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Coliseum when more than 10,500 O regoni
ans came to show their support. It was the
first of what cam e to he known as the “Super
R allies,” w hich filled nine
major arenas from Oakland,
Calif., to Boston with crowds
that dwarfed turnouts generat
ed by George Bush and Al
G ore— even though attendees
were paying $7 to $20 to hear
the candidate.
For more information call
503-223-2790 or visit the Internet
site ivutu.democracyrising.org.
S couting for A ll
P lans R allies
couting for A ll, an organi
zation formed because the
Boy Scouts o f America bans
atheists and gay men, is plan
ning its second annual nation
al rally during the week of
Aug. 19 to 25.
Protests will be held in Scouting for
every state throughout the
country as well as internationally at Scout
councils, U nited Ways, school districts, city
councils, businesses and religious denom ina
tions that continue to support this exclusion
ary policy. Organizers are needed to help plan
a rally in Oregon.
A demonstration also will be held Aug. 20
at the Boy Scouts of Am erica national head
S
quarters in Irving, Texas. In attendance will
he Scouting for All co-founder Steven Cozza,
a teen Eagle Scout who spearheaded the anti-
discrimination effort.
This years theme is “Support Gay Scouts
HRC G rants A vailable
and other support, we are responding in a more
he Human Rights Campaign announced
comprehensive way to the needs of G LBT
July 9 the release of its Equality Fund
statewide groups and working to strengthen
grant applications for the 2002 fiscal year.
those partnerships.”
T h e money will help provide financial sup
T h e Equality Fund assists statewide organ
port for statewide
izations in undertaking legislative and regula
gay, lesbian, bisexual
tory policy initiatives. U nlike other funding
and trans advocacy
that often cannot be used to support a group’s
groups to help ad
political work, the grants are unrestricted and
vance basic equality
can go specifically to lobbying and issue
for all U .S . citizens.
advocacy.
H R C completed
“The activists and organizations working at
its first grant cycle in j the state level are doing an amazing job advanc
January 2001, co n
ing legislation and fighting back anti-gay legisla
tributing a total of
tion,” Kilboum said. “They are leading the way
for the G L B T community in their states, and we
$114,000 to 27 state
lobby groups. T h e
are proud to support that work.”
grants ranged be
In addition to the Equality Fund grants,
HRC has focused more of its field work in the
tween $ 2 ,9 0 0 and
past year on working with groups on state-level
$5,000 for work on
issues. Coordinated by deputy field director Liz
specific projects pro
Seaton, H RC’s legal team, lobbyists and five
posed
by
state
groups,
including
field organizers have provided staff support and
hiring lobbyists, con
technical assistance, mobilized its grassroots net
work, developed analyses and submitted written
ducting state polls
and producing voter
and oral testimony in 24 states.
scorecards.
For more information call Liz Seaton at
Basic Rights Ore
gon received $4,000
202-216-/507.
to
work
toward
main
All needs help organizing a rally next month in Oregon
taining anonymity in
H IV testing. In Washington state, H RC
and All Gay Youth.” The 2000 theme was “Give
rans olice
fficer
worked with the Fairness Lobby on developing
Voice by Protesting the Supreme Court James
ets
ew
earing
written testimony for hearings on a pending
Dale/BSA Decision.”
transsexual Portland police officer will
civil rights bill.
“Partnerships between national and state
receive a new hearing on his work-related
For more information call Robert Rake tty, North-
stress claim, W illamette W eek reports July 11.
organizations are essential in the struggle for
western regional director, at 206-338-2727, e-mail
equality,” says Seth Kilboum, H RC national
rraketty@scoutingforall.org or visit the Internet site
field director. "With the Equality Fund grants
www.scoutingforall. org.
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