The Quilt returns to Washington

WASHINGTON DC

THE NAMES PROJECT

Keep the

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The Quilt will be returning to Washington, D.C. for a final display in its entirety Oct. 6-8. The NAMES reading and unfolding will be on Friday, Oct. 6 only. Eleven NAMES readers and an unfolding team from Cleveland will be part of the ceremony. Many Clevelanders will be participating again as volunteers.

The deadline for new panels to be sewn into the Quilt for DC '89 was Aug. 1. Thirty-two additional Cleveland panels were sent by the local chapter to meet the deadline.

The deadline for registering for volunteer positions was Aug. 15, but walk-in volunteers for monitors or support assignments can check in at the Quilt display in Washington on any of the three days, and be assigned where needed.

Future panel strategy. Local panels should be turned in to the local NAMES chapter rather than be sent directly to San Francisco because panels can be sewn together here, into the 12-by-12foot, eight-name sections. This will make retrieving these sections for local displays easier.

The local chapter displayed about 50 panels this spring at Kent State, University of Akron, Oberlin, an Hispanic AIDS Taskforce conference, the National School Health Association workshop, a Lorain County AIDS Taskforce meeting, the Cleveland Playhouse during the production of "As Is," a church in

Cuyahoga Falls, at benefits at bars in Akron and Lorain, and at other sites in

our area.

Panels can be taken to Washington in October for panel intake there, but we are requesting that panels come first to the local chapter.

We hope to have an additional eightname section together by the NOCI picnic Sunday, Sept. 10, or request that panels be turned in at the picnic. The local chapter will be responsible for delivering them to Washington in October. Please contact Dale at 281-1610 by Labor Day if you have a panel ready, or will have a panel for intake at the picnic.

The NAMES Project theme for DC '89 will be "Keep the Love Alive." Tshirts and buttons with this new logo will be available at the NAMES booth at the NOCI Picnic.

The Coming Year. The Cleveland Chapter will again be participating the "World AIDS Day" during the first weekend in December. The World Health Organization and the NAMES Project will be co-sponsoring displays internationally. Last year, NAMES staff members went to England, Norway, Australia, Brazil, Uganda, West Germany and the United Nations in New York.

Locally, we displayed about 50 quilt panels at the Justice Center, CSU and Karamu House. We are looking to secure new locations for this December's displays. Suggestions are welcome.

The Quilt Returns to Cleveland. The Cleveland Chapter is also planning a small, but major display of about 300. panels in early February in Cleveland, Lorain and Akron/Canton. Volunteers will be needed for these displays.

If you have any questions about panelmaking, DC '89 or future displays of the Quilt, please call Dale Melsness at 2811610.▼

September, 1989 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

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NCRA wins new battle against INS

National Gay Rights Advocates (NGRA) has convinced the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to depart for the first time from its restrictions on travel by foreign nationals with HIV. The INS has decided to allow Knud Josephsen, a Danish social worker with HIV, to remain in the United States for a full seven weeks. The INS had previously restricted Josephsen's stay to only 30 days. This was based on INS guidelines which allow HIV-infected foreign nationals to remain in the United States for a maximum of 30 days to conduct business, attend conferences, seek treatment or visit relatives. Josephsen is

funded by the Danish government to conduct seven weeks of AIDS research in the United States.

Attorney Benjamin Schatz, Director of NGRA'S AIDS Civil Rights Project said, "By extending Josephsen's visa beyond the officially permitted time period, the INS has implicitly acknowledged the unworkability of its restrictive AIDS policy. We hope this will be the first step in a larger move to allow foreign nationals with HIV to travel freely in our country. The United States will never be able to fight AIDS by erecting barriers at our borders."

HCRF creates lesbian outreach project

The Human Rights Campaign Fund has created the Lesbian Issues and Outreach Project.

The project, one of the first of its kind in Washington, D.C., will address the political and policy issues of the lesbian community and develop strategies to advance those issues through federal legislation, education and advocacy.

The project will be involved extensively in political strategizing, issues development, lesbian outreach, fundraising, coalition building and other activities.

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"The Lesbian Issues and Outreach Project will enable HRCF to expand and communicate to Capitol Hill and our community a feminist agenda for civil rights," said newly appointed HRCF Executive Director Tim McFeeley. "This includes equal social and economic opportunities and a broad range of other issues, such as reproductive rights, guardianship and domestic partnership concerns."

HRCF is accepting applications for

director of the project. Responsibilities of the director will include:

• Developing policy positions and legislative proposals and integrating them into HRCF's political, lobbying, media and constituent mobilization operations.

• Designing and implementing an extensive outreach program using the media, speaking engagements and other methods to inform the lesbian and women's community of political developments and to provide feedback to HRCF on women's issues.

• Building coalitions within the lesbian community and with progressive women's groups.

Creating a fund-raising campaign focused on the lesbian and women's communities.

Individuals interested in the position should send resumes to the Human RIghts Campaign Fund, 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 607, Washington, DC 20005. Attention: Lesbian Issues and Outreach Project. ▼

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