Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 12:33:29 -0800 (PST) From: jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu (Jessea NR Greenman) Subject: CA hearing CANCELLED || two corrections re Anchorage || Cheap, excellent resource for teachers [pursuant to a message we sent a while back urging people in CA to get involved in an upcoming hearing...] From: "Jennifer L. Richard" Subject: CA Parental Rights Hearing Cancelled To: Jessea NR Greenman Jessea, I wanted to let you and your list know that the December Parental Rights and Sex Education hearing in the California legislature has been CANCELLED. ====== ====== two corrections re Anchorage: 1. The Anchorage Daily News published this correction 10/27/1996 In Tuesday's paper, a front-page story about sex education guidelines attributed a statement to the wrong person. Rick Mitcham of the Alaska Family Council told the Anchorage School Board that schools have no business teaching about homosexuality in a non-judgmental way. He said, "Homosexuality is destructive and it kills people." 2. From: AlaskaDan@aol.com Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 19:50:21 -0500 To: jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: Nov. 26 article on Anchorage school club... In a message dated 96-11-28 11:25:49 EST, you write: << (*) NOTE: From daydreamer@lunatic.asylumbbs.com The school baord meeting went on until almost one A.M. The Board agreed to hold a work session to discuss how the Equal Access Act applies to the Dimond High Gay/Straight Alliance - and how to proceed from there. The meeting will be held one hour before the regular Board meeting December 9th at 5:30 - 6:30 P.M. The Board meeting will then be held from 6:30 P.M. until midnight. Both the work session and the Board meeting will be broadcast on cable channel 43, but only the Board meeting will be open to the public. >> This is a mistake. I have talked to Michael (Daydreamer...) and after reviewing the tape of the meeting and verifying what I understood on the tape with School Board President Debbie Ossiander, the Work Session dealing with the Equal Access Act will be held DURING the regular school board meeting at 6:30pm on December 9. The meeting will be broadcast on television and the public WILL BE allowed to attend thw Work Session (Open Meetings Law would prevent a closed meeting regarding this subject). Thanks. Hope this doesn't confuse the issue but I wanted to make sure people, particularly those reading your message living here, knew the correct time for the meeting. Thanks! ========= ========= CHEAP, EXCELLENT RESOURCE by Bob Latham There is a booklet that I think all teachers should own and use. It is titled Out With It, and was sold at the BANGLE booth during the conference. It is mostly writings by young people but also includes activities and a chapter of resources for teachers. It is 115 pages, 8 1/2 X 11, and you are encouraged to make copies from it for classroom use. The chapters are "That Gay Thing", "Friends and Family", "Coming Out", "Homophobia", "Gender Benders", "Looking Back", and "Resources for Teachers." One copy may be ordered by sending $8.00 to Youth Communication 144 West 27th Street-8R New York, NY 10001. If 10 or more copies are ordered, the price is $5 each, all prices postpaid. ========= ========= O+O+ O+O+ O+O+ O+O+ O+O+ O+O+ The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project is an all-volunteer effort CHECK OUT OUR FREE INFO-LOADED WEB PAGE AT http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/