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 Dear Partners and Friends (Farewell)  by Dennis S Murray Sr While working at the Department of Labor (DOL) headquarters in Washington, DC for the undersecretary office I was asked by my supervisor to talk with some youth at one of the high schools about creating upper mobility and internship programs. The next day in April 1980 I went out in the Southeast community ward 8 where Anacostia High School is located and requested a meeting with its principal to discuss opportunities with there feature juniors and seniors at the school. One of the first students I encounter among the forty that was picked was 16 years old senior name Sherrie Easely-Deadymler who was out spoken about what her career goals were but also reserve in her mannerisms. The following day I reported my finding back to my supervisor on what I had accomplished. I requested that we help all forty youth and to know surprise he said yes, but he also told me that I had to schedule all the interviews and find each one