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THE AREA'S FREE SPEECH COALITION CHAPTERS ELECT THEIR LEADERSHIP AND SCHEDULE LOBBYING TRAINING SESSION
June 18, 2001, Silver Spring, MD - The unified Free Speech Coalition chapters of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia have elected their officers and directors. After electing a Board of Directors at their May 3, 2001, organizing meeting, the FSC chapters elected their officers on June 13, 2001, with the following election results:
OFFICERS (all officers' organizations are also Directors)
- President: Jonathan L. Katz, JON KATZ, P.C., Attorney at Law, Silver Spring, Maryland
- Vice President: Philip T. Hitchcock, Warrenton, Virginia
- Secretary-Treasurer: Eric Scheiner, General Video Mid-Atlantic (distributor of entertainment products), Baltimore, Maryland
DIRECTORS
- Babes2Beasts Studios (Internet company), Washington, DC
- Chez Joey (cabaret), Baltimore, Maryland
- Earle Theatre (movie theater), Baltimore, Maryland
- Ryan East Distributors (distributor of entertainment products), Baltimore, Maryland
- Showcase Theater (cabaret), Beltsville, Maryland
The FSC of DC, Maryland, and Virginia will hold a lobbying training session in Maryland at a location to be announced on July 24-25, 2001, with national FSC Legislative Affairs Director Kat Sunlove. The training session will be open to all chapter members and supporters of the adult entertainment industry.
The Free Speech Coalition is the only organization that supports and fights for all applications of the First and Fourth Amendments. FSC’s mission is to educate, lobby and support litigation to further the understanding and acceptance of the meaning of the First and Fourth Amendments in general and as they regard adult materials in particular.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Jonathan L. Katz or Jay S. Marks
Phone: (301) 495-7755
Fax: (301) 495-8815
E-mail: jon[at]katzjustice[dot]com
www.freespeechcoalition.com (web site for the national Free Speech Coalition)
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THE AREA'S ADULT ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FORMS ORGANIZATION TO PROTECT THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT AND OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS
April 17, 2001, Silver Spring, MD - Area adult entertainment industry professionals and consumers joined forces this month to protect their First and Fourth Amendment and other legal rights. New state-level Free Speech Coalition chapters for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia met for a kickoff membership meeting at the Columbia, Maryland, Hilton on April 3, 2001.
Fifty members and supporters of the adult entertainment industry gathered to learn about the benefits of joining forces to protect their First and Fourth Amendment and other legal rights. Presentations were made by Free Speech Coalition national Executive Director William Lyon, FSC Legislative Affairs Director Kat Sunlove, and Silver Spring, Maryland, First Amendment lawyer and founding FSC chapter member Jonathan Katz.
Represented at the FSC chapter kickoff meeting were retailers, distributors, consumers, cabaret and theater owners, and the Internet business. Mark Kernes, national legal editor of Adult Video News, covered the event.
Founding chapter member Jon Katz said, "The enthusiasm at the kickoff meeting was wonderful. We truly have strength in numbers." Jon's law partner and co-founding member, J
ay Marks, added: "Our turnout tonight proves that the First Amendment is alive and well."The FSC chapters' next step will be an organizing meeting on May 8, 2001, in Columbia, Maryland, where the members will select their leadership, and start pursuing needed political and lobbying action. The organization plans to hold a lobbying training session in June 2001 with FSC Legislative Affairs Director Kat Sunlove.
The Free Speech Coalition is the only organization that supports and fights for all applications of the First and Fourth Amendments. FSC’s mission is to educate, lobby and support litigation to further the understanding and acceptance of the meaning of the First and Fourth Amendments in general and as they regard adult materials in particular.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Jonathan L. Katz or Jay S. Marks
Phone: (301) 495-7755
Fax: (301) 495-8815
E-mail:
jon[at]katzjustice[dot]comwww.freespeechcoalition.com (web site for the national Free Speech Coalition)
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