Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:22:41 -0500 From: David Elliot Subject: [NGLTF PRESS] "Rethinking Elections" Now Available Online NATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE PRESS ADIVSORY Contact: David Elliot, Communications Director 202-332-6483 ext. 3303 800-757-6476 pager delliot@ngltf.org http://www.ngltf.org ********************************************* MEDIA ADVISORY: NGLTF POLICY INSTITUTE OFFERS OP-ED SERIES ENTITLED "RETHINKING ELECTIONS" December 10, 1999 -- The Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has published "Rethinking Elections," a series of opinion pieces on critical electoral battles facing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT)communities. The series is now available on-line for publication and distribution. The four op-ed pieces are authored by Dave Fleischer, Policy Institute Senior Fellow and head of the Policy Institute's Training Initiative. For the last six years, Fleischer has trained hundreds of our communities leaders in managing campaigns, running for office, and taking demanding leadership roles in ballot measure campaigns. The Policy Institute of the NGLTF is a think-tank dedicated to research, policy analysis, strategy development and coalition building to advance the equality and understanding of GLBT people. "RE-THINKING ELECTIONS" will help many in our community make sense of recent campaign experience, and will encourage more rigorous thinking and more effective action as we confront the wave of critical ballot measures in 2000. This series includes four op-ed peices: Op-Ed No. 1: "Making a List Checking It Twice" Op-Ed No. 2: "Your Sex Life" Op-Ed No. 3: "My Church Says..." Op-Ed No. 4: "Outward Bound" Each of these pieces is viewable at http://www.ngltf.org/pub.html ALSO ON-LINE: A column entitled, "Opportunity is Knocking." This column, also written by Dave Fleischer, currently appears on the web site of the Advocate. Please see the URL below: OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING Voters may be swayed on same-sex marriage-if we just talk to them http://www.advocate.com/html/stories/801/801_fleischer.html Editors requesting a copy of "RE-THINKING ELECTIONS" or other NGLTF publications should contact the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force at 202-332-6483. Editors requesting an electronic picture of Dave Fleischer should contact NGLTF Communications Director David Elliot at 202-332-6483 ext. 3303. ____________________________________________________________________ Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force works to eliminate prejudice, violence and injustice against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people at the local, state and national level. As part of a broader social justice movement for freedom, justice and equality, NGLTF is creating a world that respects and celebrates the diversity of human expression and identity where all people may fully participate in society. _________________________________________ This message was issued by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Communications Department. If you have a question regarding this post, please direct it to the contact at the top of this message. To reach the NGLTF Communications Department at NGLTF, please call David Elliot, Communications Director, at 202-332-6483 x3303 or pager 800-757-6476. If you wish to UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, please send an email with "UNSUBSCRIBE PRESSLIST" in the subject and body of your email message to . You may also unsubscribe by visiting http://www.ngltf.org.