Papers of Kristi Parker 1977-2010

People for the American Way Foundation

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National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (U.S.). Policy Institute

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Parker, Kristi

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Wichita, Kansas native Kristi Lynn Parker was born May 25, 1968 to Keith E. Parker (b. November 15, 1939) and Jacquelyn K. Sell (September 5, 1938). She graduated from Wichita East High school in 1986, and went on to Kansas State University, graduating in 1990. She received a second degree from Wichita State University in 1992. Parker has been an activist in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community of Kansas throughout the past twenty years. She was the chai...

American Civil Liberties Union

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Founded in 1920 in New York City by Roger Baldwin and others; the ACLU was an outgrowth of the American Union Against Militarism's National Civil Liberties Bureau, which in 1920 changed its name to the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Collection, 1917- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42740878 The Southern Women's Rights Project (SWRP) located in Richmond is affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union. The project deal...

Amnesty international

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Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by Peter Benenson, a lawyer from the United Kingdom, who originally planned to start an appeal in Britain aimed at freeing all prisoners of conscience from around the world. By 1963, it comprised more than 1000 voluntary groups in 28 countries, and it continued to grow until, in 2008, it has expanded to include 52 sections. These national A.I. sections remain essentially their own organizations with large followings and boards of directors, including Amn...

American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.

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Human Rights Campaign Fund (U.S.)

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AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition

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Wichita Community Clinical AIDS Program

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Liberty Press

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Kansas City AIDS Research Consortium

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Save, Inc.

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American Association for World Health

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Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund

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Shepard, Matthew Wayne, 1976-1998

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Matthew Wayne "Matt" Shepard (December 1, 1976, Casper, Wyoming – October 12, 1998, Fort Collins, Colorado) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries. Shepard's murder brought national and international attention to hate crime legislation at the state and federal l...