Stone Soup - New Press Release

The Stone Soup Leadership Institute
carries on the legacy of
Eleanor Roosevelt

• 1996: Lucy Durr Hackney introduces Marianne Larned to Trude Lash at her summer home in Menemsha, Martha's Vineyard where Mrs. Lash shares her personal story and journey of working with Eleanor Roosevelt.

• 1996: Marianne Larned found the "magic stone" that inspired Stone Soup for the World, on the same beach where Mrs. Roosevelt once walked with her friends Joe and Trude Lash (Windy Gates, Martha's Vineyard).

• 1997: Stone Soup Foundation (Leadership Institute) is founded. Trude Lash serves on International Council and explores ways the Institute can carry on Mrs. Roosevelt's legacy.

• 1998: Stone Soup for the World is first published and features She Kept Her Promises -- Eleanor Roosevelt's story with Trude Lash.

• 1998: Trude Lash introduces Ms. Larned to Anna Roosevelt, who is then working with Chicago Mayor Daley. They explore ways the Institute can carry on Mrs. Roosevelt's legacy.

• 1998: Michael Roosevelt reads Mrs. Roosevelt's story from Stone Soup for the World at event in San Francisco.

• 1999: Stone Soup for the World's educational curriculum features Eleanor Roosevelt, encourages students to read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, visit www.udhr.org and help carry on Mrs. Roosevelt's legacy.

• 2000: Eleanor Roosevelt is featured on Stone Soup for the World educational video, called,
In Celebration of Heroes, narrated by Walter Cronkite: www.soup4world.com/video/videohom

• 2000: Stone Soup Leadership Institute's 1st Eleanor Roosevelt Award is presented by Trude Lash to 17 year-old Jainaba Burton Sundman at Celebration of Heroes on Martha's Vineyard. (see 7/21/2000 Vineyard Gazette)

• 2002: Stone Soup for the World: Life-Changing Stories of Everyday Heroes is re-published with introduction from Walter Cronkite, simultaneously in English and Spanish.

• 2002: The Institute's 1st Global Eleanor Roosevelt Award is presented by David Woolner to Marietta Goco at the Global Heroes Awards with Walter Cronkite in New York City.

• 2002: We convened a meeting with Trude Lash and Marietta Goco to develop a better understanding for the early developments of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

• 2002: Original art commissioned by the Stone Soup Leadership Institute features Eleanor Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi, Cesar Chavez and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• 2003: The Institute conducted a 3-month fact-finding mission in partnership with the Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt Institute in the Philippines.