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December
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1993
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Margaret Randall To Speak

 

Author/activist Margaret Randall will present "This Is About Incest," readings and slides about once-repressed memories and the healing process, at 7:30 pm on Dec. 4 at the Unitarian Universalist Church (1917 Washtenaw). A $10 donation is suggested for this benefit for The Coalition for Accuracy and Advocacy About Abuse, a local group dedicated to public education about child abuse. For more info. call 763-8657.

 

U-M Must Disclose Information

 

U-M has accepted its loss to former student activists Todd Ochoa and Jeff Hinte, who sued under the Freedom of Information Act for Information about the campus police. Judge Melinda Morris ruled in October that the campus police training manual, the force's firearms and ammunition inventory and documents about its surveillance of campus activists are public records which must be turned over to Ochoa and Hinte.

 

Morris also ordered the disclosure of records about U-M's lobbying to influence state regulation of campus police forces. Though the appeal deadline has passed, at press time U-M had not yet turned over the records, which include hundreds of pages.

 

Fight AIDS With Cuts That Care

 

During the month of December participating hair salons and stylists will contribute part of their income to the HIV/AIDS Resource Center-Washtenaw (HARC), formerly Wellness Huron Valley. HARC offers food, transportatlon, hospital visits and other services to those infected with HIV and their loved ones. For more info. call HARC at 572-9355.

 

Winter Clothing Give Away

 

If you need winter clothing, or have some to spare, the Bryant Community Center (3 W. Eden Ct.) will be giving away warm coats, sweaters and other apparel for children and adults on December 3 and 10 from 9 am-noon. For more info. call 994-2722.

 

Alternative Holiday Fair

 

From 2-6 pm on Dec. 5, 1st Baptist Church and the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice will host their annual holiday fair, at which those who are into less materialistic gift giving may buy cards , calendars and handicrafts, the proceeds from which benefit Oxfam, SERW and 15 other groups. Enter the church, at 512 E. Huron, from its Washington St. parking lot.

 

Blades Announces Candidacy

 

Musician/actor/lawyer Rubén Blades, a pioneer of salsa music and human rights activist, has officially announced his run for president of Panama in the May 1994 elections. A key organizer of Amnesty International's "Conspiracy of Hope" tour and a harsh critlc of the 1989 U.S. invasion of his country, Blades is the instant runner in opinion polls. If elected, he will be the first Panamanian president who comes from neither the tiny white elite nor the army.

 

MCHD Fights Homophobes

 

Far right forces, some religious and some merely hateful, seek to place a constitutional amendment to legalize discrimination against gays, lesbians and bisexuals on the 1994 Michigan ballot. The initiative would repeal local laws protecting gay rights, abolish university services for gays, and prohibit government efforts to curb anti-gay violence. The Michigan Campaign for Human Dignity (MCHD) has organized to meet the challenge. With offices in Lansing, Detroit and Grand Rapids, MCHD is trying to raise $2 million to compete with what they expect to be a well-funded drive to strip gays of their civil rights. Call (313) 537-332 for more info.

 

Election Observers Needed

 

Under the peace accords which ended El Salvador's civil war, former guerrillas will be running in March 1994 elections. The polls have guerrilla-backed presidential candidate Ruben Zamora in a close race with the rightist ARENA party. Election observers are needed to discourage fraud and voter intimidation. If you can spend March 15-25 in El Salvador and you want to be an observer, call Brad Seligman at (510) 527-9385.

 

YRP Expands Services

 

The Ypsilanti Recycling Project (YRP) is expanding its efforts to get businesses to recycle. Businesses may now have confidential documents shredded, so that they can recycle without fear of disclosing secrets. The YRP now recycles all office paper, including glossy stuff which was previously unacceptable. Another new service collects and recycles stretch wrap, that clear stuff which industries use to hold boxes onto pallets during shipping. For more info. call 485-0530.

 

Clip Coupons for Homeless Animals

 

Boxes and cans of CYCLE brand dog food sport the logo of Homeless Homer, a waving dog. If you clip these symbols and send them to the Humane Society, they can exchange them for money to provlde for homeless animals which are brought to the animal shelter. For more info. call Melissa Kostich at 662-585, ext 103.

 

Performance Network Benefit On Dec. 17

 

Ann Arbor's most creative performers will take to the stage at Lydia Mendelssohn Theater in the 8th annual benefit for the Performance Network. Performers include storyteller LaRon Williams, comedy troupe Sensible Footwear, musicians Repercussions, Jesse Richards & Sister Earth, and Frank Allison, mime O.J. Anderson, dancer Whitley Setrakian, and theatrical works by Tracy Lee Komarmy, Malcolm Tulip and the cast of Huck & Puck. Reception at 7 pm, entertainment begins at 8, followed by a dance party at the Performance Network at 11 . General admission is $15, preferred seating $25. For more info. call 663-0696.

 

Emily's List Backs Pollack

 

State Sen. Lana Pollack, (D-Ann Arbor) got a boost in her bid for the U.S. Senate when Emily's List, a national group which funds women candidates.

 

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