From: nucsrl!ddsw1.mcs.com!zane@uunet.UU.NET (Sameer Parekh)
Newsgroups: misc.activism.progressive,alt.drugs.usenet,alt.drugs
Subject: LIBERTYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GROUP TO WORK FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:00:26 GMT
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The Partnership for a Free America			July 24, 1992
Contact: Sameer Parekh 708-362-9659			For immediate release

LIBERTYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GROUP TO WORK FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES

LIBERTYVILLE - A group of Libertyville High School students have formed
an organization in the Libertyville area to protect the civil liberties
of the people in the high school and community.  The group, known as the
Partnership for a Free America, will educate the people about their
rights, provide a support resource for those people whose rights have
been violated, and abolish laws which the Partnership feels violate the
people's rights. 
	In order to protect the civil liberties of the people in the
community properly, the Partnership believes that it is necessary that
the people learn exactly what their rights are.  Because of this, a
major facet of the Partnership's actions will be informing the people
about their rights.  "The government has been violating the people's
rights, and the mass media have been telling them to accept it," said
Partnership founder Sameer Parekh at the Cafe Kismet in Waukegan on July
24th. 
	The Partnership will provide a support resource for people who
feel they have been deprived of due process.  "When the people are
united," Parekh believes, "it is more difficult to oppress them."
	The Partnership will also work to abolish the curfew laws in the
area because members believe that the government should not act as the
parents of the people, and that the laws violate the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution.  "The only people who have a right to set
a child's curfew are his or her parents.  This law is almost as
discriminatory as the Jim Crow laws of the early 20th century," said
Parekh. 
	Other laws which the Partnership will work to remove are the
drug laws.  This country's drug problem, members of the Partnership
believe, is the result of the laws themselves, not because of the drugs. 
"The black market itself causes the Tdrug-related' violence and,
according to a study done by The Cato Insitute, 80 percent of
Tdrug-related' deaths.  A clean, inexpensive, supply available at any
Osco Pharmacy would eliminate these problems," Parekh said, commenting
upon this aspect of the Partnership's actions. 
	The Partnership for a Free America qualifies under tax code
section 509(a)(2), and is thus tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3).  The
Partnership is working to formalize this status.  One-year memberships
are available for $15 to adults and $10 to students.  This includes a
subscription to the Partnership's newsletter The Free Journal and a 10%
discount on promotional products.  For more information, contact Sameer
Parekh at 708-362-9659. 
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                    The Partnership for a Free America
                       Membership/Mailing List Form
 
Name_____________________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________________
City________________________________________State______Zip________-______
Phone Number (___) ____- ______ E-mail address___________________________
 
Membership benefits
*       Guaranteed subscription to _The Free Journal_
*       Notification of rallies, other action (whether sponsored by the
        Partnership or not)
*       10% discount on all sales of promotional products
*       Spiffy-looking membership card
*       The knowledge that you are doing something to preserve the
        country's freedom
*       Priority access to the Partnership's information archive
        (Nonmembers will have access, of course, but members have
        priority in the event that copies are unavailable)
 
Mailing list benefits
*       Subscription to _The Free Journal_
*       Notification of rallies, etc.
>       (Mailing list benefits depend upon the monetary resources of
        the Partnership--if the Partnership does not have enough money,
        then mailing list benefits will be suspended.)
 
( ) Mailing list (No fee) ( ) Student membership ($10) ( ) Adult membership
($15)
 
        Sustaining Memberships:
( ) Patron ($25)  ( ) Sponsor ($50)   ( ) True Freedom Fighter ($100)
Sustaining members will receive recognition in the _Journal_ if they desire.
If you are a sustaining member and would like recognition, please mark here.
RECOGNITION:...	(_)
 
Any additional donations would be welcomed
 
I enclose....................................................$_______._____
 
Send to:
The Partnership for a Free America
c/o Sameer Parekh
829 Paddock Lane
Libertyville, IL 60048-3743
 
Make check or money order payable to "Sameer Parekh"
 
How, or from whom did you learn about the Partnership for a Free America?
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
 
 
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