From: Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 10:50:10 EDT Subject: PEOPLE OF COLOR SUMMIT 9-16 &17 ***************************************************************** PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FUND The Nation's Largest Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Political Group ***************************************************************** To contact the HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FUND, please call us at (202)628-4160, fax us at (202) 347-5323 or write to us at PO Box 1396 Washington, DC 20013. WE CANNOT RESPOND TO E-MAIL. ***************************************************************** THE NATIONAL BLACK LESBIAN AND GAY LEADERSHIP FORUM MEDIA ADVISORY CONTACT: Mandy Carter 202-628-4160 x8047 PEOPLE OF COLOR SUMMIT: COUNTERING THE RADICAL RIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITIES WASHINGTON -- National and local groups representing people of color will gather in Washington this weekend, during the Christian Coalition's annual Road to Victory conference, to rally against the Radical Right's agenda of discrimination against gay people of all colors. FRIDAY, SEPT. 16: Unity Rally 6:00 p.m. First Congregational Church 10th and G Streets, NW SATURDAY, SEPT. 17: Strategy and Organizing Conference Press Briefing at 4:00 p.m. Human Rights Campaign Fund 1101 14th St., NW - Second Floor RALLY SPEAKERS: Vallerie Wagner and Gregory May, National Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum Mandy Carter, National Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum Julio Abreu, Human Rights Campaign Fund Yolanda Santiago, National Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization Karen Bullock-Jordan, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Donald Suggs, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Abner Mason, Log Cabin Republicans Rev. Rainey Cheeks, Inner Light Unity Fellowship Dr. Elias Farajaje-Jones, Howard University Divinity School Derek Livingston, North Carolina Pride PAC BACKGROUND: Despite a history of opposition to civil rights, national Radical Right groups are attempting to recruit people of color to further a divisive, discriminatory agenda. Discrimination based on sexual orientation is widespread and legal, and the far right is trying to keep it that way by dividing people of color over the issue. The People of Color Summit is uniting gay and non-gay people of all colors who are proud to stand up to the Radical Right's discriminatory agenda. 1101 14th Street, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20005 phone:(202)628-4160 fax:(202) 347-5323