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Quoting Charlotte Miller <[log in to unmask]>: > Hi, > > Just a reminder to everyone that there is a meeting tonight at 7.30pm in > Living > and Learning Commons 216 to discuss our plans for this week. We need to > talk > about the buses, most importantly, the rally on Friday and fundraising > ideas. > > I think that it's great that Leigh is going to the Free to Be meeting > tonight > and we should get people to go to the Allianza Latina and BSU meetings so > that > we can start making links between the different oppressed groups on campus. > Remember that the same people who want to crunch abortion rights also want > to > to write a ban on gay marriage into the constitution and maintain policies > which keep minorities as second class citizens in this country. If we all > work > together and understand and support each other's struggles then we will be > much > more successful. > > About the rally, we need to make sure that we get at least two speakers to > the > microphone because we know from experience that the speakers from the > established organizations won't push the rally hard, if at all. We need to > attract students and remind people of how change is really won. I encourage > everyone to come to the study group tomorrow night around the ISO pamphlet > and > the NARAL packet (which I'll bring tonight) so that we can be hard on the > arguments. THe right is on the attack and the established feminist groups > don't seem to be doing much about it (I don't mean FMLA, you guys rock!) so > we > need to step up. > > Have a good one, see you all tonight, > CHarlotte > > PS Steering committee meeting at 7 or no? I don't think we need one and if > Leigh > and Cristina are both at Free 2 B then no point. > Hi Charlotte, My name is Michaela Best and I came to the meeting the other night with Lindsay Fromme. We are supposed to table at 1:15, but I have class until 2:15. I would be happy to help later in the day but I really have to go to that class. Thanks Michaela Best --