GLAA to Honor NAACP, Others at 27th Anniversary Celebration
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: March 31, 1998
Contact: Rick Rosendall (202) 667-5139
GLAA to Honor NAACP Police Task Force, Others at 27th Anniversary Celebration
The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, DC (GLAA) will hold its 27th anniversary reception on Tuesday, April 21, 1998, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the Great Hall at the Charles Sumner School Museum at 17th and M Streets, NW (near Farragut North Metro). Champagne and hot hors d'oeuvres will be served. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. The event will be sign language interpreted and wheelchair accessible. For information, call (202)667-5139, or write to GLAA, P.O. Box 75265, Washington DC 20013-5265.
GLAA will present Distinguished Service Awards to:
- The NAACP-DC Metropolitan Police and Criminal Justice Review Task Force, for its leadership in establishing a broad-based coalition to address police-related concerns in the District of Columbia.
- Darryl Cooper, former chair of Gay Men and Lesbians Opposing Violence (GLOV), for his pioneering work in documenting homophobia in the DC Fire Department; establishing a cooperative relationship with the FBI; developing victim assistance programs; and shepherding GLOV to its current status as a funded organization with a full-time executive director.
- D.C. Allen, owner of the Crew Club, for his efforts to organize the Gay Business Guild and his cooperation with GLAA against District government regulatory abuse, including funding GLAA's advertising and postcard campaign on the subject in the spring of 1997.
- Carl Schmid of Capital Area Log Cabin, for his lobbying and coordination efforts in defending the District's gay and lesbian community from congressional homophobia.
- Us Helping Us, for its HIV prevention and support services for black gay and bisexual men.
- Barbara Chinn, Director of the Max Robinson Center of Whitman-Walker Clinic, located in Anacostia, for her leadership in providing HIV/AIDS services to high-risk and underserved Southeast DC residents including women, the homeless, and the formerly incarcerated.
Founded in 1971, GLAA is the nation's oldest continuously active gay and lesbian civil rights organization. GLAA played a key role in overturning the District's anti-sodomy law in 1993, and built successful coalitions to support DC domestic partnership and condom availability programs. GLAA's ongoing activities include defending the rights and interests of gay and lesbian families; demanding stronger enforcement of the DC Human Rights Law; pressing for full and proper expenditure of District AIDS funds; lobbying for re-establishment of the Civilian Complaint Review Board; fighting regulatory abuses; rating District candidates on gay-related issues; and maintaining a comprehensive web site describing these and related activities (http://www.glaa.org).
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