Greetings,

With ADA anniversary comming up, I will be posting information from
my resources.  Each day of this week I have posted some valuable
information to the Deaf and Disability community.

Today's Resource :

A Warning from the American Civil Liberties Union:

For 30 years, affirmative action programs have been successfully
remedying the pervasive effects of discrimination based on race, sex,
ethnicity, and national origin. Women and minority students throughout
the United States now have educational opportunities that were
previously denied to them solely because of their gender or skin color.
Businesses have embarked on a path of flexible goals to correct the
exclusion of women and minority employees from large numbers of jobs.
And in case after case, the US Supreme Court has affirmed the continued
need for race-based programs that are narrowly tailored to address
proven discrimination.

Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, and Representative
Charles Canady, Republican of Florida, have introduced legislation
misnamed the "Civil Rights Act of 1997," which would halt the 30 years
of progress that women and people of color have made in education,
employment, and contracting. If you support equal opportunity for all
Americans, it is crucial that you write or call your representatives
today, and urge them to oppose this legislation.

Sites that help you to contact your representatives:

Visit http://home.hwsys.com/user/roehm/emailgun.htm
or
Visit http://www.congress.org
or
Visit http://www.ite.org/house.htm (Telephone Numbers)

Sample letters: (Feel free to add, delete, change)

Identify the agency's name: House Representative Doe,
My name is Richard Roehm, I would like for you
to reject Civil Rights Act of 1997.
Thank you,
Richard Roehm
Myaddress
Mycity, Mystate, 00000-0000

OR

Identify the agency's name: Senator Doe
My name is Richard Roehm, I would like for you reject this bill named the
Civil Rights Act of 1997.
Thank You,
Richard Roehm
Myaddress
Mycity, Mystate, 00000-0000

Dont forget to include your address so they know you are a constituent.

Let's work together and defeat the Civil Rights Act of 1997.

Richard Roehm
Deaf@activist.com

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Deaf Watch will continue to aggressively pursue justice, fairness,
and equality for the Deaf Community as it has been doing since November
1996.  We have chosen that EDUCATION is the best way accomplish this
objective.