7-9 p.m. Monday, April 4
Montgomery County Chapter of the National Organization for Women presents:
When a Father Knows Best: Seeking More than Sympathy
Wheaton Library
11701 Georgia Ave. Wheaton, MD 20902
(large conference room downstairs)
For more information: info@mcmdnow.org
Join us to discuss what we expect of officials in the most personal of crises, what to do if they fail us when we most need them, and how the community can insist on better.
Our speaker is the father of a then fifteen-year-old girl who was gang-raped. Coping with this, he encountered people who didn't help his daughter or him as they should have. He decided to use his energy to insist that victims are treated with respect by: hospitals, the police, the school system, the courts, and the juvenile justice system.
April 01, 2011
April 4 from 7-9 pm When a Father Knows Best: Seeking More than Sympathy
Monday, April 4 from 7-9 pm
MCNOW MONTHLY PROGRAM:
When a Father Knows Best: Seeking More than Sympathy
Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902
(large conference room downstairs)
Our speaker is a forceful advocate for women — the father of a then fifteen-year-old daughter who was gang-raped. Coping with this, he encountered people who didn't help his daughter or him as they should have. He decided to use his energy to insist that women who find themselves similarly-situated are treated with respect by every institution with which they come in contact: hospitals, the police, the school system, the court-system, the juvenile justice system, as well as by those who have assaulted them.
Join us to discuss a fundamental issue: what we expect of officials in the most personal of crises who fail us when we most need them and how we in the community can insist on better.
For more information, contact info@mcmdnow.org
MCNOW MONTHLY PROGRAM:
When a Father Knows Best: Seeking More than Sympathy
Wheaton Library, 11701 Georgia Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902
(large conference room downstairs)
Our speaker is a forceful advocate for women — the father of a then fifteen-year-old daughter who was gang-raped. Coping with this, he encountered people who didn't help his daughter or him as they should have. He decided to use his energy to insist that women who find themselves similarly-situated are treated with respect by every institution with which they come in contact: hospitals, the police, the school system, the court-system, the juvenile justice system, as well as by those who have assaulted them.
Join us to discuss a fundamental issue: what we expect of officials in the most personal of crises who fail us when we most need them and how we in the community can insist on better.
For more information, contact info@mcmdnow.org
Demand a State Senate Vote to Ban Discrimination
Join Marylanders Urging the State Senate Vote to Ban Discrimination. Please act and share this alert with your friends and lists today!
Contact your state senator and key senators. Demand a Maryland Senate vote on HB 235: The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act.
Calls work better than emails. Important: mention it if you live in the Senator's district and if you represent or belong to an organization, religious group, congregation, etc. Firmly ask the staffer who answers the phone to take a brief, specific message.
Sample message: "My name is __________ and I live in (your state district or county). I represent/belong to (any organization, religious group, congregation, etc.). I am calling because I--and many Marylanders I know--strongly support HB 235: The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act. Sen. _______ must act today to help end discrimination against transgendered people in housing, credit and employment. We urge the Senator to ask Senate President Mike Miler to allow HB 235 out of the Rules Committee, and we expect Sen. ___________ to support HB 235 on the Senate floor."
Please express these essential points in your own words. For more key points, see below.
If you send email directly or using a link below, always use your own words. Many legislators ignore and even resent identical emails, considering them "spam." Even a dozen articulate calls and emails from constituents on a topic can persuade a senator. Please act now!
Use this link to find your district and contact your own state senator: http://mdelect.net/electedofficials/
Contact members of the Senate Rules Committee: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/com/06rul.html
Call Senate President Mike Miller (410) 841-3700, (301) 858-3700 or 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3700 (toll free) and tell him to allow The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act out of the Rules Committee to let the Maryland Senate vote on HB 235 this session.
Send an email to thomas.v.mike.miller@senate.state.md.us or use this link:
http://equalityfederation.salsalabs.com/o/35015/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=539
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Adapted from Progressive Neighbors (a member of Progressive Working Group):
It has come to the attention of the Progressive Neighbors steering committee that State Senate President Mike Miller has shunted HB 235, the gender anti-discrimination bill, to the Rules Committee in violation of Senate rules. The bill, as you may know, passed strongly out the House of Delegates on Saturday, and deserves a fair hearing in the Judicial Proceedings Committee and then the Senate floor, just as do the other 93 bills that have passed to the Senate before crossover.
The Progressive Neighbors steering committee has voted to support HB 235 to protect the transgender community from discrimination. We urge you to contact your Senators and Delegates and ask that they lobby their colleagues on the Rules Committee to move the bill out of Rules and over to Judicial Proceedings Committee where it belongs. (The members of the Rules Committee are listed below.)
Thank you,
Progressive Neighbors
Members of the Senate Rules Committee: Katherine Klausmeier – Chair, Brian Frosh – Vice Chair, David Brinkley, Richard Colburn, Ulysses Currie, Roy Dyson, George Edwards, Edward Kasemeyer, Nathaniel McFadden, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Mike Miller - Senate President.
Contact members of the Senate Rules Committee: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/com/06rul.html
---------------
Adapted from Equality Maryland (a member of Progressive Working Group):
ACTION ALERT--HB 235 Gender Identity Bill At Risk
This year, the Maryland Legislature has an opportunity to pass House Bill 235, the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, which will add vital protections on the basis of gender identity for employment, housing, and credit. This bill will literally save lives of Transgender Marylanders.
But, it's turning into politics as usual in Annapolis. Contact Committee Chair Sen. Katherine Klausmeier District 8, Baltimore County and Vice Chair Sen. Brian Frosh [District 16, Montgomery County--including parts of Chevy Chase, Bethesda and Potomac, and urge them to become champions on this important anti-discrimination legislation.
Note: PLEASE call if you have the time, and always use your own words--legislators tend to ignore or even resent identical emails.
Mention if you live in their district and/or if you represent or belong to an organization, religious group, congregation, etc.
Call Senator Katherine Klausmeier: (410) 841-3620, (301) 858-3620 or toll free 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3620 (toll free)
Call Senator Brian Frosh: (410) 841-3124, (301) 858-3124, or toll free 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3124 (toll free)
Call Senate President Mike Miller: (410) 841-3700, (301) 858-3700 or 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3700 (toll free)
Sen. President Mike Miller doesn't think the Senate has the will to move on more social issues, but we know that Sen. Frosh and Sen Klausmeier, both of whom hold leadership positions on the rules committee, are ready to support this bill--they just need to hear from you. We're asking all Marylanders who believe in ending discrimination towards our transgender community to stand up and speak out in support of HB 235. Contact these Senators today to stand up for fairness and to end discrimination for Transgender Marylanders.
Email Sens. Klausmeier and Frosh: http://equalityfederation.salsalabs.com/o/35015/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=525
Email Sen. Miller: http://equalityfederation.salsalabs.com/o/35015/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=539
You have an opportunity to make history in Maryland this legislative session and to join 12 other states who support ending discrimination based on gender identity. Will you speak up for fairness today?
As the session winds down, all pro-equality allies need to reach out to Sen. Frosh and Sen. Klausmeier so they don't let time expire on this important piece of legislation. It's truly up to the two of them. By reaching out to Sen. Klausmeier and Sen. Frosh you'll not only join pro-equality allies all across the Free state in ending discrimination, but you'll be ending injustice for all transgender Marylanders.
---------------
From Progressive Maryland (an ally of Progressive Working Group):
... End the Senate Bottleneck: Pass HB 235, The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act
Contact your senator anytime, they'll be working all weekend. The pressure's on in the Maryland Senate in Annapolis. Saturday the House passed by 60% the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act (House Bill 235) to end discrimination against transgender Marylanders in housing, employment and credit.
But Senate President Mike Miller is treating it differently than any other bill this year and sent it to the Rules Committee where it will most likely die this session--an outrage to anyone who stands up to injustice.
Even Committee Chair Sen. Katherine Klausmeier, stated publicly "It's all up to the president. I'm trying to work with him to get it out ..." If Rules votes the bill out, it will move to the Judicial Proceedings Committee, which could hold a hearing, vote, and send it to the full chamber.
Please urge your Senator to pressure Sen. Miller to move HB 235 out of the Rules Committee. Then phone him or her toll-free at 1-800-492-7122 (if no answer, leave your message).
HB 235 will give vital protections to transgender people in housing, credit and employment in Maryland, where 1 in 5 are fired because of who they are.
Stand up for fairness and end this unjust discrimination: http://equalityfederation.salsalabs.com/o/35015/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=539
Then phone your senator toll-free at 1-800-492-7122.
Discrimination against any minority members of society as second class citizens must never be tolerated. Send a clear message to Senate President Mike Miller that it is unacceptable to express our disappointment in the failure of one major civil rights bill by killing another.
---------
Find your district and contact your own state senator: http://mdelect.net/electedofficials/
Call Senate President Mike Miller: (410) 841-3700, (301) 858-3700 or 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3700 (toll free)
Call Senator Katherine Klausmeier: (410) 841-3620, (301) 858-3620 or toll free 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3620 (toll free)
Call Senator Brian Frosh: (410) 841-3124, (301) 858-3124, or toll free 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3124 (toll free)
Contact members of the Senate Rules Committee: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/com/06rul.html
Contact your state senator and key senators. Demand a Maryland Senate vote on HB 235: The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act.
Calls work better than emails. Important: mention it if you live in the Senator's district and if you represent or belong to an organization, religious group, congregation, etc. Firmly ask the staffer who answers the phone to take a brief, specific message.
Sample message: "My name is __________ and I live in (your state district or county). I represent/belong to (any organization, religious group, congregation, etc.). I am calling because I--and many Marylanders I know--strongly support HB 235: The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act. Sen. _______ must act today to help end discrimination against transgendered people in housing, credit and employment. We urge the Senator to ask Senate President Mike Miler to allow HB 235 out of the Rules Committee, and we expect Sen. ___________ to support HB 235 on the Senate floor."
Please express these essential points in your own words. For more key points, see below.
If you send email directly or using a link below, always use your own words. Many legislators ignore and even resent identical emails, considering them "spam." Even a dozen articulate calls and emails from constituents on a topic can persuade a senator. Please act now!
Use this link to find your district and contact your own state senator: http://mdelect.net/electedofficials/
Contact members of the Senate Rules Committee: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/com/06rul.html
Call Senate President Mike Miller (410) 841-3700, (301) 858-3700 or 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3700 (toll free) and tell him to allow The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act out of the Rules Committee to let the Maryland Senate vote on HB 235 this session.
Send an email to thomas.v.mike.miller@senate.state.md.us or use this link:
http://equalityfederation.salsalabs.com/o/35015/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=539
-------------------
Adapted from Progressive Neighbors (a member of Progressive Working Group):
It has come to the attention of the Progressive Neighbors steering committee that State Senate President Mike Miller has shunted HB 235, the gender anti-discrimination bill, to the Rules Committee in violation of Senate rules. The bill, as you may know, passed strongly out the House of Delegates on Saturday, and deserves a fair hearing in the Judicial Proceedings Committee and then the Senate floor, just as do the other 93 bills that have passed to the Senate before crossover.
The Progressive Neighbors steering committee has voted to support HB 235 to protect the transgender community from discrimination. We urge you to contact your Senators and Delegates and ask that they lobby their colleagues on the Rules Committee to move the bill out of Rules and over to Judicial Proceedings Committee where it belongs. (The members of the Rules Committee are listed below.)
Thank you,
Progressive Neighbors
Members of the Senate Rules Committee: Katherine Klausmeier – Chair, Brian Frosh – Vice Chair, David Brinkley, Richard Colburn, Ulysses Currie, Roy Dyson, George Edwards, Edward Kasemeyer, Nathaniel McFadden, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Mike Miller - Senate President.
Contact members of the Senate Rules Committee: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/com/06rul.html
---------------
Adapted from Equality Maryland (a member of Progressive Working Group):
ACTION ALERT--HB 235 Gender Identity Bill At Risk
This year, the Maryland Legislature has an opportunity to pass House Bill 235, the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, which will add vital protections on the basis of gender identity for employment, housing, and credit. This bill will literally save lives of Transgender Marylanders.
But, it's turning into politics as usual in Annapolis. Contact Committee Chair Sen. Katherine Klausmeier District 8, Baltimore County and Vice Chair Sen. Brian Frosh [District 16, Montgomery County--including parts of Chevy Chase, Bethesda and Potomac, and urge them to become champions on this important anti-discrimination legislation.
Note: PLEASE call if you have the time, and always use your own words--legislators tend to ignore or even resent identical emails.
Mention if you live in their district and/or if you represent or belong to an organization, religious group, congregation, etc.
Call Senator Katherine Klausmeier: (410) 841-3620, (301) 858-3620 or toll free 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3620 (toll free)
Call Senator Brian Frosh: (410) 841-3124, (301) 858-3124, or toll free 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3124 (toll free)
Call Senate President Mike Miller: (410) 841-3700, (301) 858-3700 or 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3700 (toll free)
Sen. President Mike Miller doesn't think the Senate has the will to move on more social issues, but we know that Sen. Frosh and Sen Klausmeier, both of whom hold leadership positions on the rules committee, are ready to support this bill--they just need to hear from you. We're asking all Marylanders who believe in ending discrimination towards our transgender community to stand up and speak out in support of HB 235. Contact these Senators today to stand up for fairness and to end discrimination for Transgender Marylanders.
Email Sens. Klausmeier and Frosh: http://equalityfederation.salsalabs.com/o/35015/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=525
Email Sen. Miller: http://equalityfederation.salsalabs.com/o/35015/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=539
You have an opportunity to make history in Maryland this legislative session and to join 12 other states who support ending discrimination based on gender identity. Will you speak up for fairness today?
As the session winds down, all pro-equality allies need to reach out to Sen. Frosh and Sen. Klausmeier so they don't let time expire on this important piece of legislation. It's truly up to the two of them. By reaching out to Sen. Klausmeier and Sen. Frosh you'll not only join pro-equality allies all across the Free state in ending discrimination, but you'll be ending injustice for all transgender Marylanders.
---------------
From Progressive Maryland (an ally of Progressive Working Group):
... End the Senate Bottleneck: Pass HB 235, The Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act
Contact your senator anytime, they'll be working all weekend. The pressure's on in the Maryland Senate in Annapolis. Saturday the House passed by 60% the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act (House Bill 235) to end discrimination against transgender Marylanders in housing, employment and credit.
But Senate President Mike Miller is treating it differently than any other bill this year and sent it to the Rules Committee where it will most likely die this session--an outrage to anyone who stands up to injustice.
Even Committee Chair Sen. Katherine Klausmeier, stated publicly "It's all up to the president. I'm trying to work with him to get it out ..." If Rules votes the bill out, it will move to the Judicial Proceedings Committee, which could hold a hearing, vote, and send it to the full chamber.
Please urge your Senator to pressure Sen. Miller to move HB 235 out of the Rules Committee. Then phone him or her toll-free at 1-800-492-7122 (if no answer, leave your message).
HB 235 will give vital protections to transgender people in housing, credit and employment in Maryland, where 1 in 5 are fired because of who they are.
Stand up for fairness and end this unjust discrimination: http://equalityfederation.salsalabs.com/o/35015/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=539
Then phone your senator toll-free at 1-800-492-7122.
Discrimination against any minority members of society as second class citizens must never be tolerated. Send a clear message to Senate President Mike Miller that it is unacceptable to express our disappointment in the failure of one major civil rights bill by killing another.
---------
Find your district and contact your own state senator: http://mdelect.net/electedofficials/
Call Senate President Mike Miller: (410) 841-3700, (301) 858-3700 or 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3700 (toll free)
Call Senator Katherine Klausmeier: (410) 841-3620, (301) 858-3620 or toll free 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3620 (toll free)
Call Senator Brian Frosh: (410) 841-3124, (301) 858-3124, or toll free 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3124 (toll free)
Contact members of the Senate Rules Committee: http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/com/06rul.html
John H. Sununu in Rockville April 6
From the Maryland Political Forum - first Wednesday lunch: 4/6/11, Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Avenue
We are indeed privileged to have former New Hampshire Governor John H. Sununu as our speaker on April 6. After serving three terms, he became chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush. Born in Havana, he is a highly regarded conservative thinker and has held numerous posts in New Hampshire and federally, as well as hosting Crossfire.
Join in welcoming him to the Montgomery Political Forum next Wednesday, April 6. Discussion begins at noon; Governor Sununu is scheduled to begin at 12:30.
As usual, bring your own lunch, if you wish; many opportunities to buy nearby. There is public parking across Maryland Avenue.
We are indeed privileged to have former New Hampshire Governor John H. Sununu as our speaker on April 6. After serving three terms, he became chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush. Born in Havana, he is a highly regarded conservative thinker and has held numerous posts in New Hampshire and federally, as well as hosting Crossfire.
Join in welcoming him to the Montgomery Political Forum next Wednesday, April 6. Discussion begins at noon; Governor Sununu is scheduled to begin at 12:30.
As usual, bring your own lunch, if you wish; many opportunities to buy nearby. There is public parking across Maryland Avenue.
March 31, 2011
Please Take Action To Support HB 235, Gender Anti-Discrimination Bill
From Progressive Neighbors:
It has come to the attention of the Progressive Neighbors steering committee that State Senate President Mike Miller has shunted HB 235, the gender anti-discrimination bill, to the Rules Committee in violation of Senate rules. The bill, as you may know, passed strongly out the House of Delegates on Saturday, and deserves a fair hearing in the Judicial Proceedings Committee and then the Senate floor, just as do the other 93 bills that have passed to the Senate before crossover.
The Progressive Neighbors steering committee has voted to support HB 235 to protect the transgender community from discrimination. We urge you to contact your Senators and Delegates and ask that they lobby their colleagues on the Rules Committee to move the bill out of Rules and over to Judicial Proceedings Committee where it belongs. (The members of the Rules Committee are listed below.)
Thank you,
Progressive Neighbors
Members of the Senate Rules Committee
Katherine Klausmeier – Chair, Brian Frosh – Vice Chair, David Brinkley, Richard Colburn, Ulysses Currie, Roy Dyson, George Edwards, Edward Kasemeyer, Nathaniel McFadden, Thomas Middleton, Thomas Mike Miller
[Note: PLEASE call if you have the time, and always use your own words--legislators tend to ignore or even resent identical emails. Important: mention if you live in their districts and/or if you represent or belong to an organization, religious group, congregation, etc.]
[Note: PLEASE call if you have the time, and always use your own words--legislators tend to ignore or even resent identical emails. Important: mention if you live in their districts and/or if you represent or belong to an organization, religious group, congregation, etc.]
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ACTION ALERT - HB 235 Gender Identity Bill At Risk
Sent by Equality Maryland, a Member of the Progressive Working Group. Please act and share with your friends and lists:
ACTION ALERT - HB 235 Gender Identity Bill At Risk
But, it's turning into politics as usual in Annapolis. Contact Sen. Katherine Klausmeier [District 8, Baltimore County] and Sen. Brian Frosh [District 16, Montgomery County--including parts of Chevy Chase, Bethesda and Potomac] now and urge them to become champions on this important anti-discrimination legislation. [Note: PLEASE call if you have the time, and always use your own words--legislators tend to ignore or even resent identical emails. Important: mention if you live in their districts and/or if you represent or belong to an organization, religious group, congregation, etc.]
Sen. President Mike Miller doesn't think the Senate has the will to move on more social issues, but we know that Sen. Frosh and Sen Klausmeier, both of whom hold leadership positions on the rules committee, are ready to support this bill - they just need to hear from you. We're asking all Marylanders who believe in ending discrimination towards our transgender community to stand up and speak out in support of HB 235.
CLICK HERE to contact Sen. Klausmeier [or better yet, call: (410) 841-3620, (301) 858-3620 or toll free 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3620] and Sen. Frosh [or better yet, call: (410) 841-3124, (301) 858-3124, or toll free 1-800-492-7122, ext. 3124] today to stand up for fairness and to end discrimination for Transgender Marylanders.
You have an opportunity to make history in Maryland this legislative session and to join 12 other states who support ending discrimination based on gender identity. Will you speak up for fairness today?
As the session winds down, all pro-equality allies need to reach out to Sen. Frosh and Sen. Klausmeier so they don't let time expire on this important piece of legislation. It's truly up to the two of them. By reaching out to Sen. Klausmeier and Sen. Frosh you'll not only join pro-equality allies all across the Free state in ending discrimination, but you'll be ending injustice for all transgender Marylanders.
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