road at 100 mph – knowing that somewhere up ahead was a brick wall and it was waiting….

	With a lot of Faith, help from family/friends, a sense of humor, and a bit of luck, I managed to miss the wall.  But I know loving parents that didn’t – Humpty-Dumpty never got put back together….   

	It’s good to start with fundamentals.  This may sound surprising, but I can’t get  ‘political’ support for this basic concept → “When a child is born, both biological parents have a right to know.”   I’ve  visited with local staff in Syracuse:  Senator Gillibrand’s aid thought I had a point and something to consider.   Senator Schumer’s aid felt it was the mother’s decision to let a father know he had a child.   Fascinating.

	Peaceful demonstration of self-sacrifice, how?  Pretty simple and maybe something that will catch on.   I’ll take kids sidewalk chalk (and hopefully in the company of others), write messages to the US Senators asking for help.  One day/week after week after week while I’m still free.  Hopefully it will inspire others to consider the issue.
     
        Best regards!
        John Murtari (john@murtari.org)

cell: 315-430-2702 (best time to call 8 AM – 5 PM, PLEASE leave a message.  I won’t pick up on an unidentified number – trying to avoid all the junk calls… I'll save you as a contact and call you back.)
More about me: http://www.softwareworkshop.com/john.murtari/resume_business.pdf

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