October 22 , 2004 Newsletter


ABPAFS MEMBERS PROFILE FORM


Table of Contents
---Coming Events
 *She Hate Me
 *Women in Broadcasting
 *
NAACP YPSILANTI-WILLOW RUN BRANCH
    
 Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
---Election Information
    *Proposal 1
    *Proposal 2
    *Election Volunteers Needed
    *View Your Ballot


COMING EVENTS



University of Michigan
Department of Communication Studies

Presents Amanda D. Lotz, Ph.D.
From the Department of Communications, Denison University

Her talk entitled:
“Narrowcasting and ‘New’ New Women: Female-Centered Television After the Network Era”
on Monday, October 25, 2004 at 5:30 PM in 4050B Frieze (fourth floor of the Frieze Building).


Women in Broadcasting
Monday, October 25 7-8:30 p.m.
CEW, 330 East Liberty St.

From the frontline to behind the scenes, careers for women inmedia can be intriguing and rewarding. If you want to learnmore about the range of opportunities in broadcast media, joinus to hear a panel of career women as they describe and reflecton their professional paths and experiences. We welcome this panel of

Charity Nebbe, Host of All Things Considered, Michigan Radio;
Peggy Watson, Operations Manager, Michigan Radio;
Jennifer White, Interim Station Manager, Michigan Television.

Co-sponsored with Michigan Public Media, Rackham Graduate School, and UM Career Center.


GEORGE E. CURRY
JOURNALIST

George E. Curry is Editor-in-Chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service and BlackPressUSA.com. His weekly column is syndicated by NNPA to more than 200 African-American newspapers, with a combined readership of 15 million.
Curry was Editor-in-Chief of Emerge: Black America's Newsmagazine from 1993 until June 2000. He is past President of the American Society of Magazine Editors, the first African-American and non-New York based editor to hold the association's top office. Curry covered the 1984 presidential campaign of Jesse Jackson and the vice presidential campaigns of Geraldine Ferraro and the senior George Bush. He accompanied Jackson to Rome in 1985 for an audience with Pope John Paul II. In 1992, Curry covered the presidential campaign of Bill Clinton and the vice presidential campaign of Senator Al Gore. Born in Tuscaloosa, AL, Curry graduated from Druid High School and attended Knoxville College in Tennessee, Harvard and Yale. He has appeared on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, The Today Show, 20/20, Good Morning America, CNN, C-SPAN, BET, Fox Network News and MSNBC. The National Association of Black Journalists named Curry its 2003 "Journalist of the Year." He is on the NABJ's list of "Most Influential Black Journalists of the 20th Century," and has been selected the National Association of Black Journalists' (NABJ) 2003 "Journalist of the Year."


NAACP YPSILANTI-WILLOW RUN BRANCH

Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
Nov. 20, 2004

We need you to attend
Call for tickets 480-9654

Speaker: John Johnson, CPO
NAACP National Chief Program Officer

Tickets are $80.00 which includes your membership

Ads are also available

Call the office 480-9654


This week, the Michigan Theater will have its only two showings of Spike Lee's most recent controversial movie, "She Hate Me."
The plot involves a successful Harvard MBA turned fired whistleblower (Anthony Mackie) who goes into business for himself impregnating lesbians. After that, apparently, things get complicated.
Screenings are scheduled on
Monday and Thursday at 9:45 p.m.

Spontaneous, incredulous conversations about what's happened to the brilliant filmmaker who made "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X" will likely ensue.


Election Information

Proposal 04-1

A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL OF ANY FORM OF GAMBLING AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND CERTAIN NEW STATE LOTTERY GAMES

The proposed constitutional amendment would:

Require voter approval of any form of gambling authorized by law after January 1, 2004.

Require voter approval of any new state lottery games utilizing "table games" or "player operated mechanical or electronic devices" introduced after January 1, 2004.

Provide that when voter approval is required, both statewide voter approval and voter approval in the city or township where gambling will take place must be obtained.

Specify that the voter approval requirement does not apply to Indian tribal gaming or gambling in up to three casinos located in the City of Detroit.

Should this proposal be adopted?

Yes __
No __

Proposal 04-2

A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO SPECIFY WHAT CAN BE RECOGNIZED AS A "MARRIAGE OR SIMILAR UNION" FOR ANY PURPOSE

The proposal would:

Amend the state constitution to provide that "the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose."

Should this proposal be adopted?

Yes __
No __

Opinions on Proposal 2


Because of the way Proposal 2 is worded on the Michigan ballot, opponents say they are worried about its possible effect on domestic partner benefits for both gay and heterosexual unmarried couples.

Others argue Proposal 2 would have little or no effect on the health insurance and other benefits offered to some unmarried couples, and say opponents are trying to divert attention from the core issue of defining marriage.

Courts likely would decide the domestic benefits issue if voters approve Proposal 2, which seeks to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman in the state constitution.



Don’t know who to vote for this November?

Do you think your vote does not matter?

Come get information on both parties and issues at the Political Forum

Friday, October 22, 2004

5p.m.-7p.m.

McKenny Union Ballroom at EMU

Speakers:

Senator Liz Brater
(Representative from Kerry Campaign),
John Bally
(Representative from the Bush Campaign),
Ray Mullins
Civil Rights Attorney (NAACP Coordinator for the Western Wayne County Branch),
Leon Andrews,
EMU Political Science Professor,
Pastor Robert Hill
(Christian Love Fellowship Ministries International)



NAACP YPSILANTI-WILLOW RUN BRANCH
Nov. 2, 2004 Election Day

We need volunteers for lit drops Sat. and Sun. prior to election
We need volunteers to knock on doors election day
We need volunteers to work the phone bank
We need volunteers to drive people to the polls
We need you
Will you please help?

Please e-mail your response to
newt@provide.net
or call 480-9654

Opinions on Proposal 1

The proposal would require a popular vote for any new casinos or state lottery games. There would be an immediate reduction of $100 million in school aid with the elimination of Keno and club games already in place. Proposal 1, if passed, would block nine proposed racinos scheduled to open in 2005.

YES Opinions

Roger Martin, spokesman for the Let Voters Decide campaign, said "The only affect it would have in the future is if the lottery wants to do things there would have to be a vote of the people," Martin said. "It is not anti-gambling, it is not pro-gambling, it won't open any new casinos, it won't close any casinos. It just will give Michigan voters a vote - that's it."

Proposal 1 says voter approval would be needed for new state lottery games that include "table games" or "player operated mechanical or electronic devices" introduced after Jan. 1, 2004.

NO Opinions

Proposal 1 opponents say it could derail games such as Fantasy 5, a number-picking game that debuted in September, and even the expansion of vending machines in grocery stores that dispense instant lottery tickets.
"It would be difficult for the lottery to remain competitive," said Kelly Rossman-McKinney, a spokeswoman for the opposition group called No Casino Monopolies. "They rely on new games to keep interest up."



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