Eugenics victims move closer to getting compensation – News & Observer

With Rep. Earline Parmon by his side, Rep. Larry Womble wipes away tears as he tells his fellow legislators to do what’s right and approve funding for the Eugenics Compensation Program during a House committee meeting on Tuesday, May 22, 2012.  (More)

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Who Is Charmaine Fuller Cooper? – IndyWeek.Com

When Charmaine Fuller Cooper opens the files on her desk, the words she finds inside sear like a slap across the face. Promiscuous. Unattractive. Imbecile. She imagines how the people whose names are printed on these medical records would feel if they read what others thought of them.

For decades, doctors, teachers and social workers in North Carolina used the derogatory descriptors as justifications to strip the victims of their ability to have children, with the ultimate goal of ridding the human race of the undesirable. By the time the state’s eugenics program ended in 1974, an estimated 7,600 women and men had been forcibly sterilized. (More)

Response: I met Charmaine Fuller Cooper via my newsletter years ago. We communicated through emails and then we eventually met. I helped to co-sponsor a meeting here in Edgecombe several years ago when she worked with the Racial Justice Act. She is very professional and I am very proud of her. C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

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The C.O.W.S. w/ Eugenics In North Carolina Tune In At 8:01 PM Tonight

The C.O.W.S. w/ Eugenics In North Carolina

1/02/2012 – 8:01 PM EST

"Why didn’t they just sew me up, just sew me up, period? I felt like I didn’t have a sex …. I wasn’t a male and I wasn’t a female. Just asexual. I didn’t have a sex, because if I was a woman I could have children," she said. "I hide. I hid. I think I’m sort of still hiding, but there’s nothing I can do.

NC eugenics task force calls for victim payments – Source: WRAL

RALEIGH, N.C. — The state task force investigating the forced sterilization of about 7,600 people recommended Monday that North Carolina pay victims for their pain.

The Eugenics Task Force gave its draft report to Gov. Beverly Perdue, but members emphasized that changes could be made before the final report is issued next February. (Read more)

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N.C. Eugenics Task Force submits Preliminary Report to Governor

N.C. Eugenics Task Force submits Preliminary Report to Governor

RALEIGH – The Governor’s Eugenics Compensation Task Force today submitted its preliminary report to Gov. Bev Perdue. The report examines possible methods or forms of compensation to those persons forcibly sterilized by the state’s former Eugenics Board program and a review of past recommendations. The Governor established the Task Force last March through Executive Order 83. The Preliminary Report is available at http://www.sterilizationvictims.nc.gov/documents/Preliminary_Report.pdf.

The Preliminary Report offers four preliminary recommendations for the state to consider:

· Lump sum financial damages for living victims of the N.C. Eugenics Board program;

· Mental health services for living victims;

· Funding for traveling N.C. Eugenics exhibit; and

· Continuation and Expansion Funding for the N.C. Justice for Sterilization Victims Foundation.

The Task Force acknowledged in a letter to the Governor “that the state of North Carolina must move beyond just an apology.” Task Force added, “We recognize that no amount of money can replace or give value to what has been done to nearly 7,600 people, and the Task Force will explore the preliminary recommendations in greater detail while also examining others.”

The Preliminary Report is not final and subject to change. Final recommendations are due to the Governor on Feb. 1, 2012.

If you or someone you know may have been impacted by the program and would like to verify your status and access your patient files, call the Foundation’s toll-free hotline at 1-877-550-6013 or visit the Foundation’s website at www.sterilizationvictims.nc.gov to download a verification request form. Foundation staff is available to assist callers from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

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Jill Warren Lucas

Communications Director

NC Department of Administration

ph. 919-807-2496

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Public Listening Session for Eugenics Victims

Hi Friends, Can you pass the word about the public ‘Listening Session’ for Victims of Eugenics on June 22nd?

Please consider sharing the message below via your social media outlets. We need to get this information in front of as many eyes as possible. Feel free to post widely on blogs, social networking site, websites, etc.

Eugenics Task Force encourages sterilization victims to speak at June 22 Listening Session: http://bit.ly/l0e9sS

Also, if you have suggestions or would like to discuss partnerships to maximize outreach, please email or call me. I am also happy to come share information about current efforts.

Charmaine S. Fuller Cooper, MPA – Executive Director

NC Justice for Sterilization Victims Foundation

A Division of the NC Department of Administration

1330 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1330

Office: (919) 807-4270

Clearinghouse Information Hotline: 1-877-550-6013

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