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9/12/97
CAMPAIGN '97 Earlier this week, we announced our membership/fundraising drive, asking for donations, especially from readers who have never given to us before. (See http://www.drcnet.org/rapid/1997/9-9-1.html in our rapid response archive.) Response has been good, but we need many more new contributors to meet our stated goal of 800 paying members by the end of the year. Our e-mail subscribers number almost 3,000. The current number of paying members is about 600, plus whoever has sent checks that we haven't received yet. As part of "Campaign '97", we are also aiming to raise $10,000 from member donations between the months of July and December. So far, $1,100 has come in. Based on our members' past generosity and current outreach plans, we are optimistic of achieving this goal -- but we need your help to do it. Remember, even a $10 virtual membership counts towards the 800 member figure. (Virtual membership is e-mail only.) And $25 will get you The Activist Guide newsletter in print. Your contribution will help us not only monetarily, but also to impress our funders and potential funders with how much our readers value our work. Credit card donations or pledges can be made on our secure web donation form at http://www.drcnet.org/drcreg.html, or phoned in to DRCNet's office at (202) 362-0030, or checks can be sent directly to: DRCNet, 4455 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite B-500, Washington, DC 20008. Thank you for your support! P.S. We are also preparing a mass mailing (post, not e- mail) to prospective supporters early next month. If you know people who might be sympathetic and interested in hearing from us, please send us their names and address -- e-mail to [email protected] or fax to (202) 362-0032. DAVID BORDEN TO SPEAK IN CHARLOTTESVILLE NEXT WEEK DRCNet Executive Director David Borden will present to an audience at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 7:30pm, in Minor Hall Auditorium. The topic to be addressed is "Stealing the Peace Dividend: 'Friendly Fire' in the War on Drugs". Borden will address the Esequiel Hernandez shooting and draw parallels between border militarization and trends in domestic drug enforcement; also discussed will be the War on Drugs as a successor to the Cold War. The event is being sponsored by Students for Individual Liberty, with UVA NORML co-sponsoring. For info, call (804) 982-5016 (Liberty Coalition voicemail), or Professor James Willard Lark, faculty advisor, at (804) 982-2100.
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