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Studs Terkel discusses the creation of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Initiatives with founder Sharon Tennison

BROADCAST: Jun. 17, 1988 | DURATION: 00:28:58

Synopsis

Sharon Tennison was concerned with U.S. and U.S.S.R. relations in the early 1980's when there was a nuclear threat and decided to form a group of ordinary citizens to travel to Moscow and immerse themselves in the culture. They got firsthand accounts and dispelled decades old myths. They not only formed the Center for U.S.-U.S.S.R. Initiatives but created branches of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Soviet Union as well as teacher and young adult exchanges. The ordinary citizen has created participatory democracy and began a dialogue and exchange with a former enemy.

Details

Broadcast Date
Jun. 17, 1988

Digital Format
WAV

Duration
28 minutes, 58 seconds

Language
English

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Topics

Cold War Travel & Culture - Russia

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Alcoholics Anonymous Center for U.S.-U.S.S.R. Initiatives Gorbachev, Mikhail Reagan, Ronald Tennison, Sharon Nuclear War

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