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LEGISLATIVE CONTACT:
Blake Cornish, Federal Legislative Lawyer
bcornish@ngltf.org

SEATTLE * NEW YORK * WEST VIRGINIA * ST. LOUIS * MIAMI

Support the Passage of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act!

The bill is currently languishing in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Republican leadership shows no signs of allowing a vote on this critical bill. Congress will act only if we tell them they must act!

Come out in Seattle, New York, St. Louis, Miami, and West Virginia to show support for this bill and all others like it.

Seattle, Washington

Seattle United Against Hate
Tuesday, August 22 at 10:00 a.m.
Plymouth Congregational Church
1217 6th Ave., Seattle, WA

Confirmed Speakers Include:

• Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske
• The Honorable Jim McDermott, US House of Representatives
• The Honorable Velma Veloria, WA State House of Representatives
• Rabbi Rick Harkavy, American Jewish Committee
• Reverend John Boonstra, WA Association of Churches
• Brian Komar, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

For more information:
Kathleen Russell at (206) 374-7788 ext. 24

New York

New York United Against Hate
Wednesday, August 23 at 10 a.m.
Attendance is severely limited
For more information:
Jody Rabhan at jrabhan@aol.com or at (202) 296-2588

Confirmed speakers are:

• Guillermo Linares, New York City Council Member and Chair of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
• Rockwell Chin, New York Human Rights Commission
• Howie Katz, Director, New York Region, Anti-Defamation League
• Jody Rabhan, Associate Director of Washington Operations, National Council of Jewish Women
• Risa Kaufman, Staff Attorney, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
• The Honorable Jerrold Nadler, U.S. Representative, 8th District of New York

West Virginia

West Virginia United Against Hate
Rally, August 26
Details will follow or for more information:
Ellen Buchman at the American Association of University Women
(202) 785-7704 or buchmane@aauw.org

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis United Against Hate
Tuesday, August 29 at 2:00 p.m.
Old Federal Court House
(site of the Dred and Harriet Scott Decision)

For more information:
P. Deitch at pllyodd@aol.com

Miami, Florida

Miami United Against Hate
Rally, August 30
Details will follow or for more information:
Ellen Buchman at the American Association of University Women
(202) 785-7704 or buchmane@aauw.org

Keep up the pressure on Congress!!!
Call, write, or e-mail your representative.

To contact Congress:
Letters receive the greatest attention in Congressional Offices.
Letters can be addressed:
The Honorable (full name)
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington D.C. 20515

To phone, call the Switchboard at 202-225-3121 and ask for your representative.

To e-mail, go to http://www.ngltf.org/action/contact.htm or http://www.unitedagainsthate.org

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