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<h3><strong>Quiet Heroes and Innovators (D-4)</strong></h3>
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<p><em><strong>"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."</strong></em></p>
<p>- Christopher Reeve (1952-2004) well known actor (Superman)<br /> <br />Although many public servants work in environments that challenge even the most optimistic, creative, and industrious personalities, they are most often highly motivated by a calling to contribute to improving the lives of their fellow citizens and by a compelling desire to address social problems. While some individuals, drawn to public service become promoted to positions of great responsibility such as the United States President and Supreme Court Justices, many, many more serve in relative anonymity. Some of these are quiet heroes and innovators who deserve to be recognized for their service to the public.</p>
In this collection we celebrate quiet heroes and innovators, some of whom have been memorialized with national monuments as in the case of Mary McLeod Bethune, an educator and activist who made significant contributions to the rights of African Americans, and was recognized with national awards for public service. The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) along with the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) established the National Public Service Award to honor individual public servants who are deemed as formidable examples of public service based on their careers and accomplishment. Winners of this award are celebrated for their willingness to take risks to achieve change, for making a profound difference to improve public service, for achieving savings in government operations, developing a cadre of government leaders, and for contributing to the communities in which they live. Indeed, many of these can be regarded as quiet heroes and innovators in the public sector.
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Lisa J. Messersmith, Ph.D. - U.S. Public Health Researcher
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<h4><a href="https://vmps.omeka.net/exhibits/show/quiet-heroes-innovators/quiet-heroes-innovators">Return to Quiet Heroes and Innovators</a></h4>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">An American public health researcher helped shape AIDS law in Vietnam: Lisa J. Messersmith, Ph.D.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">Messersmith moved to Vietnam in 1998 to serve as the sexuality and reproductive health program officer for the Ford Foundation’s Office for Vietnam and Thailand. Among her first initiatives was a "condom café" in Ho Chi Minh City that provided young people with condoms and sexual health information. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">The movement shaped by Messersmith and her Vietnamese and international colleagues led to the eventual enactment of a national AIDS law, which became effective in 2007, the same year she left a post at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government to join the Center for Global Health & Development. The legislation legalizes needle exchange programs, protects people with HIV/AIDS from being forced to disclose their medical status, and criminalizes the denial of education, employment, and health care. “That law is a real progressive piece of legislation for any country,” Messersmith says. In fact, she says, the United States today could learn a lot from the changes made in Vietnam, where between 2002 and 2006 HIV rates among intravenous drug users dropped from 30 percent to 23.6 percent.</span></p>
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Source: <a href="http://www.hamilton.edu/news/story/lisa-j-messersmith-84-shapes-vietnamese-aids-laws">Lisa J. Messersmith. Hamilton College</a>, New York. Retrieved October 12, 2012
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Lisa J. Messersmith, Public Health, Health, Vietnam, AIDS, AIDS Prevention
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Boston University
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2011
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Link: <a href="http://www.bu.edu/bostonia/summer11/messersmith/messersmith.pdf">Bostonia</a>
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Boston University
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Boston University
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English
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Vietnam
AIDS
AIDS Prevention
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Lisa J. Messersmith
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Vietnam