And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Janet McMahan
Lions Clubs International
Work: (630) 571-5466 ext. 371
Farah Bulsara
Ketchum
Work: (312) 228-6832
Home: (708) 660-9188
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OFFICIAL STATEMENT REGARDING
ERWIN, NORTH CAROLINA SITUATION
The views expressed recently by the president of the Erwin, North
Carolina Lions Club
regarding the Justice Department's investigation as to whether or not
the Erwin High
School mascot violates the civil rights of Native Americans, are in no
way endorsed or
supported by the International Association of Lions Clubs.
According to the organization's International Constitution and Bylaws,
one of the primary
purposes of the association is: "to provide a forum for the open
discussion of all matters of
public interest, however that partisan politics and sectarian religion
shall not be debated by
club members."
It is the official policy of Lions Clubs International that no Lions
club take an official
position on any matter within the community that may offend or alienate
a significant
portion of that community.
For more than 80 years Lions Clubs International has been the world's
largest service club
organization with more than 44,000 clubs in 185 countries. The
organization does not
discriminate against any person on the basis of race, gender, religious
or political
affiliation.
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Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
Unenh onhwa' Awayaton
http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/
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