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News 9/8/03: Sept.
20 Citizen Action Town Meeting on Parental Rights
Summary
Accountability Utah is
calling a Citizen Action Town Meeting on Parental Rights
Reform. All citizens who wish to take action are invited
to attend:
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, September 20, 2003, 9:30-11:00 AM
WHERE: Salt
Lake City Public Library, Auditorium, 210 E. 400 S.
COST:
Free
(parking: garage $1.50/hr, street parking is free or
metered)
RSVP : To
reserve a free "Parental Rights Now! Action
Packet," RSVP to
info@accountabilityutah.org
Citizens Must
Know the Law to Reform the Law
The meeting features free training from experienced
parental rights, due process, and judicial reform activists.
The goal is to help every attendee to understand the law, what
must change, why now is the time to do it, and how to hold
your elected officials' feet to the fire.
Discussion leaders include attorney Steven Russell, who
successfully argued the Roska case that strengthens
search warrant protections, Sandra Lucas with the Citizen's
Commission on Human Rights, and
AU team members.
Reactive Training: What to Do When DCFS Comes Knocking
We will also offer reactive
training on what to do if DCFS attacks your family (or your
neighbor's family). What do you do when they come to your
door? Who do you call for assistance? What can
decent neighbors do to help? How can innocent people
remove their names from the state child abuse registry (yes,
this is a legitimate issue)?
Prepare
Yourself for Action!
In preparation, read the
Citizen
Resolution (in .pdf format) that will be circulated to
attendees. Citizens can take the petition home, share it
with their family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors, and
join in a state-wide educational action-campaign to restore
the parental rights of Utah parents and families.
If you wish to begin speaking
with your neighbors and collecting signatures now, please feel
free to do so. Once you have collected signatures, make
multiple copies and hand deliver, mail, or fax a copy of them
to one or more of the following elected officials:
Governor Mike Leavitt
210 State Capitol Bldg
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Phone: 801-538-1000
Toll-free: 800-705-2464
Fax: 801-538-1528
E-mail:
governor@state.ut.us |
Attorney General Mark
Shurtleff:
236 State Capitol Bldg
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Main number: (801) 538-9600
Main fax: (801) 538-1121
Main e-mail: uag@utah.gov
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Senate President Alma
Mansell
319 State Capitol Bldg
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Home: (801) 942-6019
Office: (801) 563-7600
Fax: (801) 563-7847
E-mail:
amansell@utahsenate.org |
House Speaker Marty Stephens
318 State Capitol Bldg
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Home: (801) 731-5346
Work: (801) 538-1930
Fax: (801) 538-1908
E-mail:
martystephens@utah.gov |
Salt Lake County District
Attorney David Yocom
Phone: (801) 468-3300
Fax: (801) 468-2985
E-mail:
districtatty@co.slc.ut.us |
Your Senator and
Representative
If you need help finding your legislator, visit our
elected official contact page. |
Please let us know at
info@accountabilityutah.org which of your elected
officials have received one or more of the signed resolutions.
It would also be helpful to know the number of citizens who
signed your resolution(s) as we collectively begin to apply
political pressure.
Background Information
For additional information on
DCFS abuses and the past incompetence of your elected
officials in dealing with this issue, see, "Utah
Legislature Declares War on Your Family!" This
alert provides supporting evidence, including links to
pertinent state statutes — to assist citizens in quickly
learning some of the basics of this fight.
COME RECLAIM YOUR RIGHTS!
For additional
information, e-mail us at
info@accountabilityutah.org.
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If you have comments or
suggestions, please email us at
info@accountabilityutah.org.
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