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- From: alan@ninja.osf.org (Alan Hamilton)
- Subject: BI EVENTS 1993 NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON
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- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:33:57 GMT
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- BI EVENTS 1993 NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR LESBIAN, GAY
- AND BI EQUAL RIGHTS AND LIBERATION
-
- Join us!
-
- BiNet USA Annaul Meeting, Friday, April 23
- National Conference Celebrating Bisexuality, Saturday, April 24
- Bi Celebration (post-conference party) Saturday Night
- March On Washington, Sunday, April 25
-
- Please photocopy and distribute this flyer widely!!!!!
-
- The purpose of these events is to support and inspire one another
- through education, learning about Bisexual groups in other areas,
- and workshops. Workshops will be offered for everyone, from
- non-Bis, through those just considering coming out, to long-time
- Bi activists.
-
- The fees listed on the registration form are minimums. Please
- donate more if you can. This will help ensure that no one will
- be turned away because they cannot pay.
-
- Low income is defined as students and people who make less than
- $15,000/year per individual or less than $20,000/year per family.
- A limited number of work-exchange scholarships and travel
- scholarships are available; enquire now.
-
- Registration acknowledgements will include directions to event
- sites. If you have not received confirmation by April 15, call
- 617-338-9595 to confirm.
-
- All events are wheelchair accessible, including bathrooms.
- Available during the conference: free child care, fragrance-free
- area, rest area, and volunteer counselors. There will be no
- smoking in the building at the conference or the party. If you
- need childcare or have other special needs, including ASL, large
- print, braille, etc., please inform us so that we can accomodate
- them.
-
- Your donations will also support the sponsoring organizations,
- which do national and international bisexual outreach and
- liberation work, including conferences like this!
-
- Thousands of bisexuals and bi-friendly people will be in Washington,
- DC the weekend of April 23-25 for the 1993 National March On
- Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights And Liberation
- and other events.
-
- The National Conference Celebrating Bisexuality and the Bi
- Celebration are sponsored by:
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- *BiNET USA, a National bisexual political, educational, and
- networking organization working for the equal rights and
- liberation of bisexuals and all oppressed people. Membership
- includes a newsletter. The Annual Membership Business Meeting
- on Friday is free to members of BiNet USA. You can join at the
- door or on the enclosed registration form. Address: PO Box 772,
- Washington, DC 20044-0722, USA,
-
- *East Coast Bisexual Network, Inc. (ECBN), a non-profit
- educational corporation which supports bisexuals and their allies
- around the world by publishing the International Directory of
- Bisexual Groups and maintaining the International Bisexual
- Archives, as well as supporting the creation and growth of bi
- groups along the east coast of the United States. Address:
- PO Box 639, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA
-
- *Alliance of Multicultural Bisexuals (AMBi) in Washington, DC,
- a local political and educational group dedicated to ensuring
- that bisexuals are visible and celebrated in all our diversity.
- Address: 4431 Lehigh Road, #377, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
-
- Proceeds will provide seed money for the International Conference
- Celebrating Bisexuality in New York City during Stonewall 25:
- International March on the United Nationas to Affirm the Human
- Rights of Lesbian and Gay People, and benefit the sponsoring
- organizations. Save these dates: 1994 June 25-26.
-
- ARRANGE ACCOMODATIONS EARLY!
-
- Hundreds of thousands of people will be in Washington this weekend.
- Don't be left out in the cold! When you call hotels and travel
- agents, say that you are calling for the special rate for BiNet
- USA, ECBN, and AMBi. The following hotels have agreed to hold
- rooms for us until the specified dates. Call Washington DC
- Accomodations at 1-800-554-2200.
-
- Limited community housing space is available; first come, first
- served. Write AMBI, 4431 Lehigh Road, College Park, MD 20740,
- USA.
-
- Stouffer's Concourse Crystal City, 2 blocks from the Blue Line
- Metro. Special rates for Thursday through Sunday nights: $99.00
- per night for 1-4 people per room until January 1 (may apply later).
-
- Wyndham Bristol Hotel, on the Blue Line Metro. Special rates for
- Thursday through Sunday: $139.00 per night for 1-4 people (2
- night minimum) until January 1.
-
- Transportation reservations: Using one of the following agencies
- benefits the National Conference Celebrating Bisexuality and the
- March.
-
- National USA: Travel, Inc. (ask for Dee or Beau) 800-457-1717
-
- Eastern USA: Capitol Travel 800-662-6988
-
- Central USA: Reservation Desk 800-662-6988
- TTY 214-522-5106
-
- Western USA: Confident Travel 800-872-7252
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------
-
- REGISTRATION FORM
-
- mail to: ECBN/Conference, PO Box 639, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA.
- Make checks payable to: BiNet, USA.
-
- National Conference Celebrating Bisexuality 1993 April 24.
-
- regular low
- income
-
- Conference registration (by March 1) $40 $20 $___
-
- Party tickets (by March 1) $8 $6 $___
-
- Conference registration (after March 1) $60 $35 $___
-
- Party Tickets (after March 1) $12 $8 $___
-
- BiNet USA Annual Membership Meeting 1993 April 23
-
- Membership dues ($1 for every $1000 of income) $___
- OR: my membership will not have expired by then (check) ___
-
- March On Washington 1993 April 25 (voluntary donation) $___
-
- Total: $___
-
- Please share my name with Bi/L/G and friendly mailing lists (check)___
-
- Name:_________________________________________________________________
-
- Address:______________________________________________________________
-
- ______________________________________________________________
-
- ______________________________________________________________
-
- Phone (day)________________________ (eve)_____________________________
-
- Is discretion required when phoning? Yes No
-
- If you circle yes, the caller will only leave a name and phone number
- to call, and not mention bisexuality.
-
- Please list any special needs and/or accomodations:
-
-
- What workshops would you like to attend?
-
-
- What workshops would you like to lead?
-
-
- Would you like to work as a volunteer?
-
-
- Any other issues or suggestions for the conference?
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