Civil Society...East and West

July-August 1994
Volume 2, Number 7

1. Connectivity and Democracy in Russia: a report on the "New Media for a New World Conference," in Moscow sponsored by Ostankino and Seattle's Art Pattison Communications Exchange Program. Includes summary of select conference speaker presentations.

2. The Costs of Connectivity, Then and Now: a comparison of e-mail costs in Russia today with the costs of telephone service in New York City in 1896.

3. CCSI Turns Two, Goes On-line, a report from CCSI executive director, Holt Ruffin.

4. 3 Russian 3rd Sector Projects:
   • Center for Prenatal Education, Blagovest, founded in January 1992 in Moscow, provides public education through the media, sponsors education programs for women, and trains medical personnel in modern delivery techniques.

   • International Women's Center, established in 1988, provides social, medical, and humanitarian aid, plus assistance in professional training and employment to women and children refugees.

   • Kuzbass Center for Invalids and Veterans Rehabilitation, founded in 1994 in Novokuznetsk, provides social and medical rehabilitation and vocational training for the disabled and elderly.

5. Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy, a new book which explores the relationship between the "vibrancy of associational life" and the strength and responsiveness of political and economic institutions.
   

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