Talks on Bullying: "You Have the Right to Be Yourself" Spring, 2011

Press Release

Contact: Joe Mustich, 860.868.7355

President, ACLU NW CT Chapter

March 7, 2011

A Three Part Series on
"You Have the Right to Be Yourself"

March 24, @ 6:30 pm with a talk by
Professor Nan Taylor of UConn

On Domestic Violence, Bullying and Collective Violence

Sponsored by the ACLU NW CT Chapter
Gunn Memorial Library & Museum, Washington, CT
Free and Open to the Public

Thursday, April 21 @ 6pm
Screening of the Laramie Project
Gunn Memorial Library & Musuem, Washington, CT
Free and Open to the Public

Thursday, May 19
Open Forum on Bullying
Register Citizen's Newsroom Cafe @ 6pm
59 Field St, Torrington, CT



Washington, CT...March 1st.....The ACLU NW CT Chapter is very proud to announce its sponsorship of a three part series, on Domestic Violence, Bullying, and Collective Violence, beginning on Thursday, March 24 @ 6:30 pm, with a talk by pyschologist Nan Taylor, PhD of UConn, at the Gunn Memorial Library & Musuem in Washington, CT. The talk is free and open to the public. Dr Taylor's talk will be followed by a question and answer period.

On Thursday, April 21 at 6 pm, the ACLU NW CT Chapter will screen the award winning movie The Laramie Project, which deals with the death of college student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, WY, which is an example of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and trans-gender) violence, at the Gunn Memorial Library & Musuem in Washington, CT. The event is free and open to the public.

On Thursday, May 19, at 6pm, the ACLU NW CT Chapter will sponsor an Open Forum on Domestic Violence, Bullying and Collective Violence at the Newsroom Cafe of the Register Citizen, 59 Field St, Torrington, CT

"Our ACLU chapter decide to tackle the problem of bullying after hearing and reading about the suicides of young people, many of whom were LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi, and trans) youth, late last year," said Joe Mustich, president of the ACLU NW CT Chapter.

"I bought a copy of People magazine last year which had photos of young suicides on its cover, and it sits on my desk in my office, and we knew we needed to do something about it," continued Mustich. Additionally, the ACLU has a site called "You Have the Right to Be Yourself" at http://www.aclu.org/getequal 

For additional information, please see:

http://aclu-nwct.blogspot.com

http://aclu-ct.org

http://www.gunnlibrary.org