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Coffee Klatches and Congressional
Battles

The Human Rights Campaign Fund
(HRCF) has launched its House Meeting
pilot project, a grassroots organizing pro-
gram designed to reach, inform and moti-
vate activists and non-activists in gay and
lesbian homes nationwide.

A typical house meeting begins with
the host inviting friends to his or her home.
At the meeting, attendees review local,
state or federal issues that affect them.
Participants discuss how they can affect
government action on AIDS and the battle
for lesbian and gay civil rights. An HRCF
video is shown at the meetings, which are
not designed to be fundraisers. The event in
informal, friendly and held in neighborly
surroundings.

The house meeting pilot project will
initially focus on North Carolina, Illinois,
Minnesota, Colorado, Ohio and Georgia. If
the project is as successful as anticipated,
HRCF will expand it to other parts of the
country.

For more information call HRCF’s
Field Division at (202) 628-4160 or write
HRCF, 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 607,
Washington DC 20005.

Jeff Levi to Leave as NGLTF Executive
Director

National Gay and Lesbian Task force
(NGLTF) Executive Director Jeffrey Levi
announced that he will leave the organiza-
tion effective August 1st after 6 years of
service with nation’s preeminent gay and
lesbian civil rights organization. Levi plans
to stay actively involved in the gay and
lesbian rights movement and said his de-
parture reflects a strong desire to work full
time on the development and formulation
of national AIDS policy.

Levi joined NGLTF in 1983 as the
Director of the Washington office. In 1986
he was named the Executive Director.

During Levi’s tenure, NGLTF has in.
creased dramatically its staff and member.
ship and worked toward erasing a long.
term $90,000 debt. ‘

Politically, Levi and NGLTF in 1983 l
secured the first—ever funding by the federal ‘
government for community-based AIDS ,
service organizations. He helped drafta V.
national consensus statement on national ‘
blood policy in 1984 and was responsible l
for creating a consensus among public '
health officials and the gay community on 1
HIV testing. l

In 1986, Levi began organizingacoa '
lition of national organizations whose con- 
stituencies were affected by the AIDS [
health crisis. This group, called the Na-
tional Organizations Responding to AIDS ,
(NORA), is now convened by the AIDS 1
Action Council and numbers more than 100
organizations. ,

Persons interested in applying for the f
position of NGLTF Executive Director 0
may write to the Executive Director Search
Committee, NGLTF, 1517 U Street NW,
Washington DC 20009.

 

NGLTF Campus Project Releases Publi- 
cation

The Campus Project of the NGLTF
today released a publication outling strate- \
gies for gay and lesbian activists to organize /
for non-discrimination policies on campus. l
The publication is entitled “Making it Offr- 
cial: Organizing For A Policy to End Dis-
crimination”, and is contained in Organiz- 
ing For Equality, the newsletter of the I
NGLTF Campus Project.

The new publication lists colleges and ’

 

universities that have non-discrimination
policies covering sexual orientation dis-
crimination. It highlights successful organ-
izing efforts on several campuses and oul- .
lines for activists the mechanics of chang- l 1
ing campus policies.

Copies of “Making It Official” mall”

 

 

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