From alaura@u.washington.edu Thu Apr 16 09:25:24 1998 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA09918 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:25:22 -0700 Received: from homer04.u.washington.edu (alaura@homer04.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.11]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA29272 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:25:21 -0700 Received: from localhost (alaura@localhost) by homer04.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id JAA34594 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:25:19 -0700 Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:25:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Suzanne Klinger To: uwtpride@u.washington.edu Subject: GLUE: National Civil Rights Leader Speaking on Campus Tomorrow (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII FYI--Suzanne ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:14:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Clark Burnett To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: GLUE: National Civil Rights Leader Speaking on Campus Tomorrow Night MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN (TVW is filming Thursday night's forum.) GSPAGAY (the GLBT group of the Graduate School of Public Affairs) and LEGALS (the GLBT group of UW Law School) present: *** Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund's Evan Wolfson *** Evan Wolfson, counsel on some of the best-known civil rights cases, including the recent New Jersey Boy Scouts case, and one of the nation's most articulate voices for the freedom to marry, will spend three days in Seattle - sponsored by the Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington. Evan is Director of the Marriage Project of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and co-counsel on the Hawaii marriage case. He is a national leader who captivates audiences. Mr. Wolfson will be at UW Thursday, April 16, 1998 from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Evan will address the crowd on the topic "State of the Nation: Same-Sex Marriage in America". (This public forum will be in "The Commons" at Parrington Hall, Room 308. Parrington Hall is just north of Odegaard Undergraduate Library.) Evan's visit is an outreach effort to our non-gay allies. Please invite them to one or more of these events sponsored by Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington. ***Schedule*** Friday On April 17, Evan will conduct a public forum at Pilgrim Congregational Church from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. The church is located at 509 10th Ave E. - corner of Broadway and Republican. Evan will address the topic "Real Family Values". Saturday On April 18, Mr. Wolfson will join a Civil Rights forum hosted by the Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington at the Century Ballroom from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. at the OddFellows Hall on Capitol Hill. The hall is located at 915 E. Pine St. - 2nd Floor. He will be joined by speakers from No! on 200, Washington NARAL, and the ACLU to address the topic: "Freedom In Peril: The Threat to Civil Rights in Washington". The public is warmly invited as these speakers demonstrate the interconnectedness of our common struggle. Lastly, on the evening of April 18, Legal Marriage Alliance of Washington presents "An Evening with Evan Wolfson", an LMA fund-raiser at Friesen Gallery of Fine Art (1210 2nd Ave.) from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. This is an opportunity to meet Mr. Wolfson personally and to contribute to the effort to include gay and lesbian families in the protections and responsibilities of civil marriage. Suggested donation is $25 per person. Please call Clark at (206) 281-7992 to make reservations. Here is an excerpt of Evan's biography: "In that (Hawaii Marriage) case, now on appeal, a state court ruled for the first time in U.S. history that civil marriage law cannot discriminate against lesbians and gay men. Wolfson also leads the nationwide fight for equal marriage rights as director of LLDEF's Marriage Project. Wolfson has championed military personnel fighting for the right to serve; New York City employees demanding equal health benefits and recognition for their partners; a patient in California sued by her health care worker in a jury trial for not disclosing her HIV status; and a gay Eagle Scout challenging his expulsion from the Boy Scouts, the first test of New Jersey's gay rights law. He has won cases for clients as diverse as a Florida deputy sheriff fired for being gay (Lambda's first-ever jury trial); a person with AIDS seeking life-saving medical treatment refused by his insurer; a woman denied work as a Dallas police officer because of the state "sodomy" law; and gay parents wishing to adopt children and preserve visitation rights." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clark Burnett University of Washington Graduate School of Public Affairs ;-) Volunteer Coordinator - Legal Marriage Alliance (206) 281-7992 E-mail: clarkb@u.washington.edu .