Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 08:23:31 GMT
Subject: LEADERS CALL for NATIONAL MOVEMENT
From: riki@nyc.pipeline.com (Riki Anne Wilchins)

LEADERS CALL for NATIONAL MOVEMENT 
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GenderPAC Mobilization Announced 
 
	[August 15, 1996] Today leaders of  
the major US gender organizations together 
announced a Mobilization Meeting to  
formally launch a nationwide movement  
against gender-based oppression under  
the name of "GenderPAC."  The Meeting  
ill be held just outside Philadelphia on  
Saturday, November 2nd, 1996.  Joining  
in the call were IFGE, Renaissance, Tri-S,  
AEGIS, FTM International, the CTO,  
Intersexed Society of N. Am. (ISNA),  
and the Transexual Menace (NY). 
 
         Said Alison Laing, JoAnn Roberts,  
Angela Gardner, Dallas Denny, Jamison 
Green, Lynn Walker, Jane Ellen Fairfax,  
Cheryl Chase and Riki Wilchins in a joint  
statement, "We are calling *all* gender  
activists to join us in Philadelphia to  
plan and map a strategy to end  
gender-based oppression in our time --  
not just for ourselves, but for our  
loved ones and for the youngsters coming  
up behind us.  The moment has come to  
join hands and bend our communal will  
to launching this movement.  The time  
for unified effort is now." 
 
        The mobilization meeting will kick  
off at 9:00 am sharp Saturday morning,  
and end at 12:00 noon the following  
Sunday.  It will feature few breaks or  
presentations, devoting the time  
exclusively to planning policy,  
implementing tactics, and staffing all  
activities necessary to launch a  
nationwide movement.   
 
 
A Broad Agenda 
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     The Meeting's aggressive agenda  
illustrates leaders focus on making  
GenderPAC a broad-based combination of  
the gay community's Human Rights  
Campaign, Nat'l Gay & Lesbian Task  
Force, Gay & Lesbian Anti-Defamation  
League (GLAAD), and Lambda Legal Defense  
& Education Fund.  Activites scheduled  
for discussion, staffing and  
implementation include: 
 
. Congressional lobbying 
. Transgender & Intersexed Children 
. Trans-related Violence 
. Employment Discrimination 
. Gender Legal Defense Fund 
. Child Custody Laws 
. National Gender Lobbying Day 
. Minority Outreach  
. Media Response & Anti-Defamation 
. Public Relations 
. Membership  
. Corporate EEO Policies 
. Fundraising 
. Minority Outreach  
. Research 
. Marriage Laws 
. Military Policies 
. TransPrisoner Project 
 
        Rooms will be provided by those in  
the Philadelphia area for those needing  
some financial assistance to attend.  In  
addition, GenderPAC will be renting a  
number of rooms in nearby motels, for  
those willing to share accommodations, and 
private rooms are available at moderate cost. 
Every effort is being made to make the  
Mobilization Meeting as affordable as possible. 
 
 
Attendance Is Limited 
===================== 
 
      Due to space considerations,  
attendance is limited to 50 people  
on a first-come-first-serve basis, so 
please make your reservations early. To  
make *your* reservation now, please  
contact Angela Gardner at cgv1@voicenet.com  
(610)975-9119 or Alison Laing at  
a.l@lng.com (617)894-8340. For more  
information on the Mobilization Meeting  
itself, you can also contact Riki Anne  
Wilchins at Riki@Pipeline.Com  
(212)645-1753.  
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