Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 15:28:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Rex Wockner <rwockner@netcom.com>
Subject: 2ND OVETT PRESS RELEASE FROM ROBIN TYLER 


EDITORS: I AM AGAIN SENDING OUT OVER THE NET A PRESS RELEASE FOR MY 
FRIEND ROBIN TYLER. SHE WROTE IT. REX


Press Release                           CONTACT:
For Immediate Release                   Rev. Troy Perry
January 27, 1995                        Metropolitan Community Churches
                                        (213) 464-5100
                                                 
                                        Ms. Robin Tyler 
                                        (818) 893-4075
                                        fax (818) 893-1593
                                        Los Angeles, CA
                                        
                                        Wanda & Brenda Henson
                                        Camp Sister Spirit
                                        Ovett, MS                  
                                        (601) 344-1411 (phone & fax)

    GAY & LESBIAN FREEDOM RIDERS -- DESTINATION: OVETT, MISSISSIPPI

Robin Tyler, a prominent lesbian activist who originally called for and
emceed the 1st March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights and
subsequently produced the main stage for the 2nd and 3rd marches, and Rev.
Troy Perry, founder of Metropolitan Community Churches, the largest
organization of gays and lesbians in the world, returned last week from a
meeting with Wanda & Brenda Henson at Camp Sister Spirit near Ovett,
Miss.

On January 17, 1995, consensus was reached regarding Memorial Day Weekend.
 (Friday, May 26 - Monday, May 30th). That weekend a thousand gays and
lesbians from all across Americal will ride to the aid of a lesbian family
and their besieged property outside Ovett. Camp Sister Spirit has been
exposed to an ongoing, radical-right-inspired campaign of violence,
harassment, intimidation and death threats.

If you would like to join this historic weekend, go to Camp Sister Spirit, to
help clear the land and aid in building, you can call or write UFMCC, 5300
Santa Monica Blvd. Suite #304, Los Angeles, CA 90029 Attn. Project 
Camp Sister Spirit or call Frank Zerelli at (213) 464-5100, ext. 212.

Although participants will be helping work the land for the 4 days, they will
also have the opportunity to participate in workshops, singalongs, swimming,
services -- in other words, not only four days of helping our sisters, but
also four days of celebration and joy. "We have marched on Washington and
celebrated 25 years of Stonewall in New York. America must know that this
was not a 'phase of activism' -- that we shall continue the struggle all over
this country until civil rights are extended to everyone," said Tyler.

The minimum donation will be $135 per person. Of this, $110 will be used
to cover the cost of food, sanitation, equipment, etc. Campers must plan to
bring their own tents and utensils. If you plan to come in an RV, RVs
will cost an additional $40.

$25 from each fee will be used to help Camp Sister Spirit pay for expenses
for a federal lawsuit to be filed under the anti-Klan act for the harrassment
they have received. Any money left over will go to the Camp Sister Spirit
Folk School (an educational and cultural retreat center that makes available
an opportunity for learning non-oppressive lifeways).

"I think it's vitally important for lesbians and gay men and our friends to
come to Ovett, Mississippi, to help our sisters who are under siege," said
Rev. Troy Perry, "and to serve notice to the darker forces in this country
that these sisters have the right to purchase and establish their camp and
folk school anywhere in America."

The maximum number is 1000 participants. If you wish to register
immediately, send $135 per person made out to UFMCC: Project Camp Sister
Spirit and mail it to the Los Angeles address above. Detailed brochures
regarding what to bring will be sent out. If you cannot attend, but wish to
send a donation, please send it to the same address.

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