From EL406006@BROWNVM.brown.edu Thu Jan 13 09:33:06 1994 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 1994 09:08:32 EST From: "David B. O'Donnell" To: Multiple recipients of list GLB-NEWS Subject: AHA Announcement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was posted to the Urban History List and should be of interest to readers of the Archives Listerv. ******************************************************************* Mail*Link(r) SMTP AHA announcement [I am posting this announcement because of the important scholarly principles which the American Historical Association's declaration upholds, and because the AHA decision is likely to effect the 1995 conference plans for some subscribers to our list. Inquiries should be directed to the AHA Headquarters Office, (415) 923-7506 Alan Mayne H-Urban Co-Moderator] ************************************************************** AHA Council Cancels Cincinnati as Site of 1995 Annual Meeting The governing Council of the American Historical Association has concluded that it will not hold its January 1995 annual meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, because of the recent referendum in that city that eliminates sexual orientation as a basis for protection against discrimination. On November 2, 1993, Cincinnati voters amended the city's charter so as to bar the city council from enacting or enforcing laws that give equal legal protection to lesbian, gay, or bisexual citizens in seeking employment, housing, and public accommodations. The AHA Council took this action at its January 6 meeting in San Francisco, where the Association's 1994 annual meeting is in progress. In taking this action, the AHA Council reaffirms its long-standing commitment to human rights and opposition to discrimination in all forms. The Cincinnati voters' action is similar to that taken in 1992 by Colorado voters, in opposition to which AHA President Louise Tilly, on be half of the Council, wrote to Colorado Governor Roy Romer on January 12, 1993. She wrote: "The American Historical Association deplores all acts of discrimination against minorities' or any group's enjoyment of their right to protection against discrimination and finds the action by Colorado voters repugnant and worthy of condemnation." In deciding to relocate the 1995 meeting, the Council reaffirmed this position through the adoption of the following policy statement: It is the policy of the American Historical Association not to hold its annual meetings in locations where its members would be subject to discrimination on the basis of age, gender, marital status, religion,national origin, physical ability, race, or sexual orientation under state or city laws, and the Association will implement this policy in its negotiations for annual meeting sites. Founded in 1884 and chartered by Congress in 1889, the American Historical Association is the nation's largest and oldest professional organization for historians. Its over 5,000 institutional and 16,000 individual members include historians from all geographical, chronological, and topical specializations and all work contexts, including college and university faculty, public historians, independent scholars, archivists, librarians, and secondary school teachers. The Association also maintains a network of nearly 100 specialized affiliated societies with a combined membership exceeding 80,000. Its annual meeting is scheduled for the first Thursday through Sunday after New Year's Day and normally draws between 3,000 and 4,000 participants. Chicago and New York are under consideration as alternate sites. Thomas J. Frusciano University Archivist Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Phone: (908) 932-7006 Fax: (908) 932-7637 E-Mail: Frusciano@Zodiac