«Είμαστε περήφανα μέλη μιας αμερικανικής κοινότητας με ισχυρή και διακριτή πολιτιστική κληρονομιά δημοκρατίας. Πιστεύουμε ότι η συλλογική μας φωνή έχει σημασία για να διατηρήσει και να προάγει τα ιδανικά που δυναμώνουν την κοινότητά μας και τη χώρα μας. Γι’ αυτό στηρίζουμε την Κάμαλα Χάρις για Πρόεδρο των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών.
Στο μεγάλο μας έθνος των μεταναστών, οι ιστορίες των οικογενειών μας και η ελληνική κληρονομιά ενσαρκώνουν το Αμερικανικό Όνειρο. Αυτόν τον Νοέμβριο, το αν η Αμερική θα παραμείνει «μια φωτεινή πόλη στην κορυφή του λόφου» θα κριθεί στην κάλπη. Οι αξίες της φιλοξενίας, της τιμής (φιλότιμο), της ελευθερίας και της δημοκρατίας, που αποτελούν την ουσία της ελληνοαμερικανικής ταυτότητας, αντικατοπτρίζονται στη ζωή και στην καριέρα της αντιπροέδρου Χάρις, κάνοντας αυτές τις εκλογές να αφορούν όχι μόνο την πολιτική, αλλά και τη διατήρηση των ιδανικών που ενδυναμώνουν την κοινότητά μας και τη χώρα μας.
Στεκόμαστε στο πλευρό της αντιπροέδρου Χάρις στον αγώνα της για ενίσχυση της ασφάλειας των συνόρων και για μια ολοκληρωμένη μεταρρύθμιση της μεταναστευτικής πολιτικής η οποία να είναι δίκαιη, αποτελεσματική, και φιλάνθρωπη. Η δέσμευσή της για τη διατήρηση μιας ισχυρής συμμαχίας του NATO διασφαλίζει την παγκόσμια σταθερότητα και την ασφάλεια της Αμερικής, της Ελλάδας και του κόσμου. Οι τολμηρές πρωτοβουλίες της για την κλιματική αλλαγή θα προστατεύσουν τον πλανήτη μας, διατηρώντας την πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, τη φυσική ομορφιά και την οικονομική σταθερότητα της Αμερικής και της Ελλάδας.
Πάνω απ’ όλα, γνωρίζουμε ότι η αντιπρόεδρος Χάρις και ο κυβερνήτης Γουόλς είναι αφοσιωμένοι στην υπεράσπιση της δημοκρατίας και των θεμελιωδών αρετών της -της ελευθερίας, της εντιμότητας, της αξιοπρέπειας, της συμπόνιας, της συναίνεσης και της συνεργασίας- που αποτελούν θεμέλιο της εθνικής και οικονομικής μας ισχύος και σταθερότητας».
Tη δήλωση υπογράφουν oι εξής:
Art Agnos, Former Mayor of San Francisco
Maria Allwin, Philanthropist
Philip Angelides, Former California State Treasurer and President, Riverview Capital Investments
Kary Antholis, Producer, Publisher and Writer
Edward M. Augustus, Jr., Former Member of the Massachusetts State Senate
John Avlon, Author and Democratic Nominee for New York’s First Congressional District
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Former President of American University, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Susan Bysiewicz, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Mary Cardaras, Founder and Director, The Demos Center, The American College of Greece
Maria Collett, Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
Cat Cora, Culinary Hall of Famer, First Female Iron Chef, Life Achievement Award from President Barack Obama
James Costos, Former US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and the Principality of Andorra
Stavros Drakos, Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
James Demetriades, Mayor of Cromwell, Connecticut
Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Μassachusetts
Elizabeth C. Economy, Political Scientist
Theane Evangelis, Partner, Gibson Dunn
James Filippatos, Attorney
Eleni N. Gage, Author and Journalist
Nicholas Gage, Author and Film Producer
Michael Gianaris, Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate
Alexi Giannoulias, Secretary of State of Illinois
Jim Gianopulos, Former Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures
Andrew Gounardes, Member of the New York State Senate
Tom Hanks, Actor, Writer and Producer
Pavlina Hatoupis, Film Producer
William Kanteres, President, Kanteres Real Estate
Emanuel Kiriakou, Music Producer and Songwriter
Nick G. Kolovos, Attorney
Christine Kondoleon, Curator and Author
Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of California
Stamatios Krimigis, Emeritus Head, Space Department, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and Principal Investigator, NASA Voyager Spacecrafts
Paul Robert Lingas, Writer, Producer and Director
Steven R. Malagari, Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
Dennis Mehiel, Founder and Managing Member of Four M Investments
Aliki Milioti, Professor of Architecture
Nicholas Mitropoulos, Former Executive Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
N J Nicholas Jr, Former Co-Chief Executive, Time Warner Inc.
Harold Pachios, Partner, Preti Flaherty
Nick Paindiris, Managing Partner, Brown Paindiris & Scott
Nick Paleologos, Executive Director, Berkshire Theatre Group
Costas Panagopoulos, Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, Northeastern University
Ippokratis Pandis, Distinguished Engineer
Yannis Papakonstantinou, Distinguished Engineer
Chris Takis Papaleonardos, Senior Lecturer, Sociology
Aristotle Papanikolaou, Professor of Theology, Archbishop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture, and Co-founding Director, Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University
Elaine Papoulias, Academician
Christopher Pappas, Member of Congress (NH-01)
Alexander Payne, Film Director
Stella G. Pekarsky, Member of the Virginia State Senate
George Pelecanos, Author and Television Producer
Peter Poulos, President, Poulos Brothers, Inc.
Leonidas Raptakis, Member of the Rhode Island State Senate
Emanuel L. Rouvelas, Attorney
Marilyn Rouvelas, Author
John Sarbanes, Member of Congress (MD-03)
Nancy Agris Savage, Journalist, Former Editor of The Hellenic Chronicle and Former Senior Staff, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Nicholas Savas, Executive Director, Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus
Thaleia Tsongas Schlesinger, President, Schlesinger & Associates
Basil Simon, Attorney
Zachary Space, Former Member of Congress
John Stamos, Actor and Musician
Athan Stephanopoulos, President of NowThis and Former Chief Digital Officer of CNN
Aliki Theofilopoulos, Director and Executive Producer
Anne Thomopoulos, Executive Producer and Former SVP, HBO Original Programming
Anthony Thomopoulos, Former President of ABC Broadcast Group and Former Chairman of United Artists Pictures
Dina Titus, Member of Congress (NV-01)
Angelo Tsakopoulos, Founder and Chairman, AKT Development Inc.
Niki Tsongas, Former Member of Congress
George Tsougarakis, Attorney
Nia Vardalos, Actress, Writer and Producer
Haralambos “Bobby V” Vasilopulos, Olympic Broadcaster and Journalist
Andrew Veniopoulos, Executive Director, St. Nicholas National Shrine
Rita Wilson, Actress, Singer and Producer
Thomas Zacharopoulos, Insurance and Risk Management Executive
Endy Zemenides, Activist
Nicholas T. Zervas, MD, Higgins Professor of Neurosurgery, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School and Former Chief of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
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