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AIDS czar to speak at February 21 meeting By Jason A. Cecil AEN is pleased to have as its speaker this Thursday, February 21, 2002, the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, Scott Evertz. In April 2001, President Bush appointed Mr.Evertz to serve as the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. Mr. Evertz, who also is a member of the White House Domestic Policy Council, leads an expanded AIDS office that is responsible for both domestic and international HIV/AIDS issues. The Office of National AIDS Policy also serves as the executive secretariat for the president's cabinet task force on HIV/AIDS, which is co-chaired by Secretary of State Colin Powell and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson. Before his service in the White House, Mr. Evertz had been a public policy advocate in the state of Wisconsin for people with HIV/AIDS since 1992. He worked closely with then-Gov. Thompson, to create one of the best service delivery systems in the nation for people with HIV/AIDS. In his professional career, he has worked for a number of AIDS service organizations that provide housing, rehabilitation and hospice care. Immediately prior to joining the Bush administration, he was providing counsel to an ecumenical, faith-based organization in Milwaukee that operates a housing program for people with HIV/AIDS. Mr. Evertz also served for several years as legislative director of the Log Cabin Republicans of Wisconsin before being elected state president in 1998. He was instrumental in the passage of a Wisconsin state law in 1997 ensuring hospital visitation rights for gay and lesbian partners. He also worked closely with then-Gov. Thompson on a successful effort to insert language on national AIDS policy into the 2000 Republican party platform. His talk with AEN promises to be an enlightening look into the machinations of public policy making at the highest levels, especially in times of national crisis resulting from the terrorist attacks of September 11. February's meeting is sponsored by
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Thanks, Don! Long-time AEN member and new AEN Board member Don George recently made a $5,000 donation to the AEN. Don was also responsible for securing James Dale as the speaker for our August 15, 2002, meeting. Dale is the courageous Boy Scout leader who sued the Boy Scouts of America for the organization's anti-gay, discriminatory practices. Don's generosity and commitment to AEN are greatly appreciated.
Inspired by her brother, Atlanta's Vismita Gupta-Smith explores the lives of South Asian lesbians and gays in America from the heterosexual perspective in this 22-minute documentary. Gupta-Smith will be present, as will other people featured in the film, for a discussion following the film's presentation. This meeting is sponsored with the Asian gay organization Trikone. 
AEN members and officers participated in this year's MLK Day activities. The day began with a very successful LGBT community breakfast organized by The Center, Congregation Bet Haverim and ZAMI. After the breakfast the group made its way over to Peachtree & Ellis Streets and proceeded to march all the way down Auburn Avenue to the King Center. The day's activities
provided a great way for AEN members to network with other community groups
and to show support for this important Atlanta annual event.
On Tuesday, January 15, 2002, AEN had the privilege of hearing the thoughts of Pulitzer Prize winner Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His political cartoons have won him national fame, and they were a central part of his often funny and sometimes irreverent speech in front a crowded banquet hall at the January AEN meeting. Mr. Luckovich shared many of his favorite cartoons with AEN, telling individual stories behind the making of each one. The cartoons surrounding September 11 were the most poignant for the crowd, as Mr. Luckovich received loud applause over his now-classic weeping Liberty cartoon from September 12. The crowd also got to hear how the typical day of an editorial cartoonist goes and what it is like to work at the AJC. One particularly interesting story involved Mr. Luckovich's meeting President Clinton and getting him to draw a caricature of himself. Many of the cartoons involved LGBT issues, as Mr. Luckovich showed himself to be an ardent friend of our community. The crowd especially appreciated the cartoons that unleashed Mr. Luckovich's wit against those groups and individuals who often wage battle against LGBT interests. This was a first meeting for many new and diverse members who were quite pleased at the end of the evening, along with veteran AEN members at the quality of Mr. Luckovich's talk.
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Board annual retreat On January 11-13, the AEN Board traveled to the Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge in Dawsonville, Georgia, for its annual retreat. And, yes, some board
members could not pass up the opportunity to shop the nearby outlet stores.
Montee Jamal Evans, 32 years old, African American, native from St. Louis, Missouri and on the move in Atlanta and around the country. This story begins in the South Side of St. Louis, Missouri. Montee currently resides in Decatur, Georgia, and is about to release a magazine for same gender loving men of African descent. His passion is to help men of African descent connect with one another. “…to know that a greater brotherhood exists throughout the country”, he says. Sequoia Magazine is named after the sequoia tree, which is in the redwood tree family. It is one of the largest and oldest trees alive today. 4 new Board members make valuable contributions Margie Archer is a vice president at Salomon Smith Barney, where she is part of the consulting group. Margie's team manages portfolios for individuals, corporations and non-profit organizations. Margie holds degrees in finance and economics; she grew up in Chicago but calls Atlanta her home after moving here four years ago. In the past few years, Margie has served as co-chair for Atlanta Games, Inc. (AGI), the bidding organization to host the Gay Games in Atlanta. AGI has recently been chosen to receive the Dan Bradley Humanitarian Award by the Human Rights Campaign. She has been featured in the Atlanta Business Chronicle and on the front page of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution throwing out the first pitch ofthe acclaimed Gay Night for the Atlanta Braves (Yes, it was a strike!). Margie is a member of the Human Rights Campaign, Atlanta Federal Club, Georgia Equality, Team Atlanta, Atlanta Women’s Foundation, and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. Margie enjoys playing USTA tennis and was a member of the Illinois State University tennis team. She still enjoys playing tennis and golf. Her best asset, she says, is her partner Rebekah Jones. David is a civil engineering graduate of Auburn University. After graduation, he entered the technical sales field and waspromoted from national marketing manager, to president, and eventually owner. After selling his company several years ago, he added interior design experience to his marketing experience before achieving success within the real estate arena with Coldwell Banker. David served several years ago on the AEN Board of Directors as the program committee chair. He also served on the boards of the local and national Log Cabin Republicans, as well as The Grand Above Four Seasons Homeowner's Association. Don grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he graduated as the valedictorian ina high school class of 800. He attended MIT on a full scholarship and earned a bachelors and masters degrees in electrical engineering. Don subsequently switched to medicine and went to the University of Pennsylvania for medical school and Harvard for his residency and fellowship training. He was on the Harvard faculty for two years before leaving that position to go into private practice, and eventually headed the department of anesthesiology at a suburban Pittsburgh medical center. Don has been a gay activist since coming out in 1988. He has held leadership positions and served on the boards of many LGBT organizations. Don is currently president of the ACLU of Georgia. He is well-nown for his philanthropy to gay causes, having established scholarships for gay youth through Atlanta P-FLAG, supported the ACLU's Sticks and Stones Project for making schools safe for gay youth by establishing a fellowship, initiated a scholarship fund at MIT, and supported the arts locally. Answering why he donated $5,000 to AEN last week, Don said, "AEN is avaluable educational tool for the entire Georgia LGBT community by bringing in a variety of high caliber speakers who might not normally address our community. In turn the gay community educates the speaker about the omnipresence and power of our community." Patrick Greco is originally from New Jersey where he earned a B.S. in health and physical education at Seton Hall University. He finished his doctorate work at Life University in Marietta, Georgia, and has since transplanted himself to Atlanta. Dr. Greco works with his patients so that they may experience more comfort and effectiveness in their daily lives. He practices gentle chiropractic care along with physio-therapy modalities when appropriate. He has been a member of AEN since he was a student and looks forward to increasing awareness in our community of AEN and the benefits of participation. 'I'm
Gonna Live Forever!': What If You Do? Well, you probably won't live forever, but you could live a long time. You could spend years carefully working and planning in order to have sufficient income for a comfortable retirement. You may think that your retirement savings will be adequate, but consider what might happen if you or your partner required long term care.
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