ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 14, Number 88
September 2, 2005

In This Issue: Update on PATRIOT Action Alert 

Earlier this week we informed you about an opportunity to host a 
screening of a new DVD, "Beyond the Patriot Act", the first 
episode in the upcoming series The ACLU Freedom Files. Some of you 
wanted to schedule your event for Thursday September 8, so you and 
your patrons could join in a national conference call with Anthony 
Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU, to learn the most up-to-
date status of PATRIOT Act legislation.

Due to a terrific response, however, Active Voice is no longer 
able to guarantee that libraries will receive their copy before 
Sept 8. Debate over PATRIOT reauthorization will continue through 
the month of September. If you are able to schedule a screening of 
the DVD before September 19th, your efforts will still be very 
helpful. Please do contact Active Voice if you are interested in 
organizing a public program after September 8th at 
FreedomFiles@activevoice.net, or call (415) 553-2841.

And please also call your Senators and Congresspeople and ask them 
to support the Senate version of the PATRIOT Reauthorization bill. 
Capitol switchboard number is: (202) 224-3121.

Thank you. 



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