From: gina@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Gina Cherry)
Subject: Notes from Boulder community meeting
Followup-To: amend2-info@cs.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:52:28 GMT


About 300 people gathered in Boulder last night for a community
meeting to discuss what action can be taken to stop Amendment 2.
Representatives from various organization spoke about what their
groups are doing, and the meeting split up into smaller working groups
to formulate plans of action with these groups.  Below is a list of
some of the work that is being done:

Colorado Legal Initiatives Project (CLIP)
P.O. Box 44447
Denver, CO 80201
303-830-2100

CLIP is filing a lawsuit to overturn Amendment 2, and is seeking an
injunction to prevent the amendment from being implemented until the
case has gone through the court system.


Project VisAbility
P.O. Box 1823
Boulder, CO 80306

Project VisAbility is committed to grassroots activism and will be
working at the grassroots level to convince people in Colorado that
discrimination is wrong.


The Equal Protection Campaign (EPOC)
P.O. Box 300476
Denver, CO 80203
303-839-5540

EPOC is in the process of hiring new staff and expanding its
coalition.  It's focus will be on grassroots organizing and public
education about civil rights vs. special rights.


Boulder Organization for Non-Discrimination (BOND)

BOND will be focusing on putting pressure on the system from within.
This includes promoting public understanding and positive images of
homosexuality, and working with the Colorado Democratic Party.  BOND
is also organizing a "discrimination watch" to publicize incidents of
anti-gay discrimination and will be talking to businesses in the
Boulder area to ask them to defy Amendment 2 by including sexual
orientation in their company policy on discrimination.


Christians for the Advancement of Human Rights
303-442-5059
meeting every Tuesday at 5 pm in UMC room 157B

This group will be enlisting the support of the Christian community by
speaking to congregations about what can be done to stop Amendment 2, and
by introducing the Christian community to the gay community.


Showing our Colors at Boulder's Lights of December Parade

No gay group has ever marched in the Lights of December Parade.  This
year, a group will march under the rainbow banner.  The parade is on
December 4 at 6:30 pm.  Meet at the corner of Pearl and 15th.  Bring a
flashlight and wear white.


March on Washington, Colorado Coalition

Will organize the Colorado contingent to the national march for
lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights, on April 25, 1993.


Discrimination is Bad Business

Wants to create a list of businesses which have actively supported the
No on 2 campaign and a list of supporters of Amendment 2.  Will ask
supportive businesses to put a "Hate Free Zone" sign in their window.


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