Refusenik Adoptions, undated, 1988

This series includes correspondence, meeting notices and minutes, registration information, planning notes, and budget material relating to the planning, implementation and follow-through for the group’s annual Washington Lobby. Sourcebooks issued for the International Student Solidarity Days and the Washington Lobby have a wealth of information, including historical backgrounds, letters to Soviet Jews, and a lobbying guide. Names and colleges of the numerous student lobbyists are also in this series.

Also included in this series are the many congressional monitoring reports from each state's senators and representatives. These are notes on meetings with congressional aides as well as supporting documentation (correspondence, publications) highlighting what actions senators and representatives have taken on behalf of Soviet Refuseniks. Some of the more active congressional leaders included Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Senator Peter Wilson (R-CA), Representative Sam Gejdenson (D-CT), Representative Nancy Johnson (R-CT), among many others, who wrote "Dear Colleague letters" to fellow congressional members and government officials in the USSR, signed legislation, adopted Refuseniks, and visited the USSR.