MEDIA ADVISORY
Oct. 7, 2011
Contact:
Apreill Hartsfield
334.956.8458
apreill.hartsfield@splcenter.org
Southern Poverty Law Center to Hold Press Conference Outside Values Voter Summit
The Southern Poverty Law Center will hold a press conference this Friday, Oct. 7, to release a report on the Family Research Council (FRC) and American Family Association (AFA), two groups that spread false propaganda that demonizes the LGBT community. The FRC is hosting the annual Values Voter Summit this weekend Washington, where many prominent public officials will be speaking. The AFA is a major co-sponsor.
WHO: Mark Potok, Director, Intelligence Project, Southern Poverty Law Center
Wayne Besen, Truth Wins Out
WHEN: Friday, October 7
8 a.m. (EDT)
WHERE: Omni Shoreham
2500 Calvert Street NW (at Connecticut Ave.)
Washington, DC
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The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Alabama with offices in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi, is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society. For more information, see www.splcenter.org.
Truth Wins Out is a non-profit organization that fights anti-LGBT religious extremism. TWO specializes in turning information into action by organizing, advocating and fighting for LGBT equality.
