Helen Engelhardt
Helen Engelhardt is an activist,[1] author, poet, storyteller and independent audio artist;[2]
Activities
She has been active in peace, justice and environmental causes for over thirty years. She is a supporter of gay marriage and donated $500 in 2008 to help defeat
Proposition 8 in California, a gay marriage ban.[3] She is involved with A Better Choice For New York and was a signatory of a 2010 open letter to Governor David Paterson and members of the New York State Legislature in which she supports a 1–3% tax increase for the wealthy in New York state to help avoid cuts in state services.[4]
Engelhardt is the widow of Tony Hawkins, one of the 259 victims aboard
Charles E. Schumer urged a federal probe of any BP role in the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.[1]
As an educator and writer, she is involved in building better relationships between peoples of different backgrounds in
Key West, Florida in 1998.[9]
Published works
- Mothers And Sons – a double portrait of the German sculptor Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), who created "The Grieving Parents," a memorial to her son who died in World War I, and the contemporary German-American sculptor Suse Lowenstein, who created a work to honor her son, a victim in the 1988 Lockerbie disaster. Written by Marjorie Van Halteren & Helen Engelhardt – Produced in 2008 by Entre Deux Amies[10]
- "Chicken soup for the soul": stories for a better world – The Last Day of My Life – Short Story.[11]
- The Longest Night – A Personal History of Pan Am 103 – Audiobook of the Memoirs of Helen Engelhardt – Midsummer Sound Company.[2]
- Incident at Altitude – Poem. [11] Archived 31 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine[12]
References
- ^ a b Moriarty, Rick, and Mark Weiner. "Wounded families suffer new pangs of injustice; want probe of BP role in Lockerbie bomber release." The Post-Standard, 20 July 2010. Web. 23 July 2010. [1]
- ^ a b "The Longest Night." Midsummer Sound Company. Midsummer Sound Company, n.d. Web. 23 July 2010. [2] Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Helen R. Engelhardt, N/A – Proposition 8 Campaign Contributions – Los Angeles Times." Databases, Lists, Maps, Rankings – Data Desk – Los Angeles Times. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 July 2010. [3].
- ^ "Sharing in the Solution – An Open Letter from Upper-Income New Yorkers to the Governor and the New York State Legislature." A Better Choice For New York. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 July 2010. [4] Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Full coverage of Fhima´s homecoming Lockerbie Pan Am 103." Plane Truth. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 July 2010. [5].
- ^ Hawkins, Helen Engelhardt. "Widow of Pan Am Flight 103, Helen Engelhardt Hawkins, is outraged as Moammar Khadafy makes UN speech – NYPOST.com." New York Post. N.p., 29 September 2009. Web. 23 July 2010. [6][permanent dead link]
- ^ "Helen Engelhardt | Directory of Writers | Poets & Writers." Poets & Writers. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 July 2010. [7].
- ^ "The Dialogue Project Board of Directors." The Dialogue Project dot Org. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 July 2010. [8] Archived 7 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ ""Speakeasy Stories." Speakeasy Stories. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 July 2010". Archived from the original on 14 February 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ^ Lowenstein, Suse. "Mothers and Sons." Midsummer Sound Company. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 July 2010. [9][permanent dead link].
- ^ Canfield, Jack, Candice Carter, Mark Victor Hansen, Susanna Palomares, Linda Williams, and Bradley Winch. Chicken Soup Stories for a Better World (Chicken Soup for the Soul). Deerfield Beach, FL: HCI, 2005. Print.
- ^ Engelhardt, Helen. "Incident at Altitude – 12/21/88 by Helen Engelhardt." Victims of Pan Am Flight 103. N.p., 21 December 1988. Web. 23 July 2010. [10] Archived 31 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine.