Word: schneider
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Panel members Fabio Feldmann, a member of Brazil's Congress, Claudine Schneider, former member of Congress from Rhode Island and Maurice Strong, secretary-general for the 1992 U.N. Conference on Environmentalism and Development, spoke and answered questions about the future of the environment for more than one hour...
...Where I've seen it work, for instance in Chicago, it's been extremely empowering," Schneider said. "The tenants learn management skills. They learn how to make a budget. They develop an entrepreneurial sense that they may not have had the chance to develop before...
...Schneider says that, even though these programs are not new per se, the articulation of a New Paradigm has sparked a newly-revived interest in existing programs...
...What we need to do may be exactly what the Bush administration is doing--repackage these programs and go out and sell them," Schneider said...
...think it's a value assessment whose time has come," says Schneider. "Our goal as a government ought to be to empower every individual, particularly the poor, who may need extra help...