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Executive Committee

Bishop John Adams, Chairman
 
Rev. Carroll Baltimore, 1st Vice Chairman

Art Nicoletti, 2nd Vice Chairman

Dr. Dick Bozian, Secretary
 
Rev. Daniel Brown Treasurer

Art Nicoletti

1940 – 1959

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and educated in parochial schools. High School Class President, Honor Roll, Honorary All Catholic football team

1959 – 1963

Aspirations to play football and study law at Penn State. Instead, entered the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales seminary to study for the priesthood. Considered to be some of the most invaluable and wonderful years of his life.

1963 – 1967

Attended Catholic University, Niagara University, La Salle University in Philadelphia and majored in Spanish Education. Grade Point Average ranged from missing the Dean’s List by .2 to academic suspension. Never received a degree. President of local fraternity chapter, Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE), Founding President of Inter-fraternity Council at LSU, nominated for international president (TKE) twice. Live-in Counselor for the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf and a door-to-door Fuller Brush Man salesman.

1967 – 1973

Taught high school Spanish for two years at Cardinal Daugherty High School, Assistant Director for Admissions, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, Special Sales Representative Sony Corporation, State Organizer for Common Cause.

Became involved in his local community problems (August 1968): two gangs beating women as they returned home from work and using the stolen monies to buy drugs from a drug house [later identified as the Canadian Connection). Worked to get candidates elected (1968-1972 ) whom he believed were persons of character and interested in bringing the drug issue to an end. Political efforts ranged from (independent - democratic-republican) candidates running for city council, congress, governor, and President of the United States.

1973 - 1980

Launched a citywide grass-root organization in Philadelphia (1973 – 1978), Americans United Against Crime (AUAC), dedicated to find a way to bring the drug issue to an end. Initially very well received by all segments of the city until he (Art Nicoletti) refused money and grants from various civic and political power brokers in exchange for suppressing information that could link and connect illegal drugs and money laundering to anyone in the police department, courts, civic leaders or political figures.

After AUAC initiated the first citywide citizen Court Observation Program, examined the use and capabilities of the police department to combat crime and the drug issue, false arrest and convictions, and the killing of young drug dealers by (the very same) police officers who supplied the drugs to them, AUAC lost all of its funding, personal friends no longer returned calls, a slanderous whisper campaign followed. Soon after, four attacks on Art’s life were attempted. The last resulting in the need for three facial reconstructions. From November 1, 1978 – August 15, 1980, Art lived in a converted storage room in a facility outside of Philadelphia for some twenty-two months.

1980 - Present

Funded by friends, churches, media, foundations, (school) unions, individuals and corporations, Art has been blitzing the United States for some forty years meeting with community, religious and business leaders, presidential hopefuls, members of law enforcement, intelligence community including high level national security persons. The essence of the meetings centered around the question: Can we, as people, bring the drug issue, as we know it today, to an end, and do so without causing ourselves more problems than we already have? Once convinced it was possible, this question became the theme for national strategy sessions, community initiatives, Town Hall meetings and research efforts sponsored by the Institute of Justice for All (formerly AUAC). Following the Election of 2008, Art issued a Citizen’s Report to President Barack Obama: Enabling of Drugs and the Business of Drug Monies by Twelve Presidencies (1943-2008) It serves as the bases for local Chapter initiatives.

Formation of Omnibus Acts

On November 11, 2 000, Art meet for a two day conference in Philadelphia with concerned citizens from seven states. The meeting was opened by Rev. Rudolf Coleman, AME Pastor, Dover, Delaware, with a statement to Art, “You know we all respect you and love you, but I have got to say we don’t need anymore research. In fact, we need a movement and we thought you can help do this with your research. This was followed by an Executive Committee meeting of IJFA in February 2001 who approved a trial run on the idea. After meeting with good folks in seven cities from Philadelphia thru Minnesota – and five persons agreeing to attend a Philadelphia meeting, plans were made to repeat the trip in some 36 cities during June – July, 2001. At these meetings, Art met with concerned groups who freely offered a series of ideas and suggestions on the question of how to bring the drug issue in America to an end - as we know it today. These suggestions were transposed into three suggested acts (the Omnibus Acts) each currently a work in progress. The suggested Bills call for (1) A Truth and Reconciliation Commission on How the drug issue really started and continues uninterrupted; (2) The People’s Bill authorizing the confiscation and return of all drug monies to be brought back to the communities of America to be used as the communities deem necessary; (3) Code of Sacred Honor that outlines for the first time in our history a set of accountabilities and responsibilities to be placed on our elected and appointed officials.
Creation of a Citizen’s Lobby

On October 19-20, 2001 the first national Board of Directors for a grass-root citizen lobby, Consent of the Governed, was convened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On October 11-12, 2002 the Board approved two suggested Bills: Truth and Reconciliation Act and the “People’s Bill. (See Omnibus Acts for details). During a return trip to some 36 cities were they discussed with concerned citizens.

On October 17 – 18, 2003 the national Board of Directors meet to develop, design, and implement a national strategy plan of action that could reach out to concerned citizens in some thirty-five states by way of a series of Statewide and Regional Forums. The Forums have been delayed due to funding until groups were better prepared for the task. In the interim citizen conversations replaced the Forums. The Conversations began n January 26, 2004 in Memphis, Tennessee and concluded on June 3, 2004 in Portland, Oregon. A Call for a Special Presidential Debate on the recommendations emanating from the Forums became a top priority. A national Strategy Forum was held on September 16-19, 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On September 17, 2004 a national press conference was scheduled contingent on availability of funds.

2005 – 2008

This period of time concentrated continuing educational conversation sessions around the country. The intent was to prepare folks to Speak Out with One Voice calling for a debate between the final two presidential candidates. However, since there were so many debates during the campaign, the effort appeared to be redundant . @007 and 2008 concentrated on getting our message directly to the President-Elect . The Report to President-Elect Barack Obama was the outcome of the effort. Main emphasis is on developing local chapters, lobby the Omnibus Acts and establish an independent source of funding.
Video production is on the drawing board that will be presented to PBS with a request to air nationally. A book entitled, Tenui Nec Dimittam, I’ve Taken Hold and Won’t Let Go, is also under discussion based on the life of Art Nicoletti.