Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:35:34 -0800 From: Jean Richter Subject: 1/12/2000 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. Nominations for the NEA civil & human rights awards due soon 2. NY: Dignity for All Students Act introduced 3. Schools news briefs from PlanetOut 4. FL: More on proposed change to anti-discrimination policy ==================================================================== From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 07:31:24 EST Subject: Fwd: NEA-Human and Civil Rights Awards To: SARATOGANY@aol.com, bdm3g@gateway.net From: SidBru@aol.com Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 21:09:02 EST Subject: NEA-Human and Civil Rights Awards Greetings and Happy New Year to my extended family of NEA-GLC members! I would like to inform everyone that applications for this year's NEA-Human and Civil Rights awards are available by contacting Doris Belton at NEA. You can contact Doris at dbelton@nea.org or by phone at 202-822-7713. Please remember that one of the awards is the Virginia Uribe Award for Creative Leadership in Human Rights which will be presented to an individual who has worked to eliminate sexual orientation discrimination and harassment. I encourage all interested parties to get an application packet ASAP as it must be returned to NEA and postmarked BY FEBRUARY 15, 2000. This deadline is firm so call today. Thank you! Mike Chiumento Co-Chair, NEA Gay and Lesbian Caucus ================================================================================ From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:28:51 EST Subject: (NY) Dignity for All Students Act Introduced In Assembly, A9244, (S5775) To: SARATOGANY@aol.com, bdm3g@gateway.net Msg from: The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS, PO Box 2345, Malta, NY 12020 Email to: saratogany@aol.com "The Actual or Perceived GLBT Student Protection Project" CSS-NYS Note: Assemblyperson Steve Sanders (chair, Education Committee) introduced the "Dignity for All Students Act" in the NY Assembly (A9244) on January 5, 2000. This Act was introduced in the NY Senate (S5775) on June 4, 1999 by Senator Tom Duane. Legislator support is needed in both houses. Organization groups and individuals are urged to "write" legislators (each house) and Gov. Pataki requesting their support of the Act. See NY Assembly directory at http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/ See NY Senate directory at http://www.senate.state.ny.us/ Review the Dignity for All Students Act at http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/ALIS/ Statewide distribution of this message is urged. John Myers Director of Operations and Programs ================================================ Summary of Bill Assembly Bill A09244 BILL NO A09244 SPONSOR Sanders COSPNSR MLTSPNSR Add Art 2 SS10 - 14, Ed L Enacts the "dignity for all students act"; affords all persons in public schools, regardless of their real or perceived gender, sex, sexual orientation, ethnic group identification, race, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of this state. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Actions on Bill A09244 BILL NO A09244 01/05/2000referred to education ================================================================================= From: SARATOGANY@aol.com Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 07:58:46 EST Subject: Schools News Briefs from PlanetOut To: SARATOGANY@aol.com, bdm3g@gateway.net Msg fwd by: The Coalition for Safer Schools of NYS, PO Box 2345, Malta, NY 12020 Email to: saratogany@aol.com "The Actual or Perceived GLBT Student Protection Project" ========================================================= This message has been distributed as a free informational service for the expressed interest of non-profit research and educational purposes only. PlanetOut News and Politics www.planetout.com In the Schools PlanetOut News Staff Tuesday, January 11, 2000 / 09:45 PM Iowa town's school libraries keep "Am I Blue?" ... Florida and Alaska school boards grow their anti-discrimination policies ... Utah springs student protection surprise.... [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= Naples Daily News, January 12, 2000 Box 7009, Naples, FL, 33941 (Fax 941-263-4816 ) (E-MAIL: letters@naplesnews.com ) ( http://www.naplesnews.com/ ) Audience members speak against including gays in harassment policy By DENISE ZOLDAN, Staff Writer Several dozen parents, grandparents, teachers, media specialists and community members converged before the Collier County School Board Diversity Task Force on Tuesday night to express their opinions on whether gays and lesbians should be included in a proposed anti-harassment/discrimination policy to be adopted for School District employees and students. While a majority of speakers from the audience spoke against the inclusion of gays and lesbians in the policy, comments from committee members indicated they did not agree. School Board members last week told a concerned parent and clergyman to [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] ================================================================================= Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) These messages are archived by state on our information-loaded free web site: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/