Dear Rule of Law Friend,
As we celebrate the new
year with resolutions for personal growth and health, we at ABA ROLI are
mindful of global health challenges like the prevalence of lead-based paint
around the world and the difference that law and lawyers can make. Though we
know the health risks of lead paint, two-thirds of countries lack laws
regulating its use. With your support, ABA ROLI aims to tackle this problem
in 2018.
As detailed in this recent piece by ABA ROLI Director of Global Environmental
Programming Jay Monteverde, the science is clear: lead exposure causes
severe health and developmental harm, and lead-based paint is the primary
pathway to exposure. That’s why the ABA House of Delegates adopted a resolution in August 2017, calling on the legal
profession to join in the global effort to ban lead paint, and ABA ROLI has
launched a campaign to promote a lead paint regulatory and legal framework
for developing countries. Jay started this work recently in Jamaica and
the wider Caribbean, and, building on ABA ROLI's worldwide network, we
are looking to take the effort global in early 2018.
This is but one of many
exciting new initiatives we have to bring the rule of law home to people
around the world in 2018. Unfortunately, commitment to advance the rule of
law is waning among ABA ROLI's traditional donors, and this is why your help
is so critical this year. Your tax-deductible contribution of $50, $100, or $200
will help ABA ROLI work toward a lead-free future and many other rule of law
goals.
Thank you and Happy New
Year,
Elizabeth Andersen
Director, ABA Rule of Law Initiative |
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