home > newsroom Free Public Forum Examines the Impact of an Olympic Event on Individual Liberties FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 24, 1999 SALT LAKE CITY – On Thursday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m., Salt Lake Impact 2002 & Beyond, the Utah Housing Coalition, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah are sponsoring a free public forum entitled 2002: A Threat to Your Liberty? The event, which will take place at Spaulding Hall in St. Mark’s Cathedral on 231 East 100 South, is the second in a series of public forums examining how the 2002 Winter Olympic Games may impact Salt Lake City residents Thursday’s forum will feature Gerald Weber, Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, and Anita Beatty, the Executive Director of the Atlanta Taskforce for the Homeless. Weber and Beatty worked closely together during the 1996 Summer Olympics, and they have a unique perspective on the impact that such an event can have on a city’s low-income and homeless communities, as well as on civil rights issues in general. From homeless sweeps, to increased security, to limitations on public protests, an Olympic event can compromise fundamental constitutional protections. Weber and Beatty will examine what happened in Atlanta, and what civil rights activists and low-income service providers did – or wished they had done – to prepare for the summer Olympics. For more information about the event, please call Glenn Bailey at Crossroads Urban Center, (801) 364-7765 or Cori Sutherland at the ACLU of Utah, (801) 521-9862. --end--

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