From: Watch97@aol.com Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 12:48:59 -0500 Subject: Defeat Jesse Helms in NC!! PUBLIC-SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT courtesy of "c.c.watch"-- Start Working NOW to Defeat Senator Jesse Helms! --Join us SATURDAY, JANUARY 6TH in RALEIGH for an Organizing Meeting (4 - 6: 30 PM) and Community Forum "The 1996 North Carolina Elections and Our LGBT Vote" (7: 30 - 9 PM) at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3313 Wade Avenue (between Dogwood & Dixie Trail. Take Wade Avenue/Exit 289 off I-40. Ample free parking behind Fellowship Hall. Building is wheel chair accessible.) --Meeting Agenda: Welcome & introductions; Discussion--Why Jesse Helms is beatable in 1996, Lessons from 1990; NC Mobilization '96 work plan: timeline, budget, state networking, group structure/decision making; Update & discussion about Democratic challengers Harvey Gantt and Charlie Sanders; Update on other efforts to defeat Helms: NC CARES, Not Helms PAC, Human Rights Campaign; Identify other issue areas/people who also want a Helms defeat and see if/ how we can work in coalition; Volunteer opportunities & sign up's. No previous experience is necessary to volunteer. Training's will be provided; Small group break out's by volunteer areas. --Dinner Break from 6:30 - 7: 30 for those staying on for the Community Forum (There are plenty of nearby places to grab a meal at Ridgewood Plaza or on Hillsborough Street near the North Carolina State University campus. You can also bring your meal back and eat in Fellowship Hall.) --Forum agenda: A roundtable discussion on our upcoming 1996 North Carolina local, state and federal elections (What we need to know about who and what is up for election as it impacts our lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender community.) Participants: Joe Herzenberg, Democratic Party activist; MK Cullen, Executive Director of North Carolina Pride PAC; Mandy Carter, NC Mobilization '96; Linda Shealy, North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence (NCARRV); Paul Falduto, columnist The Front Page; Kenda Kirby, candidate Durham County Commissioners, and You! We want to hear your opinions, comments and questions. This event is free and open to the public. CONTACT: If you have any questions or need more information please call Meredith Newnam at (919) 967-4430. If you know that you will be attending please e-mail your RSVP to Mandy Carter at ncmobe96@aol.com. (North Carolina Mobilization '96/Mobilizing Our LGBT Vote to Help Defeat Jesse Helms!/PO Box 28718, Raleigh, NC 27611) NOTE: Want to know more about the two Democratic challengers Harvey Gantt and Charlie Sanders? They are both on the internet--Harvey Gantt: http://www.policy.net/d/gantt/gant96.html; and Charlie Sanders: http://www.kinetics.net/sanders/Senator Jesse Helms? ( For more information or to subscribe to the "c.c.watch" electronic news service call 800-Watch 97)