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Come to Gainesville And Join Us to Protest Gainesville's Proposed City Charter Amendment 1
WALDO YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE RALLY BEING HELD IN GAINESVILLE. Our next Protest Rally will be on Saturday March 14, 2009 Noon 3131 NW 13th Street Gainesville Bring your signs and posters and come out to Protest the upcoming Proposed City Charter Amendment 1. Who will be affected by proposed Charter Amendment 1? Proposed Charter Amendment 1 would take away anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The proposed amendment also would prohibit the City Commission from adding other groups such as veteran status, economic status, and political party affiliation to Gainesville’s existing anti-discrimination ordinance. Proposed Charter 1 affects all citizens of Gainesville, because it takes away the City Commission’s power to create, enact, or enforce anti-discrimination protections beyond the limited protections of the Florida Civil Rights Act. A Yes vote on proposed Charter Amendment 1 will hand Gainesville’s anti-discrimination laws to Tallahassee legislators and Gainesville citizens will be stripped of the power to decide what is right for them. Charter Amendment 1 hurts people! It eliminates protections against discrimination and makes it legal to fire someone from their job or kick them out of their home because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Charter Amendment 1 takes away the City's power to protect its citizens from discrimination! It prohibits the City Commission from prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, economic status, or political affiliation and gives Tallahassee politicians the sole power to dictate what is best for the citizens of Gainesville. Charter Amendment 1 ruins Gainesville's reputation and hurts its economy! It would destroy Gainesville’s reputation as a community that is open and welcoming to anyone who comes here to work, learn, or visit. This will hinder our ability to attract new businesses, students, and visitors and hurt our economy. ORGANIZER CONTACT INFO Alicia at sweetpeppermint2003@yahoo.com (you will need to put the words Join The Impact ~or~ Amendment 1 in the subject line to prevent your message being deleted as spam.)	On March 14 we will be joining with the Equality is Gainesville's Business and The Pride Center of North Florida in a local protest rally and then we are invited to join in with a community canvass or helping man the phone banks at the Pride Center of North Central Florida (3131 NW 13th Street, Gainesville, Florida). Equality is Gainesville’s Business (EQGB) is a political committee that was created to defeat Gainesville’s proposed Charter Amendment 1. EQGB is comprised of a diverse coalition of Gainesville and University of Florida organizations and individuals. Local Partners Equality is Gainesville’s Business is proud to partner with local government, local organizations, local businesses and individuals who have made a commitment to keep discrimination out of Gainesville’s Charter and oppose Charter Amendment 1. These organizations, businesses, and individuals include: Alachua County Democratic Party Alachua County Green Party City of Gainesville Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce Gainesville Area NOW Gainesville Area AIDS Project (GAAP) Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women Human Rights Council of North Central Florida Interweave, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville Joe’s Place Judy Levy NOW PAC Lesbian Variety Show MAMA Raga North Central Florida Central Labor Council Northwest Grille Pride Center of North Central Florida Rainbow Families Social Justice Council of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville Union Design & Photo United Church of Gainesville University of Florida Faculty Senate UF for Change University of Florida Presidential LGBT Concerns University of Florida Student Senate Steak & Pasta Works Students for a Democratic Society @ UF Wild Iris Books and Wild Words Café State and National Partners Our State and National Partners, working with us to defend the rights of their Gainesville members, include: American Civil Liberties Union of Florida Equality Florida Florida Aliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates Florida NOW Human Rights Campaign Lambda Legal National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Center for Transgender Equality OUT Florida

Come to Gainesville And Join Us
to Protest Gainesville's Proposed
City Charter Amendment 1

WALDO YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE RALLY BEING HELD IN GAINESVILLE.

Our next Protest Rally will be
on Saturday March 14, 2009

Noon
3131 NW 13th Street
Gainesville

Bring your signs and posters and
come out to Protest
the upcoming
Proposed City Charter Amendment 1.

Who will be affected by proposed Charter Amendment 1?

Proposed Charter Amendment 1 would take away anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The proposed amendment also would prohibit the City Commission from adding other groups such as veteran status, economic status, and political party affiliation to Gainesville’s existing anti-discrimination ordinance.

Proposed Charter 1 affects all citizens of Gainesville, because it takes away the City Commission’s power to create, enact, or enforce anti-discrimination protections beyond the limited protections of the Florida Civil Rights Act. A Yes vote on proposed Charter Amendment 1 will hand Gainesville’s anti-discrimination laws to Tallahassee legislators and Gainesville citizens will be stripped of the power to decide what is right for them.

Charter Amendment 1 hurts people!

It eliminates protections against discrimination and makes it legal to fire someone from their job or kick them out of their home because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
Charter Amendment 1 takes away the City's power to protect its citizens from discrimination!
It prohibits the City Commission from prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, economic status, or political affiliation and gives Tallahassee politicians the sole power to dictate what is best for the citizens of Gainesville.

Charter Amendment 1 ruins Gainesville's reputation and hurts its economy!

It would destroy Gainesville’s reputation as a community that is open and welcoming to anyone who comes here to work, learn, or visit. This will hinder our ability to attract new businesses, students, and visitors and hurt our economy.

ORGANIZER CONTACT INFO

Alicia at

sweetpeppermint2003@yahoo.com

(you will need to put the words Join The Impact ~or~ Amendment 1 in the subject line to prevent your message being deleted as spam.)

On March 14 we will be joining with the Equality is Gainesville's Business and The Pride Center of North Florida in a local protest rally and then we are invited to join in with a community canvass or helping man the phone banks at the Pride Center of North Central Florida (3131 NW 13th Street, Gainesville, Florida).

Equality is Gainesville’s Business (EQGB) is a political committee that was created to defeat Gainesville’s proposed Charter Amendment 1. EQGB is comprised of a diverse coalition of Gainesville and University of Florida organizations and individuals.

Local Partners

Equality is Gainesville’s Business is proud to partner with local government, local organizations, local businesses and individuals who have made a commitment to keep discrimination out of Gainesville’s Charter and oppose Charter Amendment 1. These organizations, businesses, and individuals include:

Alachua County Democratic Party
Alachua County Green Party
City of Gainesville
Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce
Gainesville Area NOW
Gainesville Area AIDS Project (GAAP)
Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women
Human Rights Council of North Central Florida
Interweave, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville
Joe’s Place
Judy Levy NOW PAC
Lesbian Variety Show
MAMA Raga
North Central Florida Central Labor Council
Northwest Grille
Pride Center of North Central Florida
Rainbow Families
Social Justice Council of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville
Union Design & Photo
United Church of Gainesville
University of Florida Faculty Senate
UF for Change
University of Florida Presidential LGBT Concerns
University of Florida Student Senate
Steak & Pasta Works
Students for a Democratic Society @ UF
Wild Iris Books and Wild Words Café
State and National Partners

Our State and National Partners, working with us to defend the rights of their Gainesville members, include:

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
Equality Florida
Florida Aliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates
Florida NOW
Human Rights Campaign
Lambda Legal
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Center for Transgender Equality
OUT Florida

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

ORGANIZER CONTACT INFO

TIME & LOCATION

EVENT DETAILS

Alicia at
sweetpeppermint2003@yahoo.com

(you will need to put the words Join The Impact OR UnDo2 in the subject line to prevent your message being deleted as spam.)

You can contact me and I will send you the JPG file of the UnDo2.org Logo already reversed for you to use to print out onto 'iron on' emblem paper to make your own UnDo2 tee-shirt.

FEBRUARY 21, 2009
5:30 to 7:00 pm

IN DOWNTOWN GAINESVILLE

We will meet on the SW corner of University Ave and 13th Street.

WALDO RESIDENTS, I dId not see anything here for you to attend in the WALDO area. My name is Alicia and I am the organizer contact person for the downtown Gainesville protest. YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE RALLY BEING HELD IN DOWNTOWN GAINESVILLE.

This event will be held 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. Bring your candles and wear your UnDo2 tee-shirts. Posters and banners are also needed.

Learn more about the DOMA protest

Our next Protest Rally will be held on Sat., February 21, 2009 starting at 5:30 pm on the corner of University Avenue and 13 Street. I urge you all to make your protest signs, wear your T-shirts, bring your flash lights and candles and come make our voices heard.

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PREVIOUS EVENTS IN WALDO

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Protest Info	Address & Map*	Notes & Updates
City: Waldo DATE: NOV. 15, 2008 Time: 1:30pm Contact info: Roland Wise rolandwise@hotmail.com Supporting Organizations:	30124 Coffee House 370 SW 2nd Way, Waldo FL 32694 Click the address above, we are here in Downtown Waldo, across from City Hall on the Westbound (Gainesville Bound) lanes of State Road 24 We had 10 people here, and it was awesome. My buddy in LA held his cell phone up and I put the live feed over the coffee house sound system, and it gave us chills -- all the thousands of people cheering and marching. And since Waldo is only a block long (lol) we stayed together and got our energies congruent, told stories about where we had been. We also watched the YouTube - MSNBC clip, it was a beautiful thing. Thanks for all the emails from you Big City folks -- you got our backs and we appreciate you being on the front end of this thing, and we got your backs as well -- Peace OUT and Love to All --- and remember, LET'S GET ON THE 10, bring this one IN -- Roland	Also, bring your protest signs -- Make sure they are "STRONG IN WORD, but respectful" because this is not against those who voted yes on PROP 2 -- This is an appeal to our Government to overturn this vote, across the nation, and assure Civil Rights for ALL Americans. Peace OUT, and let's show our SMALL TOWN STRENGTH -- go to 30124c offee.com for more

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