Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:29:10 -1000 From: Mia H H Lam Subject: No On Knight: APA strategy and outreach meeting, Sept 21 (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Hello, Although March 2000 is 7 months away, it is crucial to start organizing to make sure that the Knight Initiatve (defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman and not recognzing same sex marriage in California) is defeated. Californians for Fairness, the organzation spearheading to defeat the Knight Iniative, has gotten folks together to start organizing in the individual counties and assembly districts to get like minded folks to raise money and outreach to others this mean spirited piece of legislation. Since the Asian Pacific American (APA) community is a growing community as well as a growing voting constituency, the Alameda County No on Knight organizing committee is making sure that APA voters come out in force to on March 2000 to defeat this piece of legislation. To successfully get to that goal, I'd like to invite you and other folks from different APA community groups in Alameda county to a strategy and outreach meeting for the APA community. So here's the details. What: APA Outreach and Message Strategy meeting for the Alameda County No on Knight organizing committee. When: Tues, September21 at 7 pm Where: Saysetha at 6230 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland Who to contact: Edna A. Flores, APA Outreach and Message contact for the Alameda County No On Knight organizing committee @ 510-835-1239 or ednaflores@hotmail.com Please feel free to bring a friend or two or even three! Also, if you would like to get more involved with the Alameda County No on Knight Organizing committee, the next meeting is Thursday, September 9 at SMAAC on 1735 Telegraph Ave. (19th Street BART station) at 6:30 pm. You can also contact me for more information. Thanks, Edna A. Flores ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com