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SAN FRANCISCO----The Lavender Youth
Recreation and Information Center (LYRIC) Board of Directors today
announced that Executive Director Kar Yin Tham has resigned and will
vacate the role effective July 8, 2005.org for the full job announcement .S.

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West Hollywood was one of the first cities in the U.

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Jordon Green, LYRIC Board Co-Chair ,
adds, "Kar Yin was a critical change agent who led us through
extensive strategic planning and helped reinvigorate LYRIC." Mr.

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WHERE: AGO Restaurant
8478 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood

CONTACT:

Imee Gacad, Public Information Officer
(323) 848-6431 (office /voicemail message center)
(323) 533-8900 (cell phone)

Editor's Note:

Since its incorporation in 1984, the City of West
Hollywood has been at the forefront of civil rights, human
rights and the struggle to help those who are less fortunate.

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Founded in
1988, LYRIC envisions a diverse society where LGBTQQ youth are
embraced for who they are and encouraged to be who they want to be.

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George will be presented the ARTISTIC FREEDOM
HONOR by Paul Rusesabagina, the former hotel manager who
sheltered about 1000 people at the Hotel des Milles
Collines in Kigali, Rwanda, played by Don Cheadle in the
film.S.

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The event, described as the "party with a
purpose," focuses on human and civil rights, while honoring
creative excellence.

The Celebration for Artistic Freedom will honor Terry George,
Writer/Director of the critically-lauded film "Hotel
Rwanda.

WHO: Leonardo di Caprio; Al Pacino; Danny Glover; Martin Landau;
Harrison Ford; Jake Gyllenhaal; Ed Harris; Julie Delpy; Mira
Sorvino; Anjelica Huston; Khandi Alexander; Ellen Burstyn;
Rebecca De Mornay; members of the West Hollywood City Council
and many celebrities and prominent leaders.

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For more than twenty
years, West Hollywood has been a leader in the fight against
AIDS and has provided unprecedented support to people with the
disease, including adopting one of the first laws in the
country to prohibit discrimination against people with HIV and
AIDS and providing much needed funding to social service
agencies.

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Calendar Editors/Business Editors/Entertainment Editors
ADVISORY. West Hollywood recently joined efforts to call
attention to the problem of AIDS in Africa.

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The Board of Directors is seeking a highly motivated
leader/manager with a can-do attitude as well as strong commitment to
LGBTQQ youth. West Hollywood has one of the strongest rent
control laws in the country, provides a large array of social
services to Seniors and people with disabilities and has been
a strong advocate for a woman's right to choose by proclaiming
itself a "Pro-Choice City. Although the City of West Hollywood is less than
two-square miles, its impact on the public policy agenda in
the U.

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LYRIC's mission is to build community and inspire
positive social change through education enhancement, career training,
health promotion, and leadership development with lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth, their families ,
and allies of all races, classes, genders, and abilities.

ADVISORY/Socially-Conscious City of West Hollywood to Co-Host Star-Studded Oscar Gala and Pay Tribute to Academy-Award Nominated ``Hotel Rwanda '' Writer/Direct

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at Robert De Niro's West Hollywood restaurant AGO,
8478 Melrose Avenue .

WHEN: Sunday, February 27, 2005
4 p.

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"It is with a heavy heart that we accept Kar Yin's resignation
and, on behalf of the Board of Directors and staff, I offer our
gratitude for Kar Yin's years of service and dedication," said Maria
W. Required qualifications
include a breadth of youth development, fundraising, and management
experience. The City has led
the fight to prohibit discrimination against Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT ) persons.

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Interested applicants may visit the LYRIC web site at
www.

LYRIC is a non-profit organization and community center in San
Francisco for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning
(LGBTQQ) youth. Martin Sheen will be presented with the Artist of
Conscience Award for his unwavering commitment to equality
and dignity for all communities.

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Powers, LYRIC Board Co-Chair. LYRIC is an agency like no other
where diversity is our strength, youth our guide, and change and
progress come hand in hand.lyric.

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An executive transition team
of staff and board members has been assembled to manage the change and
conduct a national search to fill the vacancy for this pivotal
position.
Reflecting on her time at LYRIC, Tham says, "The power and wisdom
of LGBTQQ youth is truly inspiring. to
protest apartheid in South Africa and prohibit doing business
with companies that had ties to the country.

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WHAT: The City of West Hollywood, one of the most
socially-conscious cities in the country, and the Lee
Strasberg Film and Theater Institute will honor "Hotel Rwanda"
Writer/Director Terry George and Actor/Activist Martin Sheen
at the 3rd Annual Celebration of Artistic Freedom Oscar Gala
and silent auction on Oscar Night, Sunday, February 27, 2005
at 4 p.

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During Tham's tenure, LYRIC has continued to be a haven for
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ)
youth. Through Tham's leadership the agency has, while surviving city
funding cuts and the down turn of the economy, increased the number of
youth (nearly 2,000 locally and regionally , and 10,000 nationally)
accessing LYRIC programs. The application deadline is May 9, 2005.

Twenty years ago,
the City adopted one of the first Domestic Partnership
Ordinances in the country and has continued to fight for the
expansion of domestic partnership and gay marriage rights
nationally." It also has a large
Russian-speaking community, many of whom moved to this country
from the former Soviet Union to escape oppression. In recent
years, West Hollywood has received a lot of national media
attention for the City Council's leadership in the protection
of animals. for the last twenty years has been unprecedented and
it will continue to have an impact for many years to come.

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LYRIC Announces Executive Director 's Resignation Effective July 8 2005; Board of Directors Begins Executive Search

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m. Proceeds from the viewing party and
silent auction will benefit Amnesty International and the ACLU
Foundation of Southern California.

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