Subject: A Sad Farewell to Rich Ferlauto, and the Fight for Retirement Security Goes On
From: "Tom Croft" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 10:01:58 -0400 (EDT)

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May 11, 2017
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A Sad Farewell to Rich Ferlauto from Tom Croft

Dear H,
We are extremely saddened this week to hear of the passing of Rich Ferlauto. Rich
most recently co-founded the 50-50 Climate Project, and before that was a staff 
member at the SEC.  He notably launched and led the AFSCME capital stewardship office
for many years.
I've known Rich for over two decades, and though I only saw him infrequently, I 
can say that he was one of the most cheerful, optimistic, vigilant warriors for 
worker justice, good corporate governance and retirement security that I've ever
 met.
Many years ago, I spent three days with Rich (and some other scruffy activists) 
at Blue Mountain Lake, an organizing retreat. Those were the days of Rich's rabble-rousing
at the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), and back then he was leading a charge
to get state pension funds to adopt economically-targeted investment (ETI) programs.
We've included a short memory of Rich from a friend at Responsible Investor [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001HA56Wuos2gAzFa0gsiwyKeNE6OdUP1RBcroIQw8AUXXn-023LN-4auV61RCykgswdcLbMrdMK9As7HRuXRqIA6JciazO7ssj4tSBkMFFlEHPyXHpHgB9-VoJOCjMU5WGIgG9iau4RmovzOfo5TAc595fscfDuao8lFB0Ftm57ISq-Hvyv68SkscKC3j_7afQc--NfeZQlAjIBj-cVI63h7C2q2ywkCTOEo4bxkoRBVbNjrMxDZzEY9gTIbLlxpuKYAw0NVml4SY=&c=SVygj5ZvYdYdIAt7jsVFnSen1HaiGsOKeeV0PgOjARVczxR5qnldYA==&ch=q4a90Bj2INbhh7ptB3-wJA_0L3Jt5IylamKE9Z5b3es1-k7uqNDuuw==]
and his obituary posted in the Washington Post [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001HA56Wuos2gAzFa0gsiwyKeNE6OdUP1RBcroIQw8AUXXn-023LN-4auV61RCykgswRClo31YdNNlDJw_cK8WvE3wsoIrwvFfnrt16grIjZWZfPBRijFI75bxGSDc_UDSW_RxIcUojrhVYCAfPRgcCBDOKreGpR6xAs25i_8rJ0rNJt845gNOGLchoO3vAez9aZ31e1Ayr7bjE7NERfpcDj7YWYWPc8xXhKhzx5OT489jWmvimORS9P24beZ-7YS8rizXzLBwNeoF9d7pYg95LtGXlEHGTGU1sTvVkrQWOM5U=&c=SVygj5ZvYdYdIAt7jsVFnSen1HaiGsOKeeV0PgOjARVczxR5qnldYA==&ch=q4a90Bj2INbhh7ptB3-wJA_0L3Jt5IylamKE9Z5b3es1-k7uqNDuuw==].
 If you want to read more about Rich, simply google his name and the word "outrageous."
You'll find a slew of quotes from Rich, as that was his favorite word in describing
attacks on working families or corporate abuses (as in, "This is completely outrageous!").
Farewell, friend.
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