Jurate Kazickas
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Jurate was born in Lithuania and came to America in 1947. A graduate of Trinity College in Washington, D.C. she is a former newspaper reporter. Kazickas has covered the war in Vietnam as a freelancer and the Middle East, and the Carter White House for the Associated Press. She is also the co-author of books on women's history, including Susan B. Anthony Slept Here and War Torn : Stories of war from the women reporters who covered Vietnam. She has been active in refugee relief work, traveling to Bosnia, Rwanda and Afghanistan and sits on several non-profit boards, including the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute. She is the president of the Kazickas Family Foundation with offices in Vilnius and New York and serves on the board of trustees of Altman/Kazickas Fundation in New York where she lives with her husband, Roger Altman and their three children.
Picture courtesy of Z. Ramasauskiene
Please explore these websites to learn more about Jurate:
Editor of "Odyssey of Hope"
Recipient of 2010 IRC Freedom Award
Balzekas Museum Excellence Award 2012
An Interview with Jurate Kazickas by VFA (Veteran Feminists of America, Inc) - September, 2018
In Today’s Refugees I Am Finding My Mother’s Memories by Jurate Kazickas - We News, February 2, 2016
Myanmar Female Muslim Refugees Run Out of Hope by Jurate Kazickas - We News, December 17, 2013
Back on Top of Kilimanjaro, 46 Years Later by Jurate Kazickas - We News, August 18, 2011
"Cilty of Joy" Celebrates Survival, Love and Funding by Jurate Kazickas - We News, February 12, 2011
"Life at 29,000 Feet" by Jurate Kazickas - The Michigan Daily, October 13, 1976
"Climbers Get First View of Awesome Everest" by Jurate Kazickas - Bluefield Daily Telegraph, September 1, 1976
"Women Climb Highest Mountain" by Jurate Kazickas - The Daily Tribune, August 15, 1976
Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship: Roger Altman and Jurate Kazickas