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atthew Shepard’s moth
er, Judy, spoke April 28
at the Oregon Convention
Center as part of Diversity
Summit 2004 presented by
Portland General Electric.
Ever since her gay sons
1998 murder, she has made
the prevention of hate
crimes her focus. She urged
the audience to make their
schools and communities
safer for everyone, regardless
of race, sex, religion or sexu
al orientation.
Shepards speech coincid
ed with the release of an Judy Shepard delivers one of the keynote speeches April 28 at
annual report from the Diversity Summit 2004
National Coalition of Anti-
Violence Programs indicating an 8 percent Opportunity Commission, ensuring that it is
increase in reported incidents of anti-gay vio in compliance with the agreement.
lence, including an 80 percent increase in
The settlem ent of $600,000 includes
anti-gay murders. She partially attributed the $40,000 in legal costs with the rest of the
jump to recent advances in equality, includ money going to Cusick. Part of the settlement
ing the U.S. Supreme Courts Lawrence vs. covers future earnings, since Cirque’s public
Texas decision and the appointment of Gene hostility against Cusick during the past year
Robinson as the Episcopal Church’s first led him to decide not to return to work for
openly gay bishop. “Every pro-gay thing that the company.
happens, hate crimes against the gay commu
“Cascade AIDS Project is encouraged that
Cirque du Soleil understands and accepts lia
nity go up,” she said.
bility for making uninformed choices and
resulting in the unwarranted termination of
Matthew Cusick with this unprecedented set
C irque du S oleil
tlement,” executive director Thomas Bruner
S ettles C om plaint
said. “By acknowledging its ignorance, the
atthew Cusick, the Cirque du Soleil performance company reaffirmed the impor
gymnast who spoke at Cascade AIDS tance to educate our many communities
Project’s Art for Life fund-raiser April 10, will about the realities of living with AIL9S and
receive a record $600,000 to end a discrimi HIV and to affirm the positive contributions
nation complaint ho filed after being fired last to our society those affected make every
day.... We cannot let ignorance harm people
year because he has HIV.
The settlement, announced April 22, ends that we care for and support.”
a nationwide campaign and a federal disabili
ty complaint filed by Lambda Legal, which
litigated the nation’s first HIV discrimination W alkers F ight
case in 1983. The
agreement is the B reast C ancer
largest public set
he American Cancer Society is calling
tlement ever for
on volunteers to mobilize supporters for
an HIV discrimi Portland’s third annual Making Strides
nation complaint Against Breast Cancer walk May 16.
settled with the
Each year, more than 200,000 women and
Equal
Employ men are diagnosed with breast cancer, and
ment Opportuni 40,000 die from the disease. Since 1993, the
ty Commission.
walk has raised awareness and dollars to fight
“W hen I was the disease. Proceeds are used to fund pro
fired hy Cirque du grams for breast cancer patients and their fam
Soleil, it was the ilies and research to find a cure for the disease.
worst day of my
Registration is free. Participants simply
life. Today is collect pledges, form teams with friends and
nearly the exact family, and turn their money in when they
opposite because I arrive the*moming of the walk.
stcxxl up for what
The five-mile route will begin 10 a.m. at
—Matthew Cusick I knew was right Southwest Harrison and College streets, tak
and changed one
ing walkers through downtown Portland,
of the world’s most popular entertainment across the Steel Bridge, along the east hank of
companies,” Cusick said. “This kind of dis the Willamette River and hack to the South
crimination tears people’s dreams and careers Park Blocks. The goal this year is to attract
apart. While other people in all sorts of pro more than 6,000 walkers and raise $225,000.
fessions will still face HIV discrimination,
after today they will have a powerful tool
For more information call 503-795-39/ / or
with the settlement we reached.”
sign up online at www.cancer.org/stridesonline.
Under the settlement agreement, Cirque
will host annual anti-discrimination trainings
for all of its employees worldwide and will F air G ives W omen T ools
adopt a zero-tolerance policy toward discrim
ination based on HIV and other disabilities. for L iv in g -W age J obs
For two years the company will have its ^ I omen will have a chance to explore
records open to the Equal Employment
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