Elaine Schuster
Encyclopedia
Elaine Schuster is a philanthropist
, American diplomat
, civic leader, and Democratic Party
activist.
appointed Mrs. Schuster to serve as a Public Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly
. Schuster focuses her work for the U.N.
in the area of human trafficking
.
. Through the institute’s collaborations with news outlets such as the Washington Post, National Public Radio and Foreign Affairs Magazine, the Schuster Institute seeks to raise public awareness on key issues such as gender inequality
, wrongful convictions in the criminal justice system and other injustice
s. On June 16, 2010 from 1:15-2:45 p.m. at the United Nations General Assembly Hall, the Schuster Institute will co-sponsor a panel, “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Role of the Media in Exposing Human Trafficking,” with the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC).
Along with her husband, Mrs. Schuster founded a community-based network center, called PEACE (Partnerships in Education and Community Enrichment). The PEACE Program provides mentoring
, tutoring, and life skills
training for inner-city children and their families through the use of computer technology. PEACE centers are located in Boston, Massachusetts and Atlanta, Georgia
.
For eight years, Mrs. Schuster was a member of President Clinton’s
Advisory Committee on the Arts.
She has served as a Trustee at Suffolk University
, the Boston Public Library
and the Wang Center for the Performing Arts
, and is a member of the Board of Advocates for the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
at Tufts University
. Schuster has also led the Schuster Family Foundation’s efforts to establish a Transplant Center as well as a Surgical Suite named for them at Brigham and Women's Hospital
.
and has been honored by Franciscan Children’s Hospital, for helping them bring their visibility and model to the national and international stage.
, as National Advisory Board member and the New England Chair for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign and has been a past Chair of the Democratic National Committee
’s Women’s Leadership Forum. The Massachusetts State Democratic Party has honored her for her work on behalf of Democratic values.
and Palm Beach, Florida
. They have four children and nine grandchildren.
http://clatl.com/atlanta/down-on-boulevard-positive-change-might-finally-come-to-atlantas-lawless-street/Content?oid=1280106 and also http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/31/nyregion/owner-of-bronx-tenements-misused-funds-audit-finds.html
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
, American diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
, civic leader, and Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
activist.
Public Service
In 2009, President Barack ObamaBarack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
appointed Mrs. Schuster to serve as a Public Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly
For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly, see:* General Assembly members* General Assembly observersThe United Nations General Assembly is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation...
. Schuster focuses her work for the U.N.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
in the area of human trafficking
Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery...
.
Philanthropy
In 2004, she and her husband, Gerald, founded The Elaine and Gerald Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis UniversityBrandeis University
Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it...
. Through the institute’s collaborations with news outlets such as the Washington Post, National Public Radio and Foreign Affairs Magazine, the Schuster Institute seeks to raise public awareness on key issues such as gender inequality
Gender inequality
Gender inequality refers to disparity between individuals due to gender. Gender is constructed both socially through social interactions as well as biologically through chromosomes, brain structure, and hormonal differences. Gender systems are often dichotomous and hierarchical; binary gender...
, wrongful convictions in the criminal justice system and other injustice
Injustice
Injustice is the lack of or opposition to justice, either in reference to a particular event or act, or as a larger status quo. The term generally refers to misuse, abuse, neglect, or malfeasance that is uncorrected or else sanctioned by a legal system. Misuse and abuse with regard to a particular...
s. On June 16, 2010 from 1:15-2:45 p.m. at the United Nations General Assembly Hall, the Schuster Institute will co-sponsor a panel, “Hidden in Plain Sight: The Role of the Media in Exposing Human Trafficking,” with the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is a United Nations agency that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the United Nations...
(UNODC).
Along with her husband, Mrs. Schuster founded a community-based network center, called PEACE (Partnerships in Education and Community Enrichment). The PEACE Program provides mentoring
Mentoring
Mentorship refers to a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps a less experienced or less knowledgeable person....
, tutoring, and life skills
Life skills
Life skills are problem solving behaviors used appropriately and responsibly in the management of personal affairs. They are a set of human skills acquired via teaching or direct experience that are used to handle problems and questions commonly encountered in daily human life...
training for inner-city children and their families through the use of computer technology. PEACE centers are located in Boston, Massachusetts and Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
.
For eight years, Mrs. Schuster was a member of President Clinton’s
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
Advisory Committee on the Arts.
She has served as a Trustee at Suffolk University
Suffolk University
Suffolk University is a private, non-sectarian, university located in Boston, Massachusetts and with over 16,000 students it is the third largest university in Boston...
, the Boston Public Library
Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library system in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was the first publicly supported municipal library in the United States, the first large library open to the public in the United States, and the first public library to allow people to...
and the Wang Center for the Performing Arts
Wang Center for the Performing Arts
The Citi Performing Arts Center is located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It consists of two theatres, Wang Theatre and Shubert Theatre, both of which are neighbors, on Tremont Street, in Boston's Theatre District...
, and is a member of the Board of Advocates for the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, is a college of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts...
at Tufts University
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
. Schuster has also led the Schuster Family Foundation’s efforts to establish a Transplant Center as well as a Surgical Suite named for them at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. It is directly adjacent to Harvard Medical School of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate with 793 beds...
.
Awards and Honors
Schuster and her husband received the prestigious Heritage Society Award from the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, where she serves on the BWH Trust Board and the Women’s Health Forum. She sits on the corporation of Partners HealthCarePartners HealthCare
Partners HealthCare is a non-profit organization that owns several hospitals in Massachusetts, primarily in the Boston area. Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital founded the organization in 1994...
and has been honored by Franciscan Children’s Hospital, for helping them bring their visibility and model to the national and international stage.
Political Activism
Schuster is active in Democratic politics on both state and national level. She has served as Finance Chair to Senator John KerryJohn Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...
, as National Advisory Board member and the New England Chair for Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign and has been a past Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
The Democratic National Committee is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis. While it is responsible for overseeing the process of writing a platform every four years, the DNC's central focus is on campaign and political activity in support...
’s Women’s Leadership Forum. The Massachusetts State Democratic Party has honored her for her work on behalf of Democratic values.
Personal
Mrs. Schuster is married to Gerald Schuster, the President of Continental Wingate Company Inc. Gerald Schuster is widely regarded to be a slum-lord owning the single largest section 8 housing areas in Atlanta, GA. The two reside in MassachusettsMassachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Beach, Florida
The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth...
. They have four children and nine grandchildren.
http://clatl.com/atlanta/down-on-boulevard-positive-change-might-finally-come-to-atlantas-lawless-street/Content?oid=1280106 and also http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/31/nyregion/owner-of-bronx-tenements-misused-funds-audit-finds.html