[imc-st.louis] Fwd: Plan to Attend: April 2: Affirmative Action: What's at Stake for Missouri and America

[ben]

> *Subject:* Plan to Attend: April 2: Affirmative Action: What's at 
> Stake for Missouri and America
> *Please share this widely with people you know.*
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> The ACLU of Eastern Missouri is kicking off our* 2008 National 
> Directors' Series on Wednesday April 2 with National Racial Justice 
> Program Director Dennis Parker.*
>  
> His keynote address will be:* Affirmative Action:/ What's at Stake for 
> Missouri and America/*
> /Currently there is a movement to amend the Missouri State 
> Constitution to ban affirmative action through a proposed initiative 
> aiming for the November 2008 election ballot. This initiative comes 
> cloaked in the language of Martin Luther King and the civil rights 
> movement, but in reality, it is an attack on affirmative action 
> policies that have benefited women and minorities who would otherwise 
> be locked out of higher education, business contracts, and other 
> public resources.  Anti-affirmative action ballot initiatives are 
> creations of the so-called national "American Civil Rights 
> Initiative," and they have been successful so far in California, 
> Michigan, and Washington State. Now, the ACRI has targeted Missouri, 
> along with Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.  Can they be 
> stopped?  Does affirmative action still comprise an effective and 
> critical a set of social policies?  This session explores both 
> questions and more. /
>  
> *The event takes place on Wednesday April 2 at 6:30pm* at the offices 
> of the ACLU of Eastern Missouri 454 Whittier Street (just south of 
> Olive in the Gaslight Square).  Map link 
> <'"http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Olive+St+%26+Whittier+St,+St+Louis,+St+Louis,+Missouri+63108,+United+States&sll=38.643511,-90.246786&sspn=0.011648,0.019548&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,38.644320,-90.246210&ll=38.644327,-90.246205&spn=0.011648,0.019548>
> This event is FREE and open to the public.
> RSVPs are encouraged as seating is limited.
> 314-652-3114 ext 23 or email scott at aclu-em.org <mailto:scott at aclu-em.org>
> Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11610587003&ref=mf 
> <http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11610587003&ref=mf>
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> See attached flyer for details.
>  
> Learn more about the ACLU Directors' Series at 
> www.aclu-em.org/directors <http://www.aclu-em.org/directors>
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>  
> Scott Emanuel, MSW
> Public Education Manager
> ACLU of Eastern Missouri
> 454 Whittier Street
> St. Louis, MO 63108
> 314-652-3114 ext 23
> scott at aclu-em.org <mailto:scott at aclu-em.org>
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-- 
Ben West
westbywest at riseup.net
http://savetheinternet.org
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