Date: Wed, 2 Aug 1995 19:00:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Kevyn Jacobs To: "Kansas Queer News [KQN]" Cc: GLB-NEWS Subject: (USA, KANSAS & MISSOURI) Civil Rights Summit to Address Sexual, Orientation FROM THE NEWS-TELEGRAPH JULY 28 - AUGUST 10, 1995 ========================= CIVIL RIGHTS SUMMIT TO ADDRESS SEXUAL ORIENTATION KANSAS CITY - Organizers of the second annual Civil Rights Summit have included in the four-day event discussions on Lesbian and Gay rights. The summit was convened by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Those who attend the summit, scheduled for September 5-9 at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown Hotel, will examine the state of civil rights in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. Included in the more than thirty workshops is a forum on "Including Sexual Orientation in the Dialogue about Discrimination." Other workshops will address insurance costs, affordable housing, neighborhood revitalization, sexual harassment in education and employment, under-representation of females and minorities in math and science programs, health care access, police and community relations, fostering unity in the civil rights network and complying with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Coinciding with the summit are three town hall meetings. The September 5 meeting at the hotel is on Welfare Reform. On September 6, the subject is "Empowerment Through The Vote" and on September 7, "Affirmative Action Debate." Speakers at the summit include Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Emanuel Cleaver and Kansas City, Kansas Mayor Carol Marinovich, Carey Lobel of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and representatives from HUD, FHEO, universities and colleges in Missouri and E~nsas and other state institutions. The summit was organized by HUD, FHEO, US Commission on Civil Rights and US Education, Health and Human Services, Labor, Justice and Agriculture departments. For additional information on the summit, call +1.913.551.6958. ========================================================== Permission granted by the News-Telegraph for distribution to the KQN email list (KQN@casti.com), and archiving in the Queer Resources Directory (QRD) on the Internet (http://www.qrd.org/qrd). For News-Telegraph subscription information (published twice a month), please call 1.816.561.6266, or email: newstele@aol.com ==========================================================