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Lyon and Martin to be Honored at

Rights Celebration

n Sunday, December

9, lesbian rights pio-

neers Phyllis Lyon

and Del Martin will be hon-

ored with the Earl Warren

Civil Liberties Award at the

ACLU-NC 18th annual Bill of

Rights Day Celebration. The

event, which will be held at

the St. Francis Hotel on Union

Square in San Francisco, is

the culmination of the ACLU-

NC Foundation's annual fund-

raising campaigns.

The keynote speaker will

be Professor Derrick Bell, the

renowned civil rights attorney

who resigned his position at

Harvard Law School earlier

this year to protest the law

school's failure to grant tenure

to any woman of color. The

Lola Hanzel Award for

Courageous Advocacy will be

presented posthumously to

ACLU-NC activist Douglas

Warner.

Singer/songwriter Ronnie

Gilbert, formerly of the

Weavers, and lan Shoales of

Lesbian rights pioneers Del Martin (1) and Phy

Award at the Bill of Rights Day Celebration on December 9.

is Lyon will receive the 1990 Ear

movement, the civil and

human rights movement, and

other campaigns for social

justice.

A couple for almost 40

years, the collaboration of

Lyon and Martin paved the

way for a generation of les-

bian and gay activists. In

1955, they joined with six

other lesbians in San

Francisco to found the

Daughters of Bilitis, the first

international lesbian organi-

zation. Because of the viru-

lent homophobia of the

times, the dates, times and

locations of the meetings

were kept secret - there was

always the possibility of

police raids.

Martin served as presi-

dent of the Daughters of

Bilitis from 1957-60 and

Lyon in 1962. Under their

leadership, the Daughters

organized lesbians and gay

men and helped to establish

an identity as a persecuted

minority. They also set ovt to

change the views, beliefs and

arre Ci 1 Liberties

Ruth Mountaingrove

Duck's Breath Mystery

Theatre will provide entertain-

ment.

Earl Warren Award

Each year for the past seventeen years,

the Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award has

been presented to a person or persons who

have distinguished themselves as champi-

ons in the battle to preserve and expand

civil liberties.

The work of Del Martin and Phyllis

Lyon has carved a path for one of the most

important civil liberties struggles of the

past quarter century; because of their

devotion to justice, equality and liberation,

the movement for lesbian and gay rights

not only grew in strength and purpose but

also became linked to the women's rights

First Amendment Victory

for Bay Area Peace Navy

n September 14, the U.S. Court

of Appeals in San Francisco

upheld a lower court ruling strik-

ing down restrictions the U.S. Navy had

imposed on an armada of sea-going Fleet

Week protesters. The court agreed with

the U.S. District Court that the Navy's

restrictions violated the First Amendment.

_ Applauding the decision, ACLU-NC

staff attorney Matthew Coles said, "We

sued to make sure that the San Francisco

Bay is covered by the First Amendment.

The court says it is, so we are happy."

The Peace Navy, a flotilla of nearly

100 small vessels, has been holding Fleet

Week demonstrations in the Bay since

1984. During Fleet Week, warships enter

the Bay in a long convoy and pass before

assembled crowds on the shore and press

and public officials on the pier at Aquatic

Park in San Francisco. As the Navy sails

into the Bay, the Peace Navy sails out,

passing in front of the pier with banners

and posters advocating peace and opposi-

tion to militarism.

In 1986, the U.S. Navy barred the

Peace Navy from entering a 75-yard

"security zone" around the reviewing

stand at Aquatic Park. The restrictions -

enforced by Vietnam-era river boats -

rendered the group's peace songs inaudi-

ble and banners unreadable by the specta-

tors on the pier.

When the Navy imposed the same

restrictions in 1987, the ACLU-NC filed a

lawsuit in U.S. District Court on behalf of

the Bay Area Peace Navy and its coordina-

tors, Robert Heifitz and Thomas Caulfield.

The plaintiffs were represented by Coles

and ACLU-NC_ cooperating attorney

James Kaller of the Law Offices of Jerry

E. Berg. On October 8, two days before

the 1987 Fleet Week demonstration, U.S.

District Court Judge Alfonso Zirpoli

issued an order allowing the peace boats to

sail within 25 yards of the pier.

Anti-war banners

That year, the Peace Navy sailed into

San Francisco Bay during Fleet Week car-

rying anti-war banners and a court order

stating that the Navy's restrictions were

unconstitutional.

The government appealed the decision

and the case was argued before the Ninth

Circuit Court of Appeals on June 5, 1989.

The September 14 opinion, authored by

Judge William Canby, upheld the District

Court's ruling.

Continued on page 2

Continued on page 4

Ballot Propositions

The ACLU-NC takes the following positions on

state and local ballot initiatives:

labor contracts and no entity with reg-

ulatory powers.

eran ie

Proposition 129: Crimes/Taxation/

Bonds- NO

This measure, sponsored by

Attorney General Van De Kamp, is

similar to Proposition 115 which was

passed by the voters in June and also

opposed by the ACLU (see story p.

5). In addition, the measure calls for

law enforcement anti-drug programs,

contains several provisions affecting

criminal defendant privacy and due

process rights, and issues bonds for

correctional and drug treatment facili-

ties. It also attempts to clarify state

privacy rights as they relate to repro-

ductive choice.

Proposition 133: Drug Enforcement and

Prevention/Taxes/Prison Terms - NO

This measure would prohibit

granting "good time" for prisoners

accused of certain crimes and also

calls for increased sentences. The

measure, also called the "Safe Streets"

initiative, is sponsored by Lt.

Governor Leo McCarthy.

Proposition 139: Prison Inmate Labor -

NO

This Governor Deukmejian-

sponsored measure would allow state

and county jails to contract out

inmate labor. The inmates would

have no control over working condi-

tions or the ability to unionize, strike

or negotiate their employment status.

A wide range of bad working condi-

tions could develop because there are

no standardized guidelines-for inmate

- Proposition 144: Prison Bond Measure

-NO

As with previous ballot measures

on prison bonds, the ACLU-NC

opposes this measure. The ACLU-

NC supports money being devoted to

alternatives to incarceration and for

drug treatment programs.

Proposition 147: Bonds for County Jails

and Youth Facilities - NO

This measure, which includes $200

million in new money for jails, is

inconsistent with ACLU-NC policy

(see Proposition 144 above.)

Proposition 151: Bonds for Child Care

`Centers - NO

The ACLU-NC_ opposes | this

measure as it would provide state

funding to church-affiliated child care

facilities and thus violates the separa-

tion of church and state.

San Francisco

Proposition K: Domestic Partners -

YES

This measure, proposed by

Supervisor Harry Britt, provides a

new tool in the movement for Lesbian

and gay rights by providing that any

two unmarried, unrelated people over

18 who live or work in San Francisco

can choose to become domestic part-

ners by filing a notarized statement at

City Hall. (See article page 5.)

aclu news

oct/nov 1990

efense attorneys for Death Row

D inmate Robert Alton Harris filed a

petition for rehearing in the Ninth

Circuit Court of Appeal on September 27

charging that the 2-1 rejection of Harris's

appeal by a three judge panel of that court

a month earlier was an "extraordinary and

potentially pernicious ruling."

According to the attorneys, Charles

Sevilla and Michael McCabe of San Diego

and Michael Laurence, Director of the

ACLU-NC Death Penalty Project, the

majority opinion "stripped poor persons

accused of capital crimes of the basic tools

of defense - the appointment and compe-

tent assistance of a mental health expert."

Defense attorneys also charge that the

earlier ruling conflicts with United States

Harris Attorneys File Petititon

for Rehearing

Supreme Court precedent, which recog-

nizes the fundamental unfairness of sen-

tencing people to death because of their

poverty.

In the petition for rehearing en banc,

Harris's attorneys are asking the full Court

of Appeals to vacate the August 29 deci-

sion which held that Harris was not enti-

tled to a new trial.

"Harris was denied his due process

rights because the court-appointed psychi-

atrists failed to detect his organic brain

disorder and a myriad of mental health

problems," Laurence charged. "Without

the evidence that Robert Harris suffers

from severe brain damage, organic person-

ality disorder, fetal alcohol effects and

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, the jury

which convicted him and sentenced him to

death was fundamentally misled."

Stay of Execution for

Arkansas Man

federal appeals court stayed the

A execution of a retarded Death

Row inmate on September 4 just -

hours before he was scheduled to die by

lethal injection in Little Rock, Arkansas. _

Michael Laurence, Director of the

ACLU-NC Death Penalty Project who

helped win the stay of execution for Barry

Lee Fairchild, said the court's decision

was based on new evidence that Fairchild

was beaten by members of the Sheriff's

Department in order to coerce his confes-

sion.

Fairchild was scheduled to die on

September 5 for a 1983 murder. "He had

said many times that he was beaten and

forced to confess," explained Laurence,

"but not until September 4 did we have

independent evidence that corroborated

his charges."

The new evidence included testimony

from other inmates that they had also been

beaten by former Sheriff Tommy F.

Robinson, who is now a _ US.

Congressman, and sheriff's deputies in an

"The Black community of Little Rock was

living under a reign of terror under the

Sheriff who forced Fairchild's confession."

attempt to coerce confessions.

"The same kind of coercion directed -

toward Barry Fairchild - physical abuse,

brandishing weapons and _ threatening

death - was directed towards the five

other suspects as well," said local defense

attorney John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In two videotaped confessions,

Fairchild is shown with a bandage around

his head and swollen eyes.

Fairchild and all of the inmates who

gave affidavits are Black. "The Black

community of Little Rock was living

under a reign of terror under Tommy

Robinson," said Richard Burr, an attorney

ACLU-NC Board

Officers

he following have been elected as

the officers of the ACLU-NC

Board of Directors for 1990-91:

H. Lee Halterman, Chair; Marsha

Berzon, Vice-Chair (Chair of the Legal

Committee); Milton Estes, Vice-Chair

(Chair of the Development Committee);

Dick Grosboll, Vice-Chair (Chair of the

Field Committee); Alberto Saldamando,

Vice-Chair (Chair of the Legislative

Committee); and Tom _ Lockard,

Treasurer.

These officers will serve on the

ACLU-NC Executive Committee along

with Marlene De Lancie, Joanne Lewis,

Jack Londen, Debbie Lee, Tom Reilly,

Margaret Russell, and Beverly Tucker.

In addition, Margaret Russell was

elected as the ACLU-NC representative to

the Board of Directors of the national

ACLU. Russell replaces former ACLU-

NC representative Nancy Pemberton.

Peace Navy ...

Continued from page I

Circuit Judge Thomas Tang, in his

concurring statement wrote, "The

Constitution must be protected, not the

authority of the Navy to demonstrate with-

out interference its public relations mes-

sage that it is a good investment of public

funds....Vigilant measures allegedly taken

in defense of American values may sub-

vert the very values they seek to protect."

According to the Peace Navy's Heifitz,

"This further victory for free speech

comes at a critical time. Without public

debate, without a recognizable opposition

party in Congress, we are rapidly

approaching war in the Middle East.

Former Secretary of War [sic] Weinberger

recently stated that "We can't fight a war

in the Mid-East and at the same time fight

a war with our Congress...we have to be

united as a nation that we need to do

this...'

"Our practice of free speech on the

Bay will hopefully contribute to that -

debate and call into question that unity,"

Heifitz added.

The Navy, however, seems not to be

interested in the debate. Last year, follow-

ing the District Court ruling, it moved the

press and invited public officials from the

Pier to an aircraft carrier out in the Bay to

view the Fleet Week displays.

According to Heifitz, "The Navy

didn't want the invited officials to con-

front opposing messages during Fleet

Week. From having been host to the

Navy, the City has now become the care-

fully sequestered guests of the U.S. Navy

high above and out of sight of the demon-

strators. While the Peace Navy won a vic-

tory for free speech, it lost a key segment

of its audience.

"Tt seems all too true that the price of

liberty is eternal vigilance," Heifitz added.

with the NAACP Legal Defense and

Education Fund who is also working on

the case.

As the .execution date approached,

many members of the Black community

came forward with information about the

abusive practices of the Sheriff's

Department. The FBI and _ Justice

Department are now investigating charges

of civil rights violations by the Sheriff's

Department under Robinson in this case

and others.

Noting that Fairchild is mentally

retarded with an IQ between 60 and 70,

Laurence said, "Barry Fairchild gave a

In rejecting Harris's claim for an evi-

dentiary hearing, the majority opinion,

written by Judge Brunetti, stated that indi-

gent defendants were not entitled to com-

petent expert assistance in their defense.

Panel member Judge Noonan, who in

March issued the stay of execution which

kept Harris from the gas chamber on April

3, dissented.

"The central question in this case is not

about the legitimacy of the death penalty;

it was whether or not the state can continue

to execute poor people," Laurence said.

"This is an issue that reaches the very fab-

ric of justice in our society. The evidence

presented in the courtroom was very clear:

if Robert Harris had been wealthy, he

would not be on Death Row today.

"If permitted to remain the law of the

Circuit," Laurence said, "the majority

opinion will further entrench the disparity

in treatment in the criminal justice systems

between rich and poor defendants."

confession because he was very suscepti-

ble to being beaten and broken. Two

expert witness psychologists who exam-

ined him said that people with low IQ's

can easily be persuaded to say things they

don't believe."

An Arkansas state Representative said

in the wake of the Fairchild case that he

will introduce legislation next term to ban

the execution of the mentally retarded.

Four of the 37 states which have capital

punishment also have laws banning the

execution of retarded persons.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

sent the case back to the District Court for

a hearing on the new evidence.

The state of Arkansas resumed the use

of capital punishment this year after

twenty-six years. Two people have been

executed since June.

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Court OK's RedwoodStock March

n the eve of Labor Day weekend,

QO ACLU-NC staff attorneys

Matthew Coles and Ed Chen

obtained a federal court order allowing

Redwood Summer protestors to go ahead

with a Labor Day march through the

northern California town of Fortuna.

Redwood Summer organizers called

for the march as the culmination of

"Redwoodstock", a three-day celebration

to mark the end of Redwood Summer.

Fortuna, a town of 9,000 which lies about

15 miles south of Eureka, hosts the Pacific

Lumber mill. The march was to conclude

a summer-long series of nonviolent dem-

onstrations to call attention to the plight of

California's ancient forests endangered by

the logging practices of the U.S. Forest

Service and private lumber companies.

The march was to be a mock funeral pro-

cession for the forest; at the site of the

mill, marchers would place wreaths of

flowers. :

On August 20, only 14 days before the

planned march, the city of Fortuna passed

an "emergency" amendment to its parade

permit ordinance, requiring applications

for permits to be "submitted at least 20

days in advance of the proposed parade or

assembly."

"The ordinance made it impossible for

the Redwood Summer protesters to get a

permit," said ACLU-NC attorney

Matthew Coles, "and town officials

threatened to arrest anyone who marched

without one."

On the advice of the ACLU-NC the

organizers still submitted a permit appli-

cation, but town officials refused to either

grant or deny the requested permit. Instead,

the town threw numerous obstacles into the

application process, demanding, among

other things, a million dollars in insurance,

but refusing to say if it would issue the per-

mit if its demands were met.

On Thursday, August 30 - just three

days before the planned march - Coles

and Chen filed a lawsuit in U.S. District

Court charging that the town's actions

were unconstitutional.

On Friday, August 31, U.S. District

Court Judge Stanley Weigel issued a

Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)

ordering the Fortuna police not to arrest

Redwood Summer marchers. Judge Weigel

ruled that the lumber town's refusal to

issue a parade permit to the Redwood

Summer protesters probably would be held

to be a violation of freedom of speech at a

full trial.

With the TRO in hand, the demonstra-

tors held the march on September 3, fol-

lowing a two-day rally and music festival

along the Eel River. The march, which also

drew a counter-protest, was nonviolent and

no demonstrators were arrested.

"We are extremely happy that we were

able to win a TRO which allowed the

Redwood Summer activists to exercise

their First Amendment rights during the

Redwoodstock celebration,' said Chen.

"But the longer-term problem still persists:

a town cannot enact obstructive regulations

in an attempt to circumvent the

Constitution. We plan to pursue this case

to challenge the 20-day application

requirement."

our Redwood Summer protesters

FE filed a lawsuit in U.S. District

Court on September 6, charging

that their constitutional rights were vio-

lated when members of the Humboldt

County Sheriff's Department forcibly

shaved their heads at the county jail.

Plaintiffs Michael Mulhall, Jayme

Bozzwell, Stephen Brady and _ Gary

Wilhelm had their heads shaved after they

were arrested and jailed on July 24 for

trespassing during a civil disobedience

action against lumber company logging

practices which threaten old growth

forests.

The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District

Court in San Francisco by ACLU-NC staff

attorney Ed Chen, and ACLU-NC cooper-

ating attorneys Mark Harris of Humboldt

County and Robert Fries and Andrew

Berman of Steinhart and Falconer.

In June, Redwood Summer, an organi-

zation dedicated to conducting peaceful

demonstrations to call attention to the

plight of California's ancient forests and

other ecologically critical habitats, began a

series of nonviolent demonstrations to

protest the U.S. Forest Service and lumber

company logging practices in California.

On July 23, plaintiffs Mulhall,

Bozzwell, Brady and Wilhelm were

arrested for trespassing when they staged a

Demonstrators Challenge Forced

Head Shaving

protest on property belong to Pacific

Lumber Company. While in detention, all

of the plaintiffs had their heads shaved

against their will; Brady and Bozzwell also

had their faces shaved. Mulhall was physi-

cally restrained and brutalized by members

of the Sheriff's Department.

"Although the Sheriff's Department

claimed the protesters were shaved to rid

them of lice, at no time prior to or after the

shaving were they properly examined by

qualified medical personnel," explained

attorney Harris. "Nor did any qualified

medical personnel determine that the com-

mon treatment for lice - if any had been

found - which is shampooing with

appropiate medication, was ineffective."

Harris noted that "to our knowledge,

the practice of head shaving has only been

used against activists. Since complaints

were raised about the practice, no one has

since had their head forcibly shaved."

Plaintiff Michael Mulhall explained

what happened to him at the jail. "I

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Attorney Mark Harris (center) flanked by plaintiffs Karen Pickett of Redwood

Summer and Michael Mulhall and Stephen Brady, two protesters who had their

heads forcibly shaved at the Humboldt County Jail.

Union Maid photos

shouted to the guards that I wanted to see a

physician, but I did not get to see any med-

ical personnel at any time.

"As I was screaming, `You won't cut

my hair,' a guard began kidney punching

me. He grabbed me in a throat hold and I

could not breathe. Two guards flipped me

over on my chest on the floor and slammed

my face into the floor. One guard put his

full weight on my calf, and my hands were

forced up behind my back and _ hand-

cuffed," Mulhall stated.

"A third guard came and grabbed my

feet and they carried me into the jail bar-

bershop and threw me into the chair. A jail

officer pulled my head back really hard

and an inmate began to shave my head.

Then they threw me in a holding cell."

No medical purpose

"The head shaving was unnecessary

and medically inappropriate," said attorney

Chen. "We believe it was done with mali-

cious, oppressive intent and to inflict

injury and punishment based in part on the .

political views of the demonstrators."

"The Humboldt County Sheriff's

Department has threatened to continue its

practice of shaving the heads of pretrial

detainees - including members of

Redwood Summer. This practice threatens

to chill the exercise of political protest," he

added.

Karen Pickett, a Redwood Summer

organizer, explained that although all

Redwood Summer activists are trained in

nonviolence and that none of the protes-

tors had been arrested for any acts of

vioence, participants suffered many vio-

lent attacks on them. "Throughout our

summer campaign to slow down logging

to a sustainable level, protesters have been

assaulted, threatened, run off the road and

kidnapped," she said. "The sheriffs in

Humboldt and Mendocino Counties did

nothing to investigate or follow-up on our

complaints.

"Law enforcement must not be allowed

to use violence or harassment as a deter-

rent to freedom of speech," Pickett

charged, adding that as the environmental

crisis still exists, their protest campaign

will continue.

The lawsuit, Redwood Summer y.

Humboldt County Sheriffs Department, is

charging that the challenged policy vio-

lates the First, Fourth, Fifth -and

Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S.

Constitution. In order to prevent future

injury, the lawsuit asks the court to declare

that head shaving of pretrial detainees is

unconstitutional and to enjoin the Sheriff's

Department from any future head shaving.

The suit also asks for compensatory and

punitive damages for the plaintiffs.

aclu news

oct/nov 1990

Bill of Rights

Day ...

Continued from page I

attitudes of oppressing institutions, and

society at large.

In 1956, the Daughters began publish-

ing a monthly magazine, The Ladder.

Lyon served as its editor from 1956-69

and Martin from 1960-62. The Ladder

became the first publication in the U.S.

with articles especially for lesbians.

As the lesbian rights movement pro-

gressed, so did the innovative collabora-

tion of Martin and Lyon. In 1964, they co-

founded the Council on Religion and the

Homosexual and in 1965, they founded

Citizens Alert, a coalition of civil rights

groups dealing with complaints against

police brutality. In 1972, they were among

the founding members of the Alice B.

Toklas Lesbian/Gay Democratic Club.

In 1972, Martin and Lyon, both accom-

plished writers, co-authored the ground-

breaking book Lesbian/Woman which was

published by Bantam and used widely as a

text in women's and gay studies courses

throughout the country. The book was

excerpted in Ms. magazine and won the

Gay Book Award from the American

Library Association in 1972.

Apart from their collaborative work,

both Martin and Lyon have many individ-

ual accomplishments as well.

Lyon, a 1946 journalism graduate from

U.C. Berkeley, holds a Doctor of

Education from the Institute for Advanced

Study of Human Sexuality, where she also

served as a professor from 1976-1987.

She was appointed to the San

Francisco Human Rights Commission by

Mayor George Moscone in 1976, serving

as its Chair in 1982-83 as well as Chair of

its Lesbian/Gay Advisory Committee.

Lyon has lectured on human sexuality

at universities across the country, has writ-

ten for a spectrum of publications ranging

from Ms. to Penthouse Forum, and has

served on numerous boards and commis-

sions including the Citizens Committee to

CHUB oattitcM EN AeS Cnet

Sunday, December 9

4:00 p.m. Reception

5:00 p.m. Program

Grand Ballroom -

Westin St. Francis Hotel

Union Square, San Francisco

Honoring

Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin

Lesbian/Gay rights pioneers

with the 1990 Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award

Keynote Speaker

Professor Derrick Bell

Harvard Law School

Civil rights attorney and educator

Music by Ronnie Gilbert with Libby McLaren

Political satire by

Ian Shoales of Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre

The hotel is wheelchair accessible. Please use the Post St. entrance.

ASL Interpretation will be provided.

Tickets $15.00/$8.00 (for low-income/seniors/students)

Civil rights attorney Derrick Bell will be the keynote speaker.

Steve Kagan, NYT Pictures

Commemorate the Fortieth Anniversary of

_ the Signing of the United Nations Charter

and the San Francisco Women's Centers.

Del Martin, the valedictorian of the

first graduating class of San Francisco's

George Washington High School, also

studied journalism at San Francisco State

and U.C. Berkeley. `

A nationally known advocate for bat-

tered women, Martin is a co-founder of

the Coalition for Justice for Battered

Women (1975), La Casa de las Madres

shelter for battered women (1976) and the

California Coalition against Domestic

Violence (1977). She also served on

To reserve your ticket, please call Marcia Gallo, 415/621-2493, or send in the cou-

pon below. Tickets will be mailed out beginning November 1.

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Enclosed is my payment of $ for tickets at $15.00 each/$8.00

each (low-income/seniors/student rate).

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Mail to: Bill of Rights Celebration, ACLU-NC, 1663 Mission Street, #460, San

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NOW's National Task Force on Battered

Women/Household Violence from 1975-

77 and as a board member of the Western

States Shelter Network.

Martin drew on her work against

domestic violence to author Battered

responded by saying, "This is a university,

not a lunch counter in the Deep South,"

Bell replied, "I feel that Harvard is long

overdue for change, just like the South

was."

Bell's life has been fully committed to

The dynamic Ronnie Gilbert, formerly of The Weavers, will sing at the Bill of

Rights Day Celebration.

JA. Rubino

Wives, first published in 1976 and updated

in 1981, a book which is used widely for

women's studies courses and in training

shelter volunteers.

A longtime activist in the women's

movement, Martin is a founding member

of the San Francisco Women's Centers,

the Lesbian Mothers' Union, and the Bay

Area Women's Coalition. She was

appointed Chair of the San Francisco

Commission on the Status of Women in

1976 and continued on the Commission

until 1979.

Keynote speaker

Last May, Derrick Bell, the first ten-

ured Black law professor at Harvard,

announced that he would go on unpaid

leave until Harvard Law School appointed

a Black woman as a tenured professor. Of

the law school's tenured professors, only

three are Black and five are women. Like

many other law schools in the nation, it

has never had a Black woman as a tenured

professor.

When the dean of the law school

the fight for racial justice. In the 1960's as

an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense

and Education Fund, headed at that time by

Thurgood Marshall, Bell was assigned to

Mississippi where he helped secure the

admission of James Meredith to Ole Miss

over the opposition of segregationist

Governor Ross Barnett.

He has participated in many of the legal

battles for desegregation, equal treatment

and affirmative action, both in the North

and the South.

_In addition to Harvard, Bell has taught

law at the University of Southern

California and was dean of the University

of Oregon Law School from 1981-85.

He is the author of Race, Racism and

American Law, which is dedicated to "all

those who throughout America's history

have risked its wrath to protest its faults,"

Shades of Brown: New Perspectives on

School Desegregation, and the innovative

And We Are Not Saved, a series of fictional

stories dealing with real-life conflicts in

the battle for racial justice in the United

States.

aclu news

oct/nov 1990 5

Court Bars NCAA Drug Tests of Student Athletes

tanford student. athletes cannot be

forced to take NCAA drug tests as a

result of September 25 ruling by the

state Court of Appeal in the ACLU-NC

lawsuit Hill and McKeever. v. National

Collegiate Athletic Association.

The Sixth District Court of Appeal

held that the nationwide drug testing pro-

gram imposed on college athletes through-

out the country `since 1986 violates the

California Constitution's guaranteed right

of privacy.

"This decision is a ray of hope in an

otherwise bleak environment, engendered

by the government's `War on Drugs,'"

said ACLU-NC staff attorney Ed Chen

who represented the students along with

cooperating attorneys Susan Harriman and

Robert Van Nest of Keker and Brockett.

"This is the first successful challenge to

the NCAA drug testing program in the

country."

The unanimous appellate court ruling

upheld an earlier injunction against the

drug testing issued by Santa Clara

Superior Court Judge Conrad L. Rushing

in 1988. The three-judge appellate panel

agreed with Rushing that the NCAA failed

to show it had a compelling interest to test

students based on evidence of actual use

of prohibited substances.

The NCAA, a 1000-member associa-

tion, conducts competitions in 26 college

sports. When it instituted its drug testing

program in 1986, it required all athletes to

agree to submit to the tests or be barred

from competition. The sweeping program

covered tests for 3,600 substances -

including birth control pills and over-the-

counter medicines.

The lawsuit began when Stanford div-

ing champion Simone LeVant refused to

submit to the NCAA testing, although she

knew that it jeopardized her ability to

enter NCAA _ competitions. LeVant

charged that the drug testing program,

which required student athletes to disrobe

from their armpits to their knees and pro-

duce a urine sample while being watched

by a monitor, was "degrading, humiliating

and embarrassing" and invaded her right

to privacy. The ACLU-NC filed a lawsuit

Champion Stanford diver Simone LeVant dove into a controversy which resulted in the first

successful challenge to the NCAA drug testing of student athletes.

on behalf of LeVant and in January, 1987

won a Temporary Restraining Order from

Santa Clara Superior Court allowing her to

compete without being tested.

Soccer, football

When LeVant, a senior and the Captain

of the Women's Diving `Team, graduated,

two other Stanford athletes soccer player

Jennifer Hill and football linebacker Barry

Chuck Painter, Stanford University

McKeever, joined the suit. - :

In a five-week trial in 1988, the ACLU-

NC attorneys provided numerous expert

witnesses and hundreds of exhibits to sup-

port their charge that the forced drug test-

ing was unnecessary and invasive of the

students' privacy.

In April, 1988, Judge Rushing issued a

permanent injunction declaring, "The

_ NCAA's monitored taking of urine sam-

ples for drug testing is

clearly an invasion of the

right to privacy....It

appears the evidence is

wholly insufficient to

support the NCAA pro-

gram of drug testing in

- any sport." The injunc-

tion prohibited _ the

`NCAA from testing any

of the 600 Stanford ath-

letes competing in any

sport anywhere in the

United States. The

NCAA appealed.

In August, attorney

Harriman argued the

case before the three-

judge panel of the Court

of Appeal.

In its 56-page ruling,

the Court stated, "The

evidence showed that the

test program was too

broad, and its accuracy

doubtful. The appeal pro-

cedure was inadequate.

Finally, there are alterna-

tives to testing that are

less offensive to the right

of privacy which have

not been adequately con-

sidered."

~ Domestic Partners

Vote Yes on K

by Matthew Coles

ACLU-NC Staff Attorney

K,- the proposed Domestic

Partnership law which is on the

ballot in San Francisco in November,

because it endorses the equal treatment of

lesbians and gay men and it also believes

that the right to privacy gives people the

right to form relationships outside of mar-

riage. i oe

Here is what the proposed ordinance,

authored by Supervisor Harry Britt, does:

The law states that two people can

become domestic partners if they are over

18, unmarried, unrelated and:

T he ACLU-NC supports Proposition

1. they live together (they can have

separate homes as long as they have one

that they share); and

2. each has agreed to provide the other

with basic food and shelter if necessary.

The law sets up two ways to create a

domestic partnership. The partners can file

a Statement at City Hall saying they are

domestic partners. If they want to keep

their relationship more confidential, they

can sign a statement in front of a notary

and a witness instead. That is the whole

law.

Unlike the domestic partnership laws

in Berkeley and Santa Cruz, this law does

not give city workers employment bene-

_ fits, but it offers the potential for much

more than that.

Anyone who lives or works in San

Francisco (not just city employees) can

create a domestic partnership by filing at

City Hall. There is no limit on who can

create one by signing in front of a notary.

This means that businesses can use

domestic partnerships for joint member-

ships, vacation plans, leave policies, even

health plans. The new law does not require

any business to do that (federal and state

law prevent the City from requiring that in

all but a few, financially insignificant cir-

cumstances). But the new law does make

it possible for any business (or other insti-

tution for that matter) to use domestic part-

nership. The other laws do not do that.

More important, because this law is

not limited to city workers, it will create a

system for recognizing that lesbians and

gay men have "intimate, committed" rela-

tionships. That may not seem like a "ben-

efit" in the conventional sense, but it is the

most meaningful thing that any domestic

partnership plan can do.

One of the most effective tools which

American culture uses to keep lesbians

and gay men out of the mainstream is the

myth that gay people are emotionally shal-

low, incapable of serious, abiding commit-

ments to each other.

One of the most effective tools that the

lesbian and gay rights movement has for

destroying that myth is bringing gay rela-

tionships into the open. By having govern-

ment recognize lesbian and = gay

relationships, this law does just that.

The Department of Social Services has

already decided that the law will not keep

people with HIV infections off public

assistance programs. It will not affect ben-

efits plans. It will make it impossible for

the family of a person with HIV disease to

claim that the person's lover is a stranger

or, at most, a friend.

The law will not make wills and pow-

ers of attorney unnecessary. This is not the

end of the movement for the lesbian and

Continued on page 8

| Challenge to Proposition 115 _

Crime Law Should not

Erode Rights

n October 2, the California

QO Supreme Court heard arguments

challenging the legality of

Proposition 115, the "Criminal Justice

Reform" initiative sponsored by Senator

Pete Wilson and passed by the voters in

June.

The lawsuit, Raven v. Deukmejian, was

filed on behalf of the former President of

the American Bar Association Robert D.

Raven and other leaders in the legal pro-

fession, by Stephen Bomse and David

Goodwin of Heller, Ehrman, White and

McAuliffe.

"This sweeping crime initiative all but

eliminates the Calfornia Constitution as an

independent guarantor of the liberties of

the people of California," Goodwin told

the high court.

In an amicus brief, the three California

affiliates of the ACLU argued that the

court should declare that Proposition 115

violates the limits on constitutional change

in California on two counts: it violates the

revision Clause of the Constitution and it

violates the "single subject" principle.

The passage of Proposition 115 made

sweeping changes to the Calfornia

Constitution by limiting many California

rights to only those guaranteed by the fed-

eral Constitution, and denying California

courts the ability to interpret any of the

state clauses independently of federal con-

stitutional doctrine. :

According to ACLU-NC staff attorney

Margaret Crosby, the author of the amicus

brief, "Although direct democracy through

a vote of the people on an initiative is an

appropriate method of making a specific

amendment to the state Constitution,

sweeping or profound changes - such as

those embodied in Proposition 115 - are

reserved for a more deliberative process."

Proposition 115 revises the state

Constitution, the ACLU argues, making

profound changes that are placed beyond

the vote of a majority after a single ballot

measure campaign. The measure also

addresses multiple unrelated subjects -

ranging from the death penalty to jury voir

- dire to the new crime of torture - which

the voters were forced to accept or reject

in a single package.

"This measure thus subverts the signifi-

cant values underlying the Constitution's

limitations on change: the revision's clause

protection of fundamental rights and core

institutions from elimination through (c)

hasty, ill-conceived measures and the sin-

gle subject clause's protection of participa-

tory democracy by ensuring that an

initiative be sufficiently clear and focused

that the electoral result reflects an authen-

tic expression of the will of California vot-

ers," the ACLU argues.

"The ability to construe the California

Constitution independently has meant that

fundamental rights are not expanded and

contracted with decisions from the U.S.

Supreme Court 3,000 miles away," Crosby

stated. "Now, Proposition 115 threatens to

sacrifice that independence."

In addition, the ACLU brief argues that

if the Court decides that Proposition 115

was validly enacted, then the Court must

also interpret the measure narrowly so that

it has no impact on substantial constitu-

_tional rights.

"We urge the Court to interpret

Proposition 115 to affect only the enumer-

ated procedural rights in criminal proceed-

ings and to have no impact on such key

civil liberties guarantees as freedom of

speech, petition, religion and privacy,"

Crosby explained.

aclu news

oct/nov 1990

Challenge Grant Boosts ACLU

Fundraising Campaigns -

wo longtime ACLU supporters

: have joined forces to create an

unusual and wide-ranging chal-

lenge to the ACLU's fundraising program

this fall. James C. Hormel and Alvin H.

Baum, LCSW, have agreed to match

increased gifts to the organization up to

$45,000. This match multiplies the value

of every gift from donors who increase

their gifts over their level of support last

year.

Hormel is a San Francisco philanthro-

pist and community leader who has sup-

ported the ACLU for many years with

donations and issue-oriented volunteering.

Last year he made a strategic challenge

gift that increased the membership of the

ACLU's Founders Circle by 25 donors

who gave $1,000 each.

Baum is a San Francisco psychothera-

pist and a volunteer active in a range of

community concerns. He was on the

ACLU-NC Board of Directors from 1976

to 1982, and served as Treasurer from

1980 through 1982.

"The commitment of Al and Jim to the

development of the ACLU program is

visionary," said Development Committee

Chair Milton Estes. "This extraordinary

challenge will make a huge difference in

our ability now and in the future to fund

the ACLU's legal activities. Increased giv-

ing this year will become the base of

future accomplishments. Their gift is par-

ticularly crucial in this period of hostility

to civil liberties in both state and federal

courts."

ACLU-NC

Executive Director

James C. Hormel Janet Van Ham

Alvin H. Baum

- Dorothy Ehrlich agreed, "This substantial

support from Jim Hormel and Al Baum

demonstrates philanthropic leadership of

the most enduring kind. Individual dona-

tions provide 50 percent of the ACLU's

organizational budget, so the challenge

grant and the increased gift support that it

will attract will provide a financial founda-

tion for all our programs.

"As the last term of the U.S. Supreme

Court so clearly demonstrated, civil liber-

ties are in greater danger now than at any

time since the 1950's. Increased private

support will help us to respond quickly and

decisively to the challenges which confront

us," Ehrlich added.

By challenging virtually all of the

ACLU's donors to upgrade their gifts,

Baum and Hormel are providing an effec-

tive catalyst for growth in fundraising.

Donations of any amount will qualify for

the match. The challenge provides a dollar-

for-dollar match of the amount of the

increase of a gift.

For example, contributors to the

ACLU-NC 1990 Bill of Rights Campaign

will be able to multiply the impact of

their gifts by increasing their support over

their 1989 level. A donor who gave $100

last year, and who gives $250 this year,

enables the ACLU to receive an addi-

tional $150 from the challenge grant.

Similarly, gifts made by donors to the

ACLU-NC Fall Major Gifts Campaign

will also qualify for the match. For exam-

ple, donors who contributed $1,000 in

1989 who decide to upgrade their support

to $2,000 this year will qualify the ACLU

to receive an additional $1,000 in support

from the challenge pool. Full payment on

the pledge or gift must be received by

January 31, 1991 to count for the chal-

lenge grant.

`Board member and fundraising leader

Fran Strauss predicted that the new chal-

lenge grant will give a major boost to the

ACLU-NC campaigns. "The support

offered by Hormel and Baum is an

incredibly generous gesture that flows

from a deep commitment to the cause of

civil liberties. I'm sure our members and

donors will have a tremendously positive

response to the challenge."

For more information about the

challenge grant or gifts eligible for

matching, please contact Cheri Bryant,

Director of Development, at 415/621-

2493.

Campaign Kick-Off Tops Goal

olunteers at the 1990 Bill of

Rights Campaign Kick-Off on

September 11 raised $7500 - the

highest ever in a single "Phone Nite."

Phoners cheered as Campaign Chair

Marlene De Lancie tallied up the pledges

at the end of the evening, announcing,

"The enthusiastic response from our mem-

bers has put us well on our way to our

$100,000 goal."

In the weeks following the Kick-Off,

Phone Nites sponsored by ACLU-NC

Chapters in their local areas also attained

or exceeded their fundraising goals.

"Vigorous volunteer recruiting by the

Campaign committee and generous sup- |

port from ACLU-NC chapters has enabled

the Bill of Rights Campaign to raise over

$100,000 annually through a series of

fundraising Phone Nites," De Lancie

explained.

At each Phone Nite volunteers call

ACLU-NC members asking for for pledge

contributions to support the ACLU-NC

legal and public education programs. All

volunteers are treated to a complimentary

dinner and receive an orientation from an

experienced leader.

"We want to encourage any member

who has been looking for a fast and easy

Bill of Rights Campaign Committee at the successful September fundraising

kick-off.

Ann Rushing

way to donate time to the ACLU to sign

up for a Phone Nite. Your support as a Bill

of Rights volunteer is one of the most val-

uable contributions you can make to the

ACLU this year," De Lancie said.

Campaign Phone Nites operate from

6:00 PM to 9:30 PM and are held in con-

venient locations within the Bay Area.

As special feature of the Bill of Rights

Campaign '90, all volunteers receive a

"Guardian of Liberty" pocket flashlight

(great for earthquake supplies) and a

chance to win prizes at the nightly raffle.

Check the schedule below for a Phone

Nite in your area. If you don't see your

Chapter listed or if you would like more

information, please call ACLU-NC Mem-

bership Coordinator Sandy Holmes at

(415) 621-2493.

1990 Bill of Rights Campaign

Phone Nite Schedule

Chapter

Fresno

Gay Rights (San Francisco)

Mid-Peninsula

North Valley (Shasta County)

San Francisco

Santa Clara

Sonoma

B-A-R-K/Earl Warren (East Bay)

Date

Monday, November 12

Wednesday, December 5

Thursday, November 29

Monday, October 29

Tuesday, November 27

Thursday, November 29

Tuesday, December 4

Monday, December 10

To be announced

Tuesday, November 20

aclu news |

oct/nov 1990 7

Bryant, New Development Director

( ; heri Bryant, the ACLU-NC's

new Director of Development,

has "a deep belief in the power

of philanthropy to affect social change

and social justice."

"Nobody says at the age of 5 that they

want to grow up to be a fundraiser," she

laughs, "but it is a field which excites me

because I enjoy being a person who can

facilitate building effective organizations

through the generous gifts of donors."

Bryant knows the field well, having

worked for a decade as a fundraiser for

groups ranging from the Oakland

Symphony to the University of California.

A 1975 graduate of U.C. Berkeley,

Bryant "fell into fundraising" when she

joined the staff of Advocates for Women

and found that a major part of her job as

Project Director was to raise the money to

keep the program operating. Advocates

for Women is a Bay Area organization

which promotes non-traditional jobs for

women through recruitment, training, and

working with employers to hire women

with transferable skills.

She honed her skills as Director of

Development for the Oakland. Symphony

and the Trust for Public Land before

becoming a fundraising consultant for a

variety of nonprofit agencies, including

the University Art Museum in Berkeley,

the Women's Cancer Resource Center

and the California Network of Mental

Health Clients.

Gay community foundation

In 1986, Bryant was appointed

Executive Director of Horizons

Foundation, an organization which she

had served as a Board member since

1981. "Horizons Foundation is the oldest

gay community foundation in the nation,"

Bryant explained. "Its work is ground-

breaking. The key is that word `commu-

nity.' Horizons is supported every year by

donors from the gay community; then the

organization turns around and makes

small but high impact grants for lesbian

and gay services. Unlike many other foun-

dations, Horizons is not reliant on a per-

manent endowment or one large giver."

Horizons Foundation has distributed

over 150 grants to organizations in nine

Bay Area counties, focusing on civil

rights, health, AIDS, human services, arts

and cultural programs and education.

"We helped a lot of small, new groups

get started," Bryant explained, adding

proudly that Horizons was the first foun-

dation to give seed grants to the San

Francisco AIDS Foundation and Project

was responsible for raising 24,000 gifts

totaling $2.5 million of the overall univer-

sity 5-year goal of $455 million.

Bryant, who has long admired the

work and people of the ACLU, feels she is

joining the ACLU-NC Development staff

at an "exciting stage."

"The organization has worked hard to

develop a lot of grassroots support, has a

large membership, and has attracted a very

committed corps of volunteers. The fund-

Cheri Bryant

Union Maid photos

Open Hand. "Also, because we were the

first lesbian and gay grantmaking founda-

tion in the country, we have been very

involved in helping other gay foundations

get started in Seattle, San Diego,

Minneapolis and Boston," she added.

In 1988, Bryant was appointed Director

of the Annual Fund for the College of

Letters and Science at U.C.. Berkeley.

There she directed alumni fundraising pro-

grams, worked with faculty to raise major

restricted gifts, and coordinated the annual

gifts effort with the university's capital

campaign, "Keeping the Promise." She

raising programs are models for other

organizations in their personal approach,

volunteer participation and effectiveness.

It is now poised at a point where it can

jump to a new level - where we can pro-

vide a more permanent financial founda-

tion for the organization to ensure that our

mission can go on for many years address-

ing the civil liberties issues of tomorrow

as well as today," she explained.

Planned giving

Bryant joined the ACLU-NC just as it

is launching its fall fundraising efforts -

the Founders Circle and Bill of Rights

Campaigns. In addition, she is working

with consultant Jan deJong to develop a

new planned giving program for the

ACLU-NC. This program will help

ACLU members and supporters to desig-

nate the ACLU as a charitable benefici-

ary in their wills and in their long-term

estate planning.

"This is one example of what I mean

about ensuring the future of the ACLU,"

Bryant says. "Through bequests, life

insurance and other planned gifts, dedi-

cated supporters can extend their life val-

ues through a charitable gift."

Though she never seems to have

much spare time, Bryant likes to spend it

in the outdoors, slogging through tide-

pools, birdwatching or investigating his-

toric architectural sites. Always the

fundraiser, she says she "can't enter a

museum without first studying the lists of

donors in the lobby!"

Bryant replaces Associate Director

Martha Kegel who left the ACLU-NC in

August to attend Stanford Law School.

Kegel, the former Executive Director of

the Louisiana ACLU, joined the ACLU-

NC in 1986. Under her leadership of the

Development Department, the member-

ship of the ACLU-NC grew from 22,000

to 30,000 members and the Major Gifts

Campaign expanded by 87%.

Kegel also helped found and lead

Death Penalty Focus, a statewide organi-

zation dedicated to the abolition of capi-

tal punishment in California.

At its July meeting, the ACLU-NC

Board of Directors passed a resolution

honoring Kegel and thanking her for her

work at the ACLU. The resolution states,

in part, "Martha Kegel should know how

grateful the ACLU of Northern California

is to her for advancing the organization to

unbelievably higher sights, undaunted by

the onerous challenges before us.

Although we will miss her consistent

day-to-day leadership, we will cherish

her lasting friendship and her lifelong

dedication to justice and equality."

A Rap Music Ban ... in Berkeley?

harging that a ban on rap music

C concerts at the Berkeley

Community Theater is unconstitu-

tional, ACLU-NC staff attorney Matthew

Coles wrote to Berkeley School

Superintendent Dr. LaVoneia Steele ask-

ing that the ban be rescinded. The school

district runs the theater which is located

next to Berkeley High School.

Following a September rap concert at

the theater in which two people were

stabbed, Associate Superintendent Anton

Jungherr imposed the ban. A_ concert

scheduled for October 5 with rap groups X

Klan, Kwame, Special Ed and Bruce D.

was canceled due to the ban.

"Rap music, like rock music, is pro-

tected by the First Amendment," wrote

Coles in his October 3 letter. "Making

sure that concerts are safe is a legitimate

goal, but banning rap music is hardly a

sensible way to achieve it.

"To answer violent behavior with a

ban on a controversial style of music is to

powerfully undercut everything schools

teach about intellectual freedom and civil

liberty," Coles stated. "That the ban

applies to rap, an important form of urban

African American expression, makes it

particularly inappropriate for a school dis-

trict which says it is committed to cultural

diversity," he added.

Coles asked that if the ban is not

rescinded that the School Board put the

item on its October meeting agenda.

In a response to the ACLU-NC letter,

Superintendent Steele stated, "The

Administration was told that the Berkeley

Police Department had requested that

School Administration refuse to allow Rap

"Rap music, like rock

music, is protected by

the First Amendment,

.-" Making sure that

concerts are safe is a

legitimate goal, but

banning rap music is

hardly a sensible way

to achieve it."

groups to use the Community Theater as a

result of injuries inflicted on patrons at a

concert on September 20."

"There is no BUSD Board Policy ban-

ning music of any kind," Dr. Steele added.

However, Associate Superintendent

Jungherr told the press that he imposed the

ban at the request of the Police Chief.

As of press time, Dr. Steele assured

Coles that new amendments to the BUSD

policy that were added to address the

Police Chief's security concerns, include

no restrictions on concerts based on the

content of the music.

"When record distributors and rap

groups are prosecuted in other states, it is

easy to get smug and think we're immune

from that kind of stupidity here," Coles

said. "The Berkeley ban should remind us

we can't ever be complacent about censor-

ship."

The rap group Kwame had their scheduled October 5th concert cancelled.

aclu news

oct/nov 1990

"Taking Liberties"'

A monthly radio program on civil liberties

KPFA 94.1 FM

and

KFCF 88.1 FM (Fresno)

Wednesday, November 28

at 7:00 PM

Pioneers in the Movement

for Lesbian Rights: An

Evening with Del Martin

and Phyllis Lyon

"Taking Liberties", explores how the

Bill of Rights affects our everyday lives.

The series is aired on KPFA and KFCF in

Fresno.

The monthly program, hosted by

ACLU-NC Public Information Director

Elaine Elinson, includes expert guests on

cutting edge civil liberties questions. It

also features a special section with civil

liberties news updates and information on

how listeners can make their voices heard

on crucial civil liberties issues.

a une your radio dial to "Taking Liberties!"

Domestic

Partners ...

Continued from page 5

gay rights. But it is an important begin-

ning.

- The ACLU-NC Domestic Partnership

Policy Project, funded in part by grants

from the Chicago Resource Foundation

and the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation,

is aimed at developing model domestic

partnership policies, helping to create insu-

rance plans which recognize domestic

partnerships, and exploring the tax-related

aspects of domestic partnerships.

Matthew Coles, who heads the ACLU-

NC Domestic Partnership Policy Project,

is an author of Proposition K and also

worked on the domestic partnership ordi-

nances in Berkeley, Santa Cruz, West

Hollywood and other municipalities.

Cartoonist

The ACLU News is proud to announce the addition of the work of prize-winning car-

toonist John Grimes to our pages. Grimes, a 1987 and 1988 First Prize winner in the Bay

Guardian Cartoon Contest, is a freelance artist whose cartoons are frequently seen in the

San Francisco Chronicle, the (Berkeley) Monthly, The City, and newspapers from

Cleveland to British Columbia. His first cartoon for the ACLU News (below) caught our

eye in MediaFile just as we were fighting the ban on rap music concerts at the Berkeley

Community Theater (see story on page 7.)

LET'S HEAR IT FOR MY BACKUP KAPPERS,

"FUNKY LEW ANP THE A.C.L.U."

OUN GRIMES

Field Program Monthly

Meetings

Chapter

Meetings

(Chapter meetings are open to all inter-

ested members. Contact the chapter acti-

vist listed for your area.)

B-A-R-K _-_ (Berkeley-Albany-Richmond-

Kensington) Chapter Meeting: (Usually

fourth Thursday) Meeting on Thursday,

November 29 at 7:00 PM in Berkeley.

Contact Julie Houk, 415/848-4752 (day).

Earl Warren (Oakland/Alameda

County) Chapter Meeting: (Usually

second Wednesday) Meeting on

Wednesday, November 14 at 7:30 PM,

1121 Ashmount Avenue, Oakland.

Contact Abe Feinberg, 415/451-1122.

B-A-R-K and Earl Warren Chapters

will jointly sponsor a Bill of Rights

Campaign Phone Night on Monday,

November 12 in Oakland. To volunteer,

contact Sandy Holmes, ACLU-NC office,

415/621-2493.

Fresno Chapter Meeting: (Usually third

Monday) Meetings on Monday,

November 19 and Monday, December 17

at San Joaquin Law School, 3385 E.

Shields, Fresno. New members always

welcome! For more information, please

call the Chapter Hotline 209/225-

7380.The Chapter will sponsor a Bill of

Rights Campaign Phone Night on

Wednesday, December 5 in Fresno. To

volunteer, contact Sandy Holmes, 415/

621-2493.

Gay Rights Chapter Meeting: (Usually

first Thursday) Meet Thursday,

November 1 and Thursday, December 6.

Both meetings at the ACLU-NC Office,

1663 Mission, #460, San Francisco at

7:00 PM. For more information, contact

Mike Williams, 415/845-4777. Join the

chapter on Thursday, November 29 for

their Bill of Rights Campaign Phone

Night. To volunteer, contact Sandy

Holmes, 415/621-2493.

Marin County Chapter Meeting: (Third

Monday) Monday, November 19 and

Monday, December 17 at 7:30 PM, West

America Bank, Strawberry Village, Mill

Valley. Contact Bernie Moss, 415/332-

3153;

Mid-Peninsula (Palo Alto area)

Chapter Meeting: (Usually fourth

Wednesday) For more information, con-

tact Harry Anisgard, 415/856-9186 or

Leona Billings, 415/326-0926.

Monterey County Chapter Meeting:

(Usually first Tuesday) Meet Tuesday,

November 6 and Tuesday, December 4 at

7:30 PM at the Monterey Library, Pacific

and Jefferson Streets, Monterey. For

more information, contact Richard

Criley, 408/624-7562.

Mt. Diable (Contra Costa County)

Chapter Meeting: (Now fourth

Thursday) Meet Thursday, November 22.

For time and place of meeting and more

information, contact Mildred Starkie,

415/934-0557. Calling all teachers: are

you interested in working with the chap-

ter on a "Civil Liberties Essay Contest"

for students? If so, contact Mildred

Starkie, number above.

North Peninsula (San Mateo area)

Chapter Meeting: (Usually third

Monday) Meet Monday, November 19.

and Monday, December 17 at 7:30 PM,

Bank of America, Third and El Camino,

San Mateo. Contact Emily Skolnick, 340-

9834. Note: The North Pen Chapter

has a new Hotline number: 579-1789.

The Chapter Student Outreach

Committee needs help organizing a high

school essay contest on the Bill of Rights.

Contact Neil Kelly, 415/593-6156 (eves). .

North Valley (Shasta, Siskiyou,

Tehema, and Trinity Counties)

Chapter Meeting: (Usually fourth

Wednesday) Wednesday, November 28.

For more information contact Frank

Treadway, 916/365-4336 or 916/241-

7725. The North Valley Chapter will host

a Bill of Rights Campaign Phone Night

on Tuesday, November 27. To volunteer,

contact Sandy Holmes, 415/621-2493.

Sacramento Valley Chapter Meeting:

(Usually second Wednesday) Meet

Wednesday, November 7 and Wednesday,

December 5 at 7:00 PM. Call for place.

Contact Ruth Ordas, 916/488-9950.

San Francisco Chapter Meeting:

(Usually third Monday) Meet Monday,

November 19 and Monday, December 17,

7:00 PM at the ACLU office, 1663

Mission, 460, San Francisco. The Chapter

has just reorganized and is seeking mem-

bers to participate in a variety of issue-

related committees. Contact Lee Seville,

415/681-4747.

Santa Clara Valley Chapter Meeting:

(Usually first Tuesday) Meet Tuesday,

November 6 and Tuesday, December

October 4 at 7:00 PM, Commerce Bank

Building, 111 West St. John Street, 2nd

Floor Conference Room, San _ Jose.

Contact John Holly, 408/554-9478.

Santa Cruz County Chapter Meeting:

Special meeting on hate speech:

Thursday, November 8 at the Calvary

Church, Center St., Santa Cruz. Members

meet at 7:00 PM, program begins at 7:30.

The event is free and open to the public.

Contact Sy Schwartz, 408/462-2093, for

further information.

Sonoma County Chapter Meeting:

(Third Thursday of the month) Meet

Thursday, November 15 and Thursday,

December 20, 7:30 PM, 821 Mendocino

Ave, Santa Rosa. All members welcome.

Contact Fran Byrn, 707/546-3237. Help

the chapter have a successful Bill of

Rights Campaign Phone Night on

Tuesday, November 20 in Santa Rosa. To

volunteer, contact Sandy Holmes at 415/

621-2493. s

Yolo County Chapter Meeting: (Usually

third Thursday) For more information,

contact Doug Powers, 916/756-8274.

Field

Committee

Meetings

(All meetings except those noted will be

held at the ACLU-NC Office, 1663

Mission Street, Suite #460, San Francisco.

To RSVP, or for more information, con-

tact Marcia Gallo or Michele Hurtado at

the ACLU-NC 415/621-2493.)

Student Outreach Committee: (Usually

third Saturday) Meet Saturday, November

17 and Saturday, December 15 from

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Our Student

Outreach Speakers' Bureau is going

strong - we're still able to take on new

speakers and more engagements. Join us

on November 17 for a discussion of the

essay contests now getting started and

other outreach projects. The December 15

meeting will feature a guest speaker.

Pro-Choice Action Campaign: (Usually

_third Tuesday) Meet Tuesday, November

20 and Tuesday, December 18 at 6:30

PM. Help organize our Teen Reproductive

Rights project, plan for 1991 grassroots

lobbying, and staff tables at upcoming

holiday fairs and festivals around the Bay

Area.

Death Penalty Action Campaign:

Organizing now for special hearings on

the death penalty in Sacramento in

November. Contact Marcia Gallo, num-

ber above, for more information.

Bill of Rights Day Celebration (see story

this issue): Sunday, December 9.

Volunteers needed to help staff tables,

welcome guests, collect tickets, etc. at our

annual ACLU of Northem California

event. Jo volunteer, contact Marcia

Gallo, number above, by November 26.

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