WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2010. U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Education released information collected from states over the past six months on the state laws, regulations, policies and guidelines in place on preventing[Read More…]
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Center On Halsted Hosts Silk Road Theatre Project March 16, 2010
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Center on Halsted presents actOUT with Silk Road Theatre Project; an intimate conversation with OUT playwright and Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and OUT stage director Steve Scott, discussing their World Premiere "The DNA Trail" A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, and Utter Confusion. Tuesday, March 16, 7pm-8:30pm[Read More…]
LGBT Seniors Program At Center On Halsted Receives One Year $475,000 Grant
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Congressman Mike Quigley announced on Tuesday, February 16, that SAGE Center on Halsted (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders) is to receive a grant from Health and Human Services. This one-year, $475,000 grant will fund special projects designed to enhance the lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender[Read More…]
Human Rights Campaign Endorses Mayor David Cicilline for U.S. Congress
Cicilline, who is openly gay, was twice elected as mayor of Providence. Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced today the endorsement of Providence Mayor David Cicilline (D) in the 2010 U.S. House race for Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional[Read More…]
Statement from Human Rights Campaign on Testimony Before the U.S. Senate and House Armed Services Committees Relating to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a statement today on the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and House holding concurrent hearings this morning regarding defense authorization requests for Fiscal Year 2011. General George Casey, Chief of[Read More…]
Testimony of Akio Toyoda, President, Toyota Motor Corporation Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2010. Thank you Chairman Towns. I am Akio Toyoda of Toyota Motor Corporation. I would first like to state that I love cars as much as anyone, and I love Toyota as much as anyone. I take the utmost pleasure in offering vehicles that our customers love,[Read More…]
Testimony of Yoshimi Inaba, President and COO, Toyota Motor North American Before Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2010. Chairman Towns, Ranking Member Issa, Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. My name is Yoshimi Inaba, and I am the President and COO of Toyota Motor North American and Chairman and CEO of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. As you[Read More…]
Haiti Tests UN Peacekeeping’s Speed and Flexibility, Says Top Official
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–23 February 2010 – The response to the catastrophic earthquake which devastated Haiti last month has proven to be a test case for the ability of United Nations peacekeeping to respond with speed and flexibility, a senior United Nations official has said. The world body’s mission in the impoverished[Read More…]
Maryland Attorney General Declares State Can Recognize Out of Jurisdiction Same-Sex Marriages
Same-sex couples can receive all of the state rights and responsibilities of marriage. Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, lauded Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler today for his sound legal opinion in analyzing Maryland’s marriage comity laws. “Although[Read More…]
Park Forest Library Announces Kick-Off of the Big Read in Park Forest/Olympia Fields
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2010. Park Forest Public Library will launch its Big Read program in celebration of The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett with a kickoff on March 6, 2010 at 2 pm at the Park Forest Village Hall. The Big Read in Park Forest/Olympia Fields is presented in[Read More…]
