The Campaign to End Homophobia

              The Campaign to End Homophobia
P.O. Box 819 • Cambridge, MA 02139 • 617-868-8280
Dear Friend:
We invite you to become a member of the Campaign to End Homophobia.
The Campaign is the only international organization committed exclusively to developing and
distributing educational resources on homophobia. By becoming a member, you are joining
with hundreds of other people who believe that education is a powerful and effective way to
end homophobia.   In addition, when you join the Campaign, you receive a subscription to
Empathy, reduced prices on educational resources available through the Campaign, and
reduced registration at Campaign Conferences and Institutes.
To become a member, all you have to do is complete and return the membership form
attached to the enclosed brochure.   We've set annual membership rates on a sliding scale,
from $5. to $500.   We encourage those of you who can afford it to become a benefactor
($500.) or sponsor ($250.), and we equally welcome those friends who can afford $5. to $40.
If you're already receiving Empathy - we still want you to become a member of the
Campaign.   The Campaign is providing major financial support to Empathy and many of the
articles are written by people in the Campaign network; your membership will allow us to
continue providing support to this important new journal.
If you've made a recent contribution to The Campaign, or to Empathy, feel free to
adjust your annual membership contribution accordingly.
CAMPAIGN NEWS
Conferences and Institutes
Unfortunately, the 1990 Campaign Conference, planned for this summer in Seattle, has been
cancelled.   This was a difficult decision, made jointly by the Conference Planning Committee
and the Steering Committee.   But we feel that the decision was a good one.   We were
behind in the planning process, and the University of Washington, with whom we had a
tentative contract, could not provide the type of meeting space we needed.   Since no other
space seemed to be available in the city ~ and we didn't want to burn out trying to play catch
up in the planning process - we decided that the smartest thing was to cancel the
Conference.
The good news is that planning is already underway for a
1991 Campaign Conference in Chicago.    A Chicago-based planning group is working with the
Steering Committee, and we have an offer from the University of Chicago to host our
Conference.   In addition, Kathy Obear (an experienced workshop leader, now working on her
doctorate in oppression studies at the University of Massachusetts) and Cooper Thompson
(the Coordinator of the Campaign) are planning to lead Institutes on Homophobia Education
this fall in several cities across North America, including Boston and Chicago.   These
Steering Committee: Michael Botkin, San Francisco, CA • Betsy Crane, Ithaca, NY • Steven Jones,
Grinnel, IA • Pris Prutzman, Nyack, NY • Joan Schuman, Philadelphia, PA • Althea Smith, Boston, MA •
Cooper Thompson, Boston, MA • Jamie Washington, Baltimore, MD • Barbara Zoloth, San Raphael, CA