Date: Mon, 22 Aug 94 22:49:26 CST To: eks@qiclab.scn.rain.com From: KEVYN JACOBS Subject: QUEER COMMERCIAL TO AIR IN KANSAS ANNOUNCING: A QUEER PSA FOR TV IN KANSAS!!!!!!!! NATIONAL KICKOFF IN TOPEKA!!!!!!!!!! The Alliance For Progress, a newly formed gay & lesbian media advocacy group in Dallas Texas, has produced a 30 second commercial that portrays a positive image of our communities. A Nationwide campaign to get this commercial aired on TV stations everywhere starts FRIDAY, AUGUST 26 - IN TOPEKA. Yes you heard me correctly. The VERY FIRST AIRING of this commercial in the United States will take place in Topeka this Friday. (Why Topeka? Because this is the HEART of America. That's why! *grin*) The commerical will air on a soon-to-be named Topeka TV station during the 6 pm newscast on Friday, August 26. The Alliance for Progress invites everyone to come to Topeka to help kick off this nationwide campaign. We will meet at Classics Club (8th & Jackson in Topeka) at 5:30, watch the newscast at 6:00, and then move to the South Steps of the Capitol Building for a press conference & rally (national press coverage is expected.) For more information on this event, please contact Chris Parman at the Alliance For Progress, 800.520.4237 FOR ONCE - KANSAS IS FIRST IN SOMETHING! ;-) P.S. - The Gay & Lesbian Task Force of Topeka will be handing out Questionnaires at the rally. These questionnaires are for you to take home & give to your local politicians so we can start monitoring where our politicians stand.