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~North Dakota Human Rights Coalition~ PAUR Report
Programs ~ Announcements ~ Updates ~ Resources
Visit our Website at www.ndhrc.org
March 18, 2004
Hello members and friends of the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition!
In this week’s PAUR Report:
Announcements 1) NDHRC Still Accepting Applications for Paid Summer Internship 2) VastLane Interviews NDHRC Assistant Director 3) Deadline Extended for Tri-College NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership Development Institute, May 23 – 27, 2004, Moorhead 4) Documentary Examines Native Sports Mascots and Stereotypes 5) Greater North Dakota Association Seeking Community Leadership Award Nominations
Newspaper Articles 6) Grand Forks Herald, Dorreen Yellow Bird Column: Wanted -- A single, active human rights organization 7) The Forum (Fargo), Gerry Even letter: Editorial failed to grasp obvious rights disparities 8) The Forum (Fargo), Forum editorial: Amending the charter is not likely 9) The Forum (Fargo), Ross Nelson column: Gays use PC to tilt standards 10) Grand Forks Herald, Editorial: The middle ground on gay marriage 11) Grand Forks Herald, Gay marriage issue invites thought, reflection 12) The Forum (Fargo), David Danbom column: Amending away our annoyances 13) The Forum (Fargo), Preston Flaten letter: Don’t twist Bible to allow gay marriage 14) Associated Press, North Dakota Courts: Judge denies improper conduct 15) The Forum (Fargo), Terry DeVine column: McGuire should leave the bench 16) Bismarck Tribune, State workers wonder what’s next 17) Bismarck Tribune Articles on families trying to survive while providing for a child with a disability
Events 18) North Dakota Peace Coalition Peace Walk, March 20, from Moorhead, MN to Fargo
Reminders 19) MSUM Women’s Studies Program, Women’s History Month, March 2004 20) Pride Collective Discrimination Survey 21) Registration for Town Hall Meeting, “Within Our Grasp: Building a Better Bismarck Through Diversity, April 6, Bismarck 22) Free Anti-Racism Training, March 22 and 23, Moorhead 23) Building Bridges: Understanding Community Crisis, April 2 – 3, Bismarck 24) Knowing & Understanding Your Rights is the First Step in Receiving Equal Rights 25) Conference Registration and Information Available for the 3rd Annual Building Racially Inclusive Communities Conference, May 6-8, Fargo 26) UND (Grand Forks) Forums Focus on American Indian Experience 27) Principles of Community Organizing Training, April 24-27, 2004, Fargo 28) Sisters of the Presentation at Sacred Heart Convent Presents “Peace Studies” 2003 Series (Various Locations in ND and MN)
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1.) NDHRC Still Accepting Application for Paid Summer Internship
Position Announcement
The North Dakota Human Rights Coalition seeks applicants for a summer intern to interview individuals in North Dakota who have experienced discrimination and to document those experiences, with a focus on people in the gay/lesbian/transgender bisexual community, people of color (including Native Americans and New Americans) and people with disabilities.
This is a full-time summer internship for an undergraduate college student, 40 hours per week, $8.75 per hour. Information about the internship and application information is available at http://ndhrc.org/Annoucements/2004%20NDHRC%20Internship%20Position.htm.
North Dakota Human Rights Coalition P.O. Box 1961 Fargo, ND 58107-1961 (701) 239-9323 (701) 478-4452 (Fax)
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2.) VastLane Interviews NDHRC Assistant Director
Andrea Warren-Deegan, Assistant Director for the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition responds to questions about the Coalition, about human rights in North Dakota, and what people like can do in the struggle for greater human rights.
VastLane is an organization developed to create economic and cultural opportunities in the Grand Forks and Red River Valley by increasing social capital, networking pockets of creativity and resources, and showcasing talent.
View the interview here
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3.) Deadline Extended for Tri-College NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership Development Institute, May 23 – 27, 2004, Moorhead
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 30, 2004!
The North Dakota Human Rights Coalition has been participating in the planning meetings for this event. One of the goals of the Coalition is to increase the diversity of representation in state and local government in North Dakota, including increasing the number of women, people of color, people with disabilities, and openly gay people.
Are you interested in developing public leadership skills? Or do you know of a woman who you would encourage to explore public leadership?
The Tri-College NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership Development Institute will be held on May 23 - 27, 2004 at Minnesota State University Moorhead, in Moorhead, Minnesota. The institute is an intensive five-day residential program designed to teach participants about the diversity of women's participation in politics, connect participants with women leaders, and cultivate participants' leadership skills.
Approximately 40 women will be selected to participate at no cost to the participant. Any woman who is interested in politics, leadership, public service, or community service, and has a desire to develop her own leadership skills are encouraged to apply. Both college students and non-students will be accepted; you do not need to be in college or involved in formal political roles, or consider yourself a leader now, to be considered.
More information and an application form is available at http://appserv.mnstate.edu/whitede/conference/. Applications will be accepted until March 30, 2004.
Please forward freely.
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4.) Documentary Examines Native Sports Mascots and Stereotypes
"If The Name Has To
Go..."
Here are some of the questions:
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5.) Greater North Dakota Association Seeking Community Leadership Award Nominations
Nominations are
being solicited for GNDA's 2004 Community Leadership Awards. This award
recognizes community leaders who contribute to their communities making North
Dakota a better place to live, work and be in business.
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6.) Grand Forks Herald, Dorreen Yellow Bird Column: Wanted -- A single, active human rights organization
The NDHRC appreciates the suggestion in the article below for a single, active human rights organization in North Dakota, and would like to note that the goals and activities of the NDHRC encompass a broader scope than that of the Division of Human Rights in the Department of Labor. More information on the goals of the NDHRC can be found at http://www.ndhrc.org/NDHRC_Goals.htm, and information on the activities of the NDHRC in 2002 and 2003 can be found at http://www.ndhrc.org/hist.htm.
On the question of improving the human rights efforts in North Dakota, the NDHRC advocated for an independent North Dakota Commission on Human Rights in the 2001 and 2003 legislative sessions; those requests of the legislature were refused. And, from 2001 to 2003, the NDHRC proposed to Governor Hoeven that an Advisory Committee to the Division of Human Rights in the ND Department of Labor be created; Governor Hoeven has refused to create that advisory committee. More information on those requests is at http://www.ndhrc.org/NDHRC_02_03_goal1_dev.htm.
Dorreen Yellow Bird Column: Wanted -- A single, active human-rights organization Grand Forks Herald – 3/13/2004
North Dakota is lucky to have two groups that are interested in the human rights of our citizens. In Fargo, the Human Rights Coalition - a private organization founded in 2001 - seems to have its wings clipped because of financial constraints and, perhaps, a lack of authority. The state Human Right Division, located in Bismarck, is restricted by legislative laws and boundaries. It concentrates on only five areas. A human rights commission shouldn't be necessary in any state, anywhere, at any time. But it is necessary. Our propensity to discriminate, an old medicine man once told me, leaves us like children arguing over our toys, jealous of who gets the big prize, punching the underdog and fighting over turf. What prompted my look at this issue was my reading an interview with Andrea Warren-Deegan, assistant director of the Human Rights Coalition. Warren-Deegan was asked why North Dakota is the only state that doesn't have a governmental Human Rights Commission. Not true, Warren-Deegan said. North Dakota has a Human Rights Division. I called Cheryl Bergian, director of the Human Rights Coalition, to ask why there are two groups. Are we in such dire need of human rights advocacy that we need them both? Warren-Deegan said the coalition's role is to monitor the state Human Rights Division, the official group that takes discrimination complaints. She pointed to some cases in which she thinks the state's Human Right Division dropped the ball. <snip>
View full article here
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7.) The Forum (Fargo), Gerry Even letter: Editorial failed to grasp obvious rights disparities
Gerry Even is a board member for the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition.
Gerry Even letter: Editorial failed to grasp obvious
rights disparities
I’m shocked and confused by The Forum editorial, “Amending the charter is not likely,” in the March 7 issue. I don’t disagree with The Forum’s position that a constitutional amendment is unnecessary and in fact is unwarranted and overkill. What I can’t grasp is the Forum’s characterization of a few individuals as “misguided, head-line seeking mayors and county supervisors.”
We are likely on the forefront of the newest civil and equal rights movement in America. The very government officials whom The Forum so quickly dismisses may well be the equivalents of Oliver Brown (Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education), Rosa Parks (segregation and equal access to public services), or Elizabeth Cady Stanton (women’s suffrage movement). Only history will tell.
One thing is clear though. The various mayors and other officials may be acting in a manner contrary to what was expected, but they do so based on a belief which ultimately will be tested in the nation’s courts. If the courts ultimately uphold their actions, will The Forum still label them as “misguided” and “headline grabbing”? Would The Forum have used the same terms to describe Brown, Stanton or Parks?
The argument that these public officials should be upholding the law is pointless. Each of the embattled officials is doing so -- at least an interpretation of it. We expect our civic leaders and elected officials to be responsive and serve their publics, and protection of, or granting of, entitled rights is the highest form of responsiveness and service.
The real issue here is the imposition of religious beliefs as part of our legal system.
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View full article here
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8.) The Forum (Fargo), Forum editorial: Amending the charter is not likely
Forum editorial: Amending the charter is not likely
The president’s call for a constitutional amendment to define marriage is overkill. It’s a premature overreaction to an evolving legal muddle that could be cleared up without resorting to tinkering with the nation’s charter.
President Bush said he would support amending the U.S. Constitution in part because gay marriages are being performed illegally in several cities and because at least one “activist” state court has found a gay marriage prohibition violates equal protection clauses in a state constitution. By the end of last week, several local jurisdictions in at least three states were defying state laws and performing civil gay marriage ceremonies.
Nonetheless, the president’s stance is more about politics than policy. He needs the social conservatives in his political base who viscerally oppose gay marriage, and his remarks were a sop to them.
At this point in this emotional and complex national discussion, gay rights is a states’ rights matter, as civil marriage regulation has been since the nation’s birth. The fact that a few misguided, headline-seeking mayors and county supervisors are performing same-sex marriages should not elicit thoughtless knee-jerk reactions.
Let the legal process play out. Let state laws take their course. Let the courts of those states deal with rogue local officials. Let the state chips fall where they may before federal courts get involved, and surely before Congress considers a constitutional amendment that would define marriage in the traditional fashion, and thus ban same-sex marriage.
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View online article here
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9.) The Forum (Fargo), Ross Nelson column: Gays use PC to tilt standards
Ross Nelson column: Gays use PC to
tilt standards
Never underestimate the power of political correctness to banish rationality from the field. Gay marriage is the latest symptom of a PC outbreak.
Last month the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court claimed that gay marriage was constitutionally required. Then we had San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome carrying out hundreds of attempts at gay weddings, with Mayor Jason West of New Paltz, New York, trying his hand at it, too. The weddings have all been illegal, but the real scandal is the reasoning our oh-so-current citizens are using to justify them.
One constant refrain is that marriage is only about a “loving and committed relationship,” gender no object. Really? If that is the main criterion why couldn’t brothers marry sisters or one man many women? One media commentator said that those relationships wouldn’t work because they were against the law (apparently forgetting that gay marriage is, too) and that they were too extreme. But having already rejected any kind of standard other than “true love” he leaves himself with nothing to back his opinion except a gut repugnance.
Let’s take a real-life example. Kathryn Harrison wrote an autobiography titled “The Kiss,” in which she reveals the four-year, voluntary sexual relationship she had with her father starting when she was 20. Suppose she and her father applied to Mayor West for a wedding license. On what grounds could he possibly refuse them that would not equally apply to a man wishing to marry a man? Having stepped onto the slippery slope, advocates of gay marriage almost immediately slide to the bottom.
Undaunted, our free-thinkers pule that somehow limiting marriage to a man and woman restricts their rights. But just as certain people have no right to marry each other (see above examples; you can think of others on your own), even if it makes them “equal” to married couples, so there is no right for a man to marry a man or a woman to marry a woman.
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View full article here
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10.) Grand Forks Herald, Editorial: The middle ground on gay marriage
EDITORIAL:
The middle ground on gay marriage Grand Forks Herald – 3/8/2004
The gay marriage issue often is compared to abortion, because there seems to be no middle ground. You're either for it or against it - and that fact has turned the issue into a major battlefield in the culture wars.
But recent events hint some compromises may be reached after all. Most intriguingly, Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch has suggested a U.S. Constitutional amendment that answers the critics and supporters' major claims.
And of all the proposals on the table, Hatch's seems the likeliest to become law.
No, this isn't the Federal Marriage Amendment that President Bush endorsed a few days ago. That amendment reads like this:
"Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups."
As you can see, the Federal Marriage Amendment would ban gay marriage. In addition, some lawyers say the "legal incidents thereof" clause also would strip legal recognition from civil unions, the arrangements now recognized in Vermont.
But because of those strong positions, the amendment stands very little chance of getting enacted. America is split roughly 50/50 on the basic issue of gay rights, and that's just not enough for either side to see its position become the "law of the land" the old-fashioned way: by amending the Constitution. Such amendments require supermajority support.
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View full article here
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11.) Grand Forks Herald, Gay marriage issue invites thought, reflection
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Gay marriage issue invites thought, reflection Grand Forks Herald – 3/7/2004
GRAND FORKS - The issue of same-sex marriage invites a deeper question for national, church-hall and dinner-table discussion: What do loving relationships, sacred enough to merit public recognition and expressing lifetime commitment look like? Can we imagine two persons of the same gender capable of lifelong selfless love that seeks not only the enduring good of the other but of the world? That would be a goal of marriage as we have understood it.
Similarly, can we admit that many persons in heterosexual marriage are not ready to commit themselves to, or even imagine, lifelong selfless love that seeks the enduring good of the other and the world? Marriage works, statistically, about 50 percent of the time.
The unspoken issue is how adults live authentically for the enduring good of others. Marriage as an institution is worth defending because it calls forth man and woman's noblest self to be, in relationship, most wondrously human, reflecting, no less, the image of God.
In defending the institution of marriage, we strive to protect the bringing forth and nurturing of children in a caring and stable environment. But no matter what our gender or sexual orientation, do we insist on being spiritually equipped and culturally supported enough to imagine and live out the mystery of intimacy set forth in our ideal of marriage?
None of this answers the question, "are you for or against gay marriage?" Collectively, we have some thinking to do about the nature of our lives and our commitments.
Mary Sharon Moore
View online article here
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12.) The Forum (Fargo), David Danbom column: Amending away our annoyances
David Danbom column: Amending away our annoyances
When the Republic was young and vital and full of hope, we amended the Constitution to guarantee civil liberties, broaden citizenship and extend democracy.
Now that we have become old and grouchy and fearful, we want to amend the Constitution to express our anxieties and annoyances.
For example, most members of Congress and the president support an amendment to make it a crime to burn an American flag. No matter that there have been only about 40 documented cases of flag-burning in the whole history of the country. Someone might try it some time, and we won’t stand for it, dadgummit!
Now we learn that the president is so “troubled” by the prospect of homosexuals marrying that he has decided to support an amendment defining marriage as a contract between one man and one woman. It doesn’t seem to matter that there is already federal law on the subject, or that virtually all of these “marriages” are patently illegal. We don’t want these folks to even THINK they can participate in an institution so cherished by heterosexuals that half of them actually remain in it.
Since we are clearly becoming an aging, cranky nation, intent on embodying our fears and hatreds in our great Charter of Liberty, we’d might as well develop a whole set of angry additions to the Constitution. Here are a few of my suggestions for amendments we might want to include in a “Bill of Irritations:”
E The STAND UP FOR AMERICA AMENDMENT: French fries will hereinafter be known as liberty fries, and French toast as freedom toast. Restaurants failing to make the requisite name changes on their menus will lose their right to offer Early Bird Specials.
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13.) The Forum (Fargo), Preston Flaten letter: Don’t twist Bible to allow gay marriage
Preston Flaten letter: Don’t twist Bible to allow gay
marriage
Regarding all of the news on gay rights:
I am a firm believer that all kids need a mom and dad. I also believe that no gay marriages should ever be legalized. Gay marriages are wrong. I have a very strong family background and believe that we are all sinners but don’t condone them.
Some churches today are accepting gay marriage as part of their Bible. I don’t think we should accept it as a norm; don’t add it to our Bible or accept it into our society.
Preston Flaten
West Fargo
View online article here
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14.) Associated Press, North Dakota Courts: Judge denies improper conduct
NORTH DAKOTA COURTS: Judge denies improper conduct
Posted: Grand Forks Herald – 3/3/2004
FARGO - East Central District Judge Michael McGuire said Tuesday he did not consider his conduct inappropriate or offensive, and he apologized if others did.
McGuire, 62, testified before a state disciplinary panel considering allegations that he violated the judicial code of conduct.
His attorney, Mark Condon, asked him Tuesday if he believed his comments and behavior toward women who worked in the courthouse were inappropriate.
"Not as I understand them to have happened," the judge replied.
"I apologize here today if I offended anybody," he said.
McGuire admitted to tugging at the hair of one clerk but said he knew immediately that the action upset her, and he apologized in embarrassment.
One of the first to testify before the panel, Deputy Court Clerk Linda Weaver, said McGuire once came into her office to apologize for the way he handled an office reorganization. After she accepted his apology, she said, he put his elbow on her desk and asked, 'Now, can I sleep with you?'"
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15.) The Forum (Fargo), Terry DeVine column: McGuire should leave the bench
Terry DeVine column: McGuire should leave the bench
If even a handful of the allegations made earlier this week against Judge Michael McGuire are true, then “His Honor” has some serious issues when it comes to the female of the species.
Seven women who worked in the court system brought charges against the 62-year-old McGuire last November. A four-member panel of the North Dakota Judicial Conduct Commission heard 14 specific charges made by the women in a packed public hearing at the Fargo Holiday Inn.
McGuire, one of eight judges in the East Central Judicial District, which serves Cass, Steele and Traill counties, and a former chief judge, denies the allegations, some of which are rather eye-popping.
He accused the court employees of getting together and trumping up a list of charges that are “vindictive and mean-spirited.”
I’ve been aware of several similar incidents over the years and followed them, and no one is ever going to convince me -- or most of you -- that a group of women is going to get together and fabricate a laundry list of charges like this. It just doesn’t happen.
In most cases, where there’s smoke, there’s some fire. Some of the more egregious charges against McGuire were brought by Deputy Court Clerk Linda Weaver, including one in which McGuire allegedly asked if he could sleep with her.
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View full article here
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16.) Bismarck Tribune, State workers wonder what’s next
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State workers wonder what's next
Bismarck
Tribune – 3/7/2004 View full article here
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17.) Bismarck Tribune Articles on families trying to survive while providing for a child with a disability
Desperate measures By Sheena Dooley Bismarck Tribune – 3/7/2004
When Jeff Henderson
worked on his family farm near Solen, his daughter qualified for Medicaid. It
covered her medicine and countless trips to the doctor.
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View full article here
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Struggling to pay for therapy By Sheena Dooley Bismarck Tribune – 3/7/2004
Tyler Schwab sits in
his dad's lap watching basketball. The little boy with tousled brown hair loves
sports.
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View full article here
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'So hard to get covered' By Sheena Dooley Bismarck Tribune – 3/7/2004
The 11-year-old boy's
face lights up as he enters the room, carrying a picture of a Minnesota Vikings
mascot he colored.
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View full article here
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Parents divorced to get Medicaid care for sick son By Sheena Dooley Bismarck Tribune – 3/7/2004
Lynn Baker-Gullickson
teetered on a fine line.
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View full article here
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Not like other kids By Sheena Dooley Bismarck Tribune – 3/8/2004
It was the first time in five weeks that Sue Booth had left her son home in someone else's care. She thought it would be OK. She was wrong. The police called her cell phone. They were at the house with Scott Booth. He had his brother in a choke hold with a butcher's knife to his throat.
Scott had been in a residential treatment facility in Minot until the family's insurance coverage maxed out. They had to bring their then 13-year-old son home because at $7,000 a month, they couldn't afford to keep him there. Scott was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome when he was 12 years old. Asperger is similar to autism, but people with the disease have normal levels of intelligence and verbal skills. They are socially stunted and can have obsessive compulsive behaviors. Asperger also causes difficulty in dealing with change and a skewed thought process.
At the Minot Youth Ranch -- a Dakota Boys Ranch treatment facility -- it was a safe, structured environment. The facility was locked. Everything was scheduled and trained professionals who had experience with Asperger worked with him.
"It worked well," said his father, Michael Booth, a local heart surgeon. "No one thought it was time for him to come home."
But without insurance, the family had no other choice. When Scott threatened his brother's life, they knew they needed to find a way to get him back to Minot. They had four other kids at home to think about, including a son with autism and another with Attention Deficit Disorder. Both were especially vulnerable to their brother.
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18.) North Dakota Peace Coalition Peace Walk, March 20, from Moorhead, MN to Fargo
The world still says NO! to war.
Worldwide protest on the one-year anniversary of the Iraq War -
SATURDAY, MARCH 20 2004 -- Join millions in the street around the world Saturday, March 20th AND MARCH WITH US ACROSS THE RED RIVER: FROM MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA TO FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA!
TIME: 2:00 P.M.
STARTING POINT: MOORHEAD POST OFFICE, 119 5TH ST. SOUTH.
WE WILL PEACEFULLY WALK IN SOLIDARITY ACROSS THE FIRST AVENUE NORTH BRIDGE AND END WITH A BRIEF RALLY AT THE FARGO POST OFFICE: 657 2ND AVE N.
BRING SIGNS ADVOCATING PEACE, THE END TO THE US OCCUPATION OF IRAQ, END TO US IMPERIALISM, ETC.
SPONSORED BY THE NORTH DAKOTA PEACE COALITION ndpeacecoalition@yahoo.com
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19.) MSUM Women’s Studies Program, Women’s History Month, March 2004
All events are free and open to public.
For more information on Women’s History Month Events go to www.mnstate.edu/women or contact Laurie Blunsom, Director of Women’s Studies, at 218.477.4606, blunsom@mnstate.edu
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20.) Pride Collective Discrimination Survey
The Pride
Collective has developed a survey to gain more detailed information about
discrimination that members of the GLBT community may or may not have
experienced here in the Fargo-Moorhead area. We are hoping for a large number
of responses and from a wide variety of points of view. You do not need to feel
that you have experienced discrimination to complete the survey. In order to
speak more effectively on behalf of our local GLBT community, it's important
that we have a representative sampling of people's opinions.
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21.) Registration for Town Hall Meeting, “Within Our Grasp: Building a Better Bismarck Through Diversity, April 6, Bismarck
View the Town Hall Meeting registration information here.
This workshop is sponsored by the City of Bismarck Human Relations Committee and the North Dakota Fair Housing Council through a U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development grant.
The mission of the City of Bismarck Human Relations Committee is to protect and promote the personal dignity of all Bismarck citizens and eliminate any discriminatory barriers that prevent them from reaching their full human potential. They seek to make education and compliance a meaningful and visible strategy as they work to recognize the value of a diverse community. For more information, visit: www.ndfhc.org/HRC.htm
The mission of the North Dakota Fair Housing Council is to provide support, encouragement and assistance to those seeking equal access to housing in North Dakota and eastern South Dakota. For more information, visit: www.ndfhc.org
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22.) Free Anti-Racism Training, March 22 and 23, Moorhead
Monday,
March 22, 5:00-9:00pm &
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23.) Building Bridges: Understanding Community Crisis, April 2 – 3, Bismarck
Building Bridges: Understanding Community Crisis April 2-3, 2004 Doublewood Inn, Bismarck, ND
Conference Objectives
To present the biological and neurological basis for brain disorders as it relates to behavior while interacting in the community.
To provide information on the Crisis Intervention Team Model involving law enforcement officers, mental health providers, family members and consumers of mental health services.
To foster collaboration of community partners in addressing inappropriate incarceration of individuals with brain disorders.
To investigate the purpose, principles and roles of Assertive Community Treatment teams which provide an evidence-based practice for outreach-oriented delivery of services to people with severe and persistent brain disorders.
To explore the treatment of a person’s traumatic experiences using the EMDR method.
Intended Audience
Law Enforcement Officers, Social Workers, Attorneys, Psychiatrists, County & State Correctional Employees, Psychologists, Judges, Professional Counselors, County Commissioners, Nurses, Legislators, Physicians, Families, Consumers of Mental Health Services Clergy, Addiction Counselors Persons who have been incarcerated Any person interested in brain disorders including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), schizophrenia and others.
For more information contact Janet Sabol at 701-527-4936 or email at jsabol@srt.com.
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24.) Knowing & Understanding Your Rights is the First Step in Receiving Equal Rights
Learn how to attain your rights
1st Thursday of Each month
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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