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John Clark, like many adjunct professors, lost his teaching job because of the pandemic. And, like many unemployed Americans he is currently without medical insurance.
"John has cataracts in both eyes. His left eye is totally occluded, he can tell if a bright light is on or off if is a few feet away. Otherwise nothing. His right eye is sometimes clear enough to read from the computer screen, if he's 5 inches away and only for an hour or so before having headaches and crippling neck strain.
For a researcher, writer, educator and public speaker, it has been devastating.
The price we were quoted by the Central Indiana Vision Center was $2450 per eye for uninsured folks."
From John's wife, Susan Erickson
So, John's friends want to raise $5,000 to pay for surgery on both eyes.
Note: if any funds are raised in excess of the actual cost of surgery, that amount will be donated to the Indianapolis Peace & Justice Center.
John has given much to his students and to several nonprofits, so we hope the great amount he has "paid forward" will be returned in this time of need.
John's Bio
Dr. John Clark is recognized as one of Central Indiana’s leading experts on international affairs. Until 2005 he was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and Director of the Center for Central European and Eurasian Studies. In 2005 he helped establish the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, a think tank in Indianapolis. He is the author of more than a hundred books, articles and reports about topics such as the collapse of communism, environmental policy, welfare reform in the United Kingdom, economic development in Central Asia and immigration in Indiana. He has served as an adjunct professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where he taught graduate courses in topics such as leading and governing in a global society; proposal writing and grant management; and social entrepreneurship. John is director of Obat Helpers, which serves refugees in Bangladesh. Among the nonprofit boards on which John has served are the Indiana Council on World Affairs, Exodus Refugee Immigration, Big Car Arts Collective, and the Latino Youth Collective. John also served as Director of Development/IT for the Center for Interfaith Cooperation. The Indianapolis Star has called him “the foremost public intellectual in Indiana.” John received his BA in Political Science from the University of Washington, and his MA and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley.
"John has cataracts in both eyes. His left eye is totally occluded, he can tell if a bright light is on or off if is a few feet away. Otherwise nothing. His right eye is sometimes clear enough to read from the computer screen, if he's 5 inches away and only for an hour or so before having headaches and crippling neck strain.
For a researcher, writer, educator and public speaker, it has been devastating.
The price we were quoted by the Central Indiana Vision Center was $2450 per eye for uninsured folks."
From John's wife, Susan Erickson
So, John's friends want to raise $5,000 to pay for surgery on both eyes.
Note: if any funds are raised in excess of the actual cost of surgery, that amount will be donated to the Indianapolis Peace & Justice Center.
John has given much to his students and to several nonprofits, so we hope the great amount he has "paid forward" will be returned in this time of need.
John's Bio
Dr. John Clark is recognized as one of Central Indiana’s leading experts on international affairs. Until 2005 he was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute and Director of the Center for Central European and Eurasian Studies. In 2005 he helped establish the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, a think tank in Indianapolis. He is the author of more than a hundred books, articles and reports about topics such as the collapse of communism, environmental policy, welfare reform in the United Kingdom, economic development in Central Asia and immigration in Indiana. He has served as an adjunct professor at Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where he taught graduate courses in topics such as leading and governing in a global society; proposal writing and grant management; and social entrepreneurship. John is director of Obat Helpers, which serves refugees in Bangladesh. Among the nonprofit boards on which John has served are the Indiana Council on World Affairs, Exodus Refugee Immigration, Big Car Arts Collective, and the Latino Youth Collective. John also served as Director of Development/IT for the Center for Interfaith Cooperation. The Indianapolis Star has called him “the foremost public intellectual in Indiana.” John received his BA in Political Science from the University of Washington, and his MA and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley.
Organizer and beneficiary
Jeff Rasley
Organizer
Indianapolis, IN
Susan Erickson
Beneficiary