Triad Advocacy Network newsletter, October 1996

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Triad
OCTOBER 1996
Network
NEWSLETTER NO. 1
Mission: To be social and political advocates for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
and Transgendered (LGBT) Community.	
ABOUT   T.A. N.
The Triad Advocacy Network is a political
advocacy organization in the Triad area
established to pursue the following goals:
(1) To educate the community at large,
legislators, and the voting public about LGBT
issues.
(2) To encourage political awareness and
solidarity within the LGBT community.
(3) To be proactive as well as reactive in
public relations.
Five committees are actively working
toward these goals: (1) Voter Education &
Voter Registration, (2) Advocacy, (3) Media,
(4) Research, and (5) Membership. Some of
the activities T.A.N, members are actively
involved in include: surveying candidates for
local offices, advocating pro-gay positions on
the issues, corresponding with elected
officials, and monitoring local media and
providing responses.
The purpose of this newsletter is to
provide background on current issues
facing the GLBT community, so that we
can make informed responses to media,
elected officials, and others.
TAN. meets bi-monthly. The next
meeting will be November 25, at the
Kernersville Public Library at 7 p.m.
For further information, contact:
JeffLawson-274-8759
Ann Buffington - 294-0171
Flora Isasi - 760-8865
Newsletter edited by Tom Clarke - 288-1329
HRC CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT
JESSE HELMS
HRC's North Carolina Campaign *96 has reached the end
of Phase One of our woik to defeat Jesse Helms on
November 5th. We have contacted 130,000 voters across
North Carolina to identify those who are ahead}7 planning
to vote against Helms and those who are undecided about
how they will vote on Election Day.
While we are confident of succeeding in our efforts to
motivate enough voters on Election Day to retire Senator
Helms, we are also certain that the battle is not yet won.
We will need to redouble our efforts in the remaining six
weeks to ensure that we persuade the undecided voters
identified in our campaign to go to the polls on November
5th and vote against Jesse Helms.
To accomplish our goal, we have designed a persuasion
campaign of educational materials that clearly shows how
Senator Helms has failed to represent North Carolina on
important issues that matter to our citizens. We need to
again telephone these people and talk with them about
making the right choice in the U. S. Senate race. WE
NEED YOUR HELP!
In the final three weeks we must staff our six phone banks
across the state, and we need you to come out for a few
more hours of diligent and vital work. In addition to the
phonebanking, volunteers are needed for
Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) and Election Day activities.
In the Greensboro area, we are making phone calls
from Replacements every night, Monday through
Thursday from 6 to 9 pm. Call Rob Bilbro, 294-6367
(w) or 784-7370 (h), or Jeff Prince, 852-5948.
HRC Get-Out-the-Vote Phone Bank Marathon. Sunday, November 3, Noon-9 p.m.
Come to Replacements anytime between noon and 9 p.m. to help make phone calls to Gantt supporters to
remind them how important this election is. Refreshements provided Call Rob Bilbro, 294-6367 (w) or
784-7370 (h), or Jeff Prince, 852-5948.