The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt communicated by word and deed a vision of a just and compassionate society. The mission of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (FERI) is to inform new generations of the ideals and achievements of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and to inspire the application of their spirit of optimism and innovation to the solution of current problems.
FERI believes that the Four Freedoms are essential to a flourishing democracy and creates programs to encourage these freedoms at home and abroad. Each year FERI presents Four Freedoms Medals to individuals and organizations who have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to these fundamental values. FERI also champions the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and in 1995 joined the World Committee on Disability to establish the Franklin D. Roosevelt International Disability Award to help fulfill the United Nations World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons. FERI founded and supports the Roosevelt Study Center in the Netherlands, and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation for United States Studies at Moscow State University. Working in partnership with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, FERI commemorates the significant events of the Roosevelt years and works with educators to improve the teaching of this pivotal period in American history. FERI provides fellowships, grants-in-aid and internship programs, and assists in acquiring objects for the Presidential Library, the Roosevelt Home, and Val Kill. In 1999 FERI launched an ambitious fundraising effort called “Remembering Greatness: A Campaign for the Roosevelt Legacy.” The campaign seeks funding to renovate the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and build the Henry A. Wallace Visitor, Education, and Conference Center.
President:
Christopher Breiseth
Phone: (845) 486-1150
E-mail:
info@feri.org
Web Site:
www.feri.org
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FERI Co-Chair Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
hosts a picnic for the March of Dimes Youth Leadership
meeting at Top Cottage. August 2001. Photo credit: March of Dimes.
1999 Four Freedoms Laureates
(L-R): John Lewis, Edward M. Kennedy, and Robert O. Muller
(seated). Standing in rear: Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Photo credit:
Chris Ramirez.