ANNOUNCING NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS CONFERENCE!
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                 Colorado Alliance to Restore Equality
               1625 Broadway, Suite 2450 | Denver CO 80202
                 phone: 303/592-5333 | fax: 303/592-5335


NEWS RELEASE                            September 14, 1993
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CONTACT: Linda Fowler, Executive Director, CARE, 303/592-5333
         Anthony Tansimore, 303/640-7053

In conjunction with current civil rights events and activities, the
Colorado Alliance to Restore Equality (CARE) will host a national
conference on October 22-24, 1993 in Denver, Colorado.  The conference
"Winning Strategies: Developing a National Approach to Securing Civil
Rights," will address developing national, state, and local strategies for
protecting and advancing broad-based civil rights for all people.

Although the gay and lesbian community is the high-profile target of
efforts to limit civil rights, well-funded and well-organized campaigns
backed by opponents of civil rights have surfaced in every state.  Targets
include school curricula, reproductive choice and minority communities.
The response to this national attack has been fragmented.

Conference topics include:

   -    Understanding the background and strategies of civil rights opponents;
   -    Building cohesive, effective grassroots coalitions;
   -    Developing political strategy;
   -    Understanding the media and the message;
   -    Organizing campaigns - logistics and legalities;
   -    Case studies: Colorado's Amendment 2, San Diego, Oregon and others.

Speakers include Dr. Manning Marable, columnist ("Along the Color Line")
and Director of the African-American Institute, Columbia University; John
Buchanan, Vice-President of Public Policy, People for the American Way;
David Mixner, adviser to President Clinton and gay rights activist;
Celinda Lake, pollster, Mellman, Lake, Lazarus; Nancy Yanofsky, Executive
Director, Pro-Choice Resource Center; Pacy Markman, media strategist, who
was successful against Oregon's anti-gay Initiative 9; and Tim McFeeley,
Executive Director, Human Rights campaign Fund.
The conference is expected to attract several hundred representatives from
Colorado, other states currently facing initiatives similar to Colorado's
Amendment 2, voters concerned with protecting broad based civil rights,
people of color organizations, public educators state and local elected
officials, legal organizations, religious groups affected by civil rights
opponents, tourism, and the business community.

Endorsers of the October conference include US representatives Pat
Schroeder, David Skaggs, and Gerry Studds, People for the American Way,
Concerned Republicans, Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau,
Colorado Legal Initiatives Project (CLIP) and National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force.

CARE, the conference host, is a non-profit corporation based in Denver.
The organization's membership includes civic, business, religious, arts,
and gay institutions, corporations, and individuals.  Members believe that
discrimination based on sexual orientation is an infringement of basic
rights and sets a dangerous precedent in Colorado and the nation.

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