Ronni Moffitt

Ronni Moffitt

Ronni Karpen Moffitt (1951 – September 21 1976), was an American political activist of Jewish heritage.

She was born in New Jersey [ Democracy Now! Thirty Years After the Assassination of Chilean Diplomat Orlando Letelier, His Son Francisco is Still Seeking Justice ( [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/21/1538247 http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/21/1538247] )] . Raised among a politically active family [ "30 Years: Families Struggle for Justice" ( [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5256499881628727613 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5256499881628727613] )] , she attended the University of Maryland, where she became a more involved activist, participating in protests. After her time in university, she became a counselor for underprivileged children and then a teacher in a public school in Maryland. Following this, she began working at Institute for Policy Studies in Washington as a fundraiser. She helped create the "Music Carry-Out", teaching music and making musical instruments that were made available to the underprivileged [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20040918060447/http://www.ips-dc.org/lm-awards/2001/michaelKarpen.htm http://www.ips-dc.org/lm-awards/2001/michaelKarpen.htm] ] [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20070216041401/http://www.ips-dc.org/lm-awards/2006/ http://www.ips-dc.org/lm-awards/2006/] ] .

On 21st September, 1976, Moffitt and her husband were traveling with Orlando Letelier, who served as foreign minister under Salvador Allende, to the Institute of Policy Studies, when a bomb was ignited under Letelier's car. Letelier and Moffitt were both killed. Her husband Michael survived and is still alive today.

She was also survived by Murray Karpen (her father), Hilda Karpen (her mother), and Michael Karpen (her brother). Her death is commemorated with a small plaque in Sheridan Circle in Washington D.C.

References

Further reading

* Letelier case


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