Martha Ackerman
Martha Ackerman...
IVI-IPO
In 1981 Martha Ackerman was on the Board of Directors of Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization[1].
Salute to Harold Washington
On April 6, 1983, the Hyde Park Herald published an endorsement from the Hyde Park/Kenwood Citizens Committee of Democratic Party Chicago mayoral candidate Harold Washington. Signatories to the endorsement included Martha Ackerman and Sam Ackerman.[2]
Supporting Obama
During Barack Obama's 1995 illinois state senate run, Alice Palmer asked several people to hold fund-raising coffees for Obama. At her suggestion, Sam Ackerman and Martha Ackerman, who were leaders of Independent Voters of Illinois, hosted a coffee at their home. The Ackerman's insisted on a meeting with Obama before backing him, and their support was important enough for him to spend an hour with them in their dining room, submitting to an interview[3]. Their reaction to him was a common one. “I don’t think he said he wanted to run for President, but he indicated that he was into public service for the long haul,” said Martha Ackerman. “I remember very clearly I said to Sam, ‘If this guy is for real, he could be the first African-American President of the United States.’ ”
References
- ↑ IVI-IPO Letterhead July 23 1981
- ↑ Hyde Park Herald April 6, 1983, page 8
- ↑ http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/080721fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all