tunities to help parents provide
for children are priorities, but she
also holds better access to edu-
cation at the top of her agenda.
She feels President Clinton is
someone she can support in that
area. "Our children are our fu-
ture," said Mrs. Owen. "I think
that's what President Clinton fo-
cuses on."
Mrs. Owen returned from the
convention to ride the train with
the president for a day. When she
had an opportunity to talk to
President Clinton, they discussed
the success of the whistle stop
tour. "We talked about how well
the events were going, especial-
ly with the kids in [Wyandotte]
Michigan. It's so clear how im-
portant children are to him."
In Chicago, Michigan dele-
gates met every morning to dis-
cuss upcoming activities and hear
from Clinton supporters such as
George Stephanopolous and Sen-
ator Chris Dodd of Connecticut.
A Jewish hospitality suite was
set up to provide campaign liter-
ature and resource guides, as
well as a space for daily prayers.
Sara Ehrman, senior political
advisor for the Democratic Na-
tional Committee, believed this
was the first hospitality suite for
Jewish delegates.
Deborah Mohile, director of
Jewish outreach for the Clin-
ton/Gore '96 campaign, said or-
ganizers are aware of the power
of the Jewish vote. Jewish voters
are second only behind African-
Americans in terms of party loy-
alty, she said.
Campaign coordinators are
giving a lot of support to the Jew-
ish Leadership Council, a na-
tional network of activists
working to re-elect the president.
The council will be trying to max-
imize Jewish voter registration
and turnout through grassroots
groups.
Activities for Jewish delegates
at the convention included re-
ceptions with the National Jew-
ish Democratic Council, the
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee (AIPAC) and mem-
bers of the Chicago Jewish com-
munity. They also attended
luncheons addressed by Secre-
tary of Commerce Mickey Kan-
tor, Senator Frank Lautenberg
of New Jersey and New York As-
sembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.
Delegate Barry Lepler found
the convention an exhilarating,
emotional event that "revs you
up to go back and work hard for
the president and other Democ-
rats."
And will he be bringing back
any special stories for his class in
American politics?
"I got a chance to go into the
Chicago Bulls' dressing room and
took a picture holding Michael
Jordan's jersey and Scotty Pip-
pin's shoes, which were incredi-
bly large," said Mr. Lepler. "I
think my students will get a kick
out of that." CI

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