From: NGLTF@aol.com
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 18:57:13 -0400
Subject: Oct. 9 Undo 2 Day of Action

NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Beth Barrett, 202-332-6483, ext 3215; bbarrett@ngltf.org
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NGLTF URGES GROUPS NATIONWIDE TO SUPPORT COLORADO 
IN "UNDO 2 DAY OF ACTION" ON OCTOBER 9

Washington, DC -- September 21, 1995 -- The National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force (NGLTF) is supporting the efforts of Equality Colorado, Ground Zero and
other Colorado-based groups to declare Monday, October 9 "Undo 2 Day of
Action."  That day is the eve of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing about
Colorado's anti-gay Amendment 2, which was struck down by the state Supreme
Court as unconstitutional.  

 A statewide coalition of Colorado groups is coordinating various events in
Colorado on and around the day of the Supreme Court hearing.  NGLTF is
encouraging organizations and individuals around the country to hold events
on October 9 to educate and inform local communities about the dangerous
nature of Amendment 2.  Organizers are also urged to consider coordinated
actions on the day a ruling is handed down, sometime between January and the
end of the court session in June 1996.

 To date, at least 17 cities outside of Colorado plan to host actions on
October 9, with more sites lining up daily.  Activists are using the Supreme
Court hearings as an opportunity to hold vigils, teach-ins, rallies, town
meetings, press conferences, and other events to educate the media and the
public about Amendment 2.  NGLTF has compiled an "Undo 2 Day of Action" kit
to help organizers coordinate events.

 "Because our freedom is not won or lost at the Supreme Court, we are calling
on people of conscience to hold actions on October 9 in conjunction with
efforts in Colorado," said Melinda Paras, NGLTF Executive Director.  Paras
will be in Colorado during the time of the hearing and will participate in
several town meetings, rallies and other events.

 "We must use the Amendment 2 case as an opportunity for our movement," said
Sue Anderson, executive director of Equality Colorado and NGLTF board
co-chair.  "It is an opportunity to talk about equal rights.  It is an
opportunity to educate about discrimination.  It is an opportunity to educate
about the violence directed against us.  And it is an opportunity to tell the
truth about our lives and about our family and sexual identities.  This is an
opportunity that we cannot miss."

 "Undo 2 Day of Action" events are scheduled in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago,
Detroit, DC, Idaho, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Nashville, New York
City, North Carolina, Portland, Rhode Island, St. Louis, San Antonio,
Virginia.  

 For an "Undo 2 Day of Action" organizing kit, contact NGLTF field organizers
Karen Bullock-Jordan at (202) 332-6483, ext. 3206 or Tracey Conaty, at (202)
332-6483, ext. 3303. 

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