Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 06:40:51 -0800 (PST) From: jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu (Jessea NR Greenman) Subject: Another resource; PETITION TO THE SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOL BOARD; HIV/AIDS education web site From a correspondent in Maine comes the following film resource info: "...there is a great new film out called 'Not in Our Town,' about events in Billings Montana in which the entire community responded to neo-nazi attacks on Jews, Native Americans, African Americans and gays and lesbians. The film was produced by the California Working Group and is available from: California Working Group 5867 Ocean View Drive Oakland, CA 94618 e-mail: wedothework@igc.apc.org. Phone: (510) 547-8484; Fax: (510) 547-8844 There is also an excellent viewing guide suitable for use with middle or high school students. The film is 27 minutes long. Since this was aired on TV in the Bay Area, I assume you're probably already aware of it, but I thought I'd mention it, especially since it includes violence against g/l/b people in the context of other hate crimes in a very useful way. --Rita Kissen" --------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 17:00:43 -0800 From: cdorchard@earthlink.net (Charlene Orchard) Subject: PETITION TO THE SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOL BOARD On February 20, 1996, the Salt Lake City School Board voted to ban all clubs in order to keep a Gay/Lesbian/Straight Alliance from forming at East High School. Despite numerous phone calls and countless letters, the board seems to remain recalcitrant. Salt Lake City will host the 2002 Winter Olympics with the slogan "The World is Welcome Here." The Salt Lake City School Board's decision calls into question how much of the "World" is truly "Welcome" here. The Citizens' Alliance for Hate Free Schhols, a project of the Utah Human Rights Coalition, calls on all supporters of the rights of young people to have equal access to educational opportunities and safe schools to sign the following petition. PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND THEN FORWARD TO SOMEONE ELSE. IF YOU ARE A TENTH PERSON TO SIGN YOUR NAME, FORWARD THE LIST BACK TO ME: cdorchard@earthlink.net (i.e. the 10th, 20th, 30th person will forward this message to me in progress) I will compile the petition and send it to the board members. Target Deadline: June 4, 1996 PETITION TO THE SALT LAKE CITY SCHOOL BOARD "We, the undersigned, support the efforts by area high school students to organize non-curricular clubs and alliances designed to increase understanding and good will among the high school population and the genral public as well. We call on the Salt Lake City School Board to resist all illegal attempts at intimidation and coercion to deprive students of their legally guaranteed rights. We request that they take immediate action to reverse their decision on February 20, 1996, to ban all clubs." # Name E-Mail Address (Not Obligatory) Place of Residence send petition to Charlene Orchard if you are #10, 20, 30, etc. Charlene Orchard Co-Chair, Utah Human Rights Coalition P.O. Box 521242 Salt Lake City, UT 84152-1242 801-484-5291 ------------------------------------------------ >From:cdorchard@earthlink.net (Charlene Orchard) >Subject:Utah Poll Data on School Clubs > >This headline appears on the front page of the "Deseret News," the >conservative Salt Lake City, Utah paper owned by the LDS (Mormon) Church: >"Plurality Objects to Banning All Clubs." > >The story, written by Marjorie Cortez, begins, "A slim plurality of Utahns >would allow student gay and lesbian organizations to meet at schools >rather than ban all non-curriculum clubs. Thirty-five percent of Utahns >who responded to a recent Deseret News/KSL poll said they would allow the >clubs. However, 28 percent said local school boards should specifically >ban gay and lesbian student organizations, even if it means a court >battle. Twenty-nine percent favored banning all clubs." > >Not all of the poll results were printed, and it is interesting to note >that the figures later in the article tell a somewhat different story: "A >Deseret News/KSL poll indicated 44 percent of Utahns believe gay and >lesbian clubs should probably or definitely be allowed to meet on school >campuses. Twenty-five percent said all clubs should probably or definitely >be banned rather than allow homosexual organizations to form on campus." ------------------- Teachers and students can check out a Web site known as The Body for comprehensive HIV/AIDS information, including prevention information, that ranges from basic to very sophisticated. The Body is at . Founded by Jamie Marks, a former civil rights lawyer and co-founder of Andover's gay and lesbian alumni/ae group, The Body offers materials from over 20 of America's top organizations working on AIDS, such as AmFAR, GMHC, Johns Hopkins University AIDS Service, and the American Psychiatric Association. Of special interest to students and teachers are The Body's materials on the politics of AIDS education in schools, which come from organizations like AIDS Action Council and People For the American Way. Coming soon to The Body will be the recently released White House report on youth and HIV. For additional information about The Body, contact Jamie Marks or Wendy Berry at . *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ YOU MAY RE-POST. Jessea Greenman The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) CHECK THIS OUT FOR TONS OF INFO - - http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/ Please cc us (for our files) on correspondence you send or receive re our action alerts. ** NC Mobilization '96 has launched a web-accessible campaign to unseat North Carolina's Senator Jesse Helms. Organizers are asking both NC residents AND non-residents to pitch in, and you can do so at