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Castro demo against racism
A demonstration on Saturday against exclusionary practices in the Castro.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Don Romesburg
415.850.8580
donromesburg [at] earthlink.net
Paul Mooney
415.637.8275
Chezmoi04 [at] yahoo.com
Who Has Been Naughty and Nice in 2004?
And Castro For All Action to Launch Hotline in Time for the Holidays
December 16, 2004 — On Saturday, December 18, beginning at 6 PM at Harvey Milk Plaza (Market/Castro), And Castro For All (AC4A) will speak out against discriminatory practices in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community and launch a new anti-discrimination hotline. Donning Santa hats and elf shoes in the spirit of the season, AC4A will encourage greater goodwill in the Castro for all LGBT people—Calling out Scrooges and handing out hotline information. As many people now know, some business owners have been naughty and others have been nicer when it comes to discrimination.
Examples:
NAUGHTY: Business owners violating city and state civil rights, stalling or avoiding human rights investigations, and making people feel unwelcome as employees or patrons on the basis of their race and gender.
NICE: AC4A, along with Grinch-spotting, launching its new anti-discrimination hotline. We hope it’s one gift that keeps on giving.
WHAT: Naughty and Nice in 2004
WHERE: It begins at Harvey Milk Plaza (Market and Castro)
WHEN: It starts at 6:00 PM, Saturday, December 18, 2004
WHY: We know if you’ve been good or bad, so be good for goodness sake!
And Castro For All is a new initiative seeking to build sustainable efforts toward greater inclusion and diversity in the Castro and in San Francisco’s LGBT community more generally. Our three goals are accountability for discrimination, recourse when it occurs, and dialogue to bring about genuine growth. For more information, visit our website: HYPERLINK "http://www.andcastroforall.com" http://www.andcastroforall.com.
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Contact: Don Romesburg
415.850.8580
donromesburg [at] earthlink.net
Paul Mooney
415.637.8275
Chezmoi04 [at] yahoo.com
Who Has Been Naughty and Nice in 2004?
And Castro For All Action to Launch Hotline in Time for the Holidays
December 16, 2004 — On Saturday, December 18, beginning at 6 PM at Harvey Milk Plaza (Market/Castro), And Castro For All (AC4A) will speak out against discriminatory practices in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community and launch a new anti-discrimination hotline. Donning Santa hats and elf shoes in the spirit of the season, AC4A will encourage greater goodwill in the Castro for all LGBT people—Calling out Scrooges and handing out hotline information. As many people now know, some business owners have been naughty and others have been nicer when it comes to discrimination.
Examples:
NAUGHTY: Business owners violating city and state civil rights, stalling or avoiding human rights investigations, and making people feel unwelcome as employees or patrons on the basis of their race and gender.
NICE: AC4A, along with Grinch-spotting, launching its new anti-discrimination hotline. We hope it’s one gift that keeps on giving.
WHAT: Naughty and Nice in 2004
WHERE: It begins at Harvey Milk Plaza (Market and Castro)
WHEN: It starts at 6:00 PM, Saturday, December 18, 2004
WHY: We know if you’ve been good or bad, so be good for goodness sake!
And Castro For All is a new initiative seeking to build sustainable efforts toward greater inclusion and diversity in the Castro and in San Francisco’s LGBT community more generally. Our three goals are accountability for discrimination, recourse when it occurs, and dialogue to bring about genuine growth. For more information, visit our website: HYPERLINK "http://www.andcastroforall.com" http://www.andcastroforall.com.
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i'm just wondering where's the phone number
and why is it not posted in the above
listed post? do you have to go to the castro to use it?
what about discrimination outside the castro? is this going
to be another ineffective system like OCC? who is going
to have the resources to pay for a lawyer? who gets any
sense of retribution from filing a complaint? so far badlands
has not been forced to do anything in respect to the complaint filed
against it, and their business is definitely still jumping regardless.
is there a chance that like the OCC, people will be putting all
their energy into something that will be unable to really hold businesses accountable? will a hotline really begin to redress historical structures of racist domination?
and why is it not posted in the above
listed post? do you have to go to the castro to use it?
what about discrimination outside the castro? is this going
to be another ineffective system like OCC? who is going
to have the resources to pay for a lawyer? who gets any
sense of retribution from filing a complaint? so far badlands
has not been forced to do anything in respect to the complaint filed
against it, and their business is definitely still jumping regardless.
is there a chance that like the OCC, people will be putting all
their energy into something that will be unable to really hold businesses accountable? will a hotline really begin to redress historical structures of racist domination?
Switcheroo --
new location for anti-discrimination demo
in the Castro, Dec. 18:
.......................
WHAT: Naughty and Nice in 2004 [anti-racism demo]
WHERE: [revised location]
It begins at 18th Street and Castro Street in San Francisco
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[Comment by re-poster:
I think it's a very bad idea
to switch locations
on the day before a demo;
thus causing some people to show up at the wrong place.
This shows an "in-group attitude"
(like "everybody who really counts is already on our e-list");
and a corresponding disregard for outsiders
who might see info reposted elsewhere,
including IndyBay's queer page.
IGA (in-group attitude) is a disease
which can afflict any organization;
reducing its effectiveness and
disconnecting it from wider communities. ]
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