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Ron Glanville and Sue Hyde attend the Creating Change informational community meeting Feb. 27
P r o p e r t ie s !
P eople H elp C reate
C reating C hange
olunteers came together Feb. 27 for an infor
mational community meeting to launch the
2002 Creating Change Host Committee. The
15th annual conference will be held Nov. 6 to 10
at the Doubletree Columbia River Hotel.
The gathering, the largest of its kind, attracts
gay, lesbian, hi and trans leaders from through
out the country. More than 2,500 participants
will hear representatives from a cross section of
the movement: niral and urban, young and old,
and of different races and ethnicities.
The committee will meet and work through
the year to plan for the on-the-ground activi
ties associated with Creating Change. It will
organize hospitality operations, manage a com
munity housing network, recruit up to 300 vol
unteers to work during the conference, provide
supportive environments and services for
youth and elders, and spread the word through
out the state.
“The...com m ittee plays an invaluable role
in making every
conference a suc
cess," said confer
ence director Sue
Hyde, who flew in
from Cambridge,
Mass.,
for
the
meeting. “Together
with local leaders
and organizations,
we will produce an
event that will
leave a lasting
mark on both the
G L B T movement
nationwide and on
the communities
of Portland and
Oregon.”
Creating Change
e it j consists of precon-
j UG Hyde ference
institutes,
more than
130
workshops, nuts-and-bolts skills training, plenary
meetings, keynote presentations, discussion
groups, social and cultural events, and an exhibi-
tion/vendor area. Ron Glanville of the Portland
Human Rights Campaign already has agreed to
serve as a co-chairman; two or three others still
are sought.
Some of the people in attendance were
concerned that the time and energy required
to help plan the conference will conflict with
the potential campaign against the Student
Protection Act II, which might appear on the
fall ballot. T he initiative, similar to 2000’s
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"Together with
local leaders and
organizations, we
will produce an
event that will
leave a lasting
mark on both the
GLBT movement
nationwide and on
the communities
of Portland
and Oregon"
Measure 9, would prohibit public schools
from approving of, promoting or endorsing
homosexuality or bisexuality.
Petitions are due July 6, hut how many have
been gathered so far is anybody’s guess. Bonnie
Mahon, Oregon Citizens Alliance secretary-
treasurer, claimed Feb. 28 she did not know the
number of people who have signed them.
Regardless of exhaustion, Hyde said, Oregon
is a model for other states facing anti-gay initia
tives. “I am keenly interested in learing more
and more about how to defeat these creeps,
which you all seem to have learned how to do!”
For more information contact Sue Hyde at
6/ 7-492-6393 or shyde@nfdtf.orf; or visit
www. creatingchange. org.
C ouncil R ejects
I nitiative F ix
n a 4-1 vote Feb. 20, the Portland City Coun
cil refused to refer an amended version of the
Good Government Initiative to the May ballot.
The charter amendment, proposed by gay busi
nessman Robert Ball, would result in district
representation and put managers in charge of
departmental services.
The initiatives language contains a techni
cal flaw that would shut down city government
in 2004. However, if voters approve the mea
sure, the council likely will refer a corrected ver
sion to the November ballot.
Mayor Vera Katz endorsed the initiative dur
ing her State of the City speech Feb. 22. She
insisted her support is in the best interest of
Portland, not her potential 2004 candidacy.
“It strengthens accountability between the
city’s executive and legislative actions through a
system of checks and balances,” Katz said. “It
brings city government’s attention closer to your
neighborhixxl."
I
HRC E ndorses
H ouse C andidates
eminding voters that the outcome of the
J I V 2002 elections will have a significant effect
on legislation promoting equality for sexual
minorities, the Human Rights Campaign
released its initial list of House endorsements
Feb. 22. To date, it has endorsed 175 candi
dates—^1 56 Democrats, 18 Republicans and one
Independent.
Oregon’s entire Democratic delegation—
David Wu, Earl Blumenauer, Peter A. DeFazio
and Darlene Hooley— received the thumbs-up.
The state’s only Republican in the House is
Greg Walden.