ASM0763 Safeguarding American Values for Everyone (SAVE) records University of Miami Special Collections

1300 Memorial Drive Coral Gables FL United States 33146 Telephone: (305) 284-3247 Email: asc.library@miami.edu https://library.miami.edu/specialcollections/

2025-06-25 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.9.0 2025-08-18 15:30 UTC English Safeguarding American Values for Everyone (SAVE) records ASM0763 2024 December 9 1991 October-2016 May 16 undated 5 boxes (5.96 linear feet) University of Miami Special Collections

1300 Memorial Drive Coral Gables FL United States 33146 Telephone: (305) 284-3247 Email: asc.library@miami.edu https://library.miami.edu/specialcollections/

English Spanish Latin SAVE Foundation, Inc. and SAVE Inc.

Safeguarding American Values for Everyone (SAVE) is a grassroots nonprofit political advocacy organization located in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1993, the organization's stated mission is to "promote, protect and defend equality for people in South Florida who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender."

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This collection contains documents related to the SAVE History Project, which documents the operations and activism efforts of Safeguarding American Values for Everyone (SAVE), a grassroots nonprofit political advocacy organization located in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1993, the organization's stated mission is to "promote, protect and defend equality for people in South Florida who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender."This collection contains photographs, audiovisual materials, documents, meeting minutes, training materials, ephemera, and other records which document the evolution and activism of SAVE, including its predecessor organization, the SAVE Action PAC.

This collection is arranged at the folder level. Some individual items in the collection were previously arranged and processed at the item level by the donor prior to receipt at the University of Miami. Records previously arranged and processed at the item level have had their descriptions maintained in Box 1.

Photographs Minutes (administrative records) Ephemera (general object genre) LGBTQ+ activism Human rights

Donated by SAVE Foundation, Inc. and SAVE Inc., received by Jordan Jedry, 2025 April 1.

Box 1 1992-2014 May undated 1 box (1 linear feet)

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News clippings undated 1 folder

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SAVE news clippings undated 1 folder

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News clippings, "Dateline: Miami Dade" 1998 December 1 folder

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News clippings [1 of 3] 2001 1 folder

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News clippings [2 of 3] 2001 1 folder

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News clippings [3 of 3] 2001 1 folder

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News clippings 2002 January-July 1 folder

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News clippings 2003-2004 1 folder

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Newspapers, "Black and Pink" 2013 August-2014 May 1 folder

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SAVE documents [1 of 4] 1999-2000 1 folder

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SAVE documents [2 of 4] 1999-2000 1 folder

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SAVE documents [3 of 4] 1999-2000 1 folder

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SAVE documents [4 of 4] 1999-2000 1 folder

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SAVE canvas orientation ephemera undated 1 folder

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Articles and academic papers [1 of 2] circa 1999-2002 undated 1 folder

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Articles and academic papers [2 of 2] circa 1999-2002 1 folder

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External ads, press releases, and polling documents circa 1999-2002 1 folder

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Miami Beach Ordinance documents 1992 1 folder

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Draft LGBT Ordinance 1992 October 16 1 item

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City of Miami Beach draft of ordinance with comments. Lincoln Road Merchants Association

Newspaper clipping, Miami Herald 1992 November 15 1 item

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Human Rights Ordinance City Commision, Nov. 15 Agenda

Newspaper clipping, Miami Herald 1992 November 19 1 item

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Miami Beach City Commision 1st reading unanimously passes Gay Rights Ordinance.

Correspondence, Katz, Ric to Reynolds, Clark 1992 November 20 1 item

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Letter from Ric Katz congraulating Clark Reynolds for Dade Action PAC efforts

Newspaper clipping, Miami Herald 1992 November 26 1 item

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Opinion letters responding to Rabbi Phineas Weberman regarding ordinance.

Newspaper clipping, Miami Herald undated (before 1992 November 26) 1 item

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Opinion letter, Rabbi Pineas Weberman on ordinance.

Newspaper clipping, Miami Herald 1992 December 2 1 item

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Miami Beach City Commission 2nd reading of Gay Rights Ordinance. Spearheaded by Dade Action PAC (formed in 1990). Featuring comments by Clark Reynolds, Dade Action PAC Beach Liaison.

Newspaper clipping, Atlanta Newspaper 1992 December 2 1 item

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Miami Beach Ordinance. Mayor Seymour Gelber says ordinance likely to pass unanimously.

Meeting minutes, Miami Beach Commission on the Status of Women (MB COSW) 1992 June 16 1 item

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Meeting minutes in which the Commission voted to accept the Ordinance as written.

Letter of support, Miami Design Preservation League 1992 July 16 1 item

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Letter of support for the Ordinance from the Miami Design Preservation League.

Letter of support, Miami Beach Fraternal Order of Police 1992 September 29 1 item

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Letter of support for the Ordinance from the Miami Beach Fraternal Order of Police.

Letter of support, Miami Beach Development Corporation 1992 October 12 1 item

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Letter of support for the Ordinance from the Miami Beach Development Corporation.

Letter of support, The League of Women Voters of Dade County 1992 October 16 1 item

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Letter of support for the Ordinance from The League of Women Voters of Dade County.

Letter of support, South Beach Entertainment Association 1992 October 20 1 item

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Letter of support for the Ordinance from the South Beach Entertainment Association.

Letter of support, Representative Elaine Bloom 1992 November 30 1 item

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Letter of support for the Ordinance from Florida Representative Elaine Bloom.

Letter of support, Joy Malakoff Alschuler 1992 November 30 1 item

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Letter of support for the Ordinance from Miami Beach resident Joy Malakoff Alschuler.

Letter of support, Representative Elaine Gordon 1992 December 1 1 item

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Letter of support for the Ordinance from Florida Representative Elaine Gordon.

Letter of support, Senator Ronald Silver 1992 December 2 1 item

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Letter of support for the Ordinance from Florida Senator Ronald Silver.

Fact sheet, "About AIDS and the Homosexual Movement" 1992 December 2 1 item

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Fact sheet titled "About AIDS and the Homosexual Movement (What the Common Council is not telling you, nor the homosexual movement that dictates their votes, based on so called 'Political Correctness')". Distributed at Commission meeting by Anthony Verdura of the Christian Family Coalition.

Opening remarks, Clark Reynolds to City Commission and other speakers 1992 December 2 1 item

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Opening remarks from Clark Reynolds to the Miami Beach City Commission and other speakers.

Newspaper clipping, Miami Herald 1992 December 3 1 item

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Newspaper clipping of Miami Beach's approval of Gay Rights Ordinance.

Newspaper clipping, Boston Globe 1992 December 7 1 item

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Newspaper clipping about the Miami Beach Commission's unanimous adoption of Gay rights Ordinance. Clark Reynolds, Miami Beach chairman of Dade Action PAC, quoted.

Newspaper clipping, The Chronicle 1992 December 14 1 item

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Newspaper clipping about the Miami Beach adoption of Gay Rights Ordinance. Greg Baldwin and Clark Reynolds quoted.

March on Washington documents 1993 1 folder

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Photograph, March on Washington 1993 April 24 1 item

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March on Washington. Left-right: Sean Breen, Ric Katz, Dennis Leyva, Steve Rothaus.

Photograph, March on Washington 1993 April 25 1 item

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March on Washington. Left-right: Dennis Leyva, Ric Katz, Clark Reynolds.

Photograph, March on Washington 1993 April 25 1 item

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March on Washington, City of Miami Beach Police Department. Left-right: Police Officer Ambrose Sims, Sgt. Lori Wider, Dennis Leyva, Mario Leon.

Photograph, March on Washington 1993 April 25 1 item

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March on Washington, City of Miami Beach Police Department. Left-right: Officer Ambrose Sims, Sgt. Lori Wider, Dennis Leyva.

Newspaper, The Wire 1993 April 30 1 item

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Newspaper insert about the March on Washington alongside the Miami Beach Police Department. Top photo: Left-right: Officer Ambrose Sims, Sgt. Lori Wider, Clark Reynolds, Dennis Leyva. Bottom photo: Dade Action PAC. Left-right: Joan Schaeffer, Greg Baldwin, Eddy McIntyre.

Winter Party documents 1994-1995 1 folder

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Magazine, Out 1993 December-1994 January 1 item

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Contains an advertisement for the Winter Party to benefit SAVE.

5 photographs undated 5 items

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5 photographs of what appears to be a hotel room.

Photograph, Winter Party 1994 February 13 1 item

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Photograph of the Winter Party. Left-Right: Dennis Leyva, DJ Buc, Clark Reynolds.

Photograph, Winter Party 1994 February 13 1 item

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Photograph of the Winter Party entrance.

Photograph, Winter Party 1994 February 13 1 item

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Photograph of the Winter Party.

Photograph, Winter Party 1994 February 13 1 item

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Photograph of the "SAVE Thank You" banner at the Winter Party.

Newspaper clipping, Miami Herald 1994 February 14 1 item

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Newspaper clipping about the Winter Party fundraiser.

Newspaper, Miami New Times 1994 February 17 1 item

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Newspaper clipping about the Winter Party fundraiser. Features a photo of Harry Bader, Dennis Leyva, Clark Reynolds, Lynn Sachs, and Steward Stein.

Newspaper, The Wire 1994 February 17 1 item

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Article about the Winter Party benefit for SAVE.

Newspaper, Miami New Times 1994 March 24 1 item

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"Best of Miami" issue. Features Clark Reynolds and Dennis Leyva as "Best Couple" for their work in the passage of the Human Rights Ordinance and organizing the Winter Party to benefit SAVE.

Newspaper, The Wire 1995 March 2 1 item

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Winter Party benefit -- 1994 fundraiser and for SAVE, and 1995 fundraiser in collaboration with the Miami Foundation.

Photograph 1995 March 2 1 item

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Winter Party Co-Founders. Left-right: Ignacio Martinez-Ybor, Clark Reynolds, Dennis Leyva, Stewart Stein.

Dade Human Rights Foundation documents 2004 February 1997 1 folder

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Grant report 1997 March 1 item

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Grants awarded by the Dade Human Rights Foundation from 1994-1996. Includes 1994 grant to SAVE for $68,000.

Invitation 1997 March 7 1 item

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Invitation to the Dade Human Rights Campaign's first annual recognition dinner.

Newspaper, The Wire 1997 December 24 1 item

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Article about the departure of County Commissioner James Burke, and the impact it may have on the passage of the Human Rights Ordinance.

Grant report 2004 February 1 item

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$6,000 grant to SAVE.

Winter Party and SAVE History documents 2013 March 1 folder

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Task force press release 2013 March 1 1 item

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Press release featuring the history of the Winter Party, the Dade Action PAC, SAVE, its founders, the recognition dinner, and grants.

Newspaper clipping, Miami Herald 2013 March 6 1 item

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Brief history of the Winter Party celebrating its 20th anniversary. Featuring the Dade Human Rights Foundation, its founders, the formation of SAVE, the Miami Recognition dinner, and grants.

Box 2 1994-2014 April 10 undated 1 box (1 linear feet)

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Audiovisual materials, VHS tape 1 1 item

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Audiovisual materials, VHS tape 2 1 item

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Audiovisual materials, "Mursuli" At least 2001 May-2002 September 1 folder

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FIU community partner award 2014 April 10 1 folder

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SAVE ephemera undated 1 folder

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SAVE DADE Board, miscellaneous documents circa 2000 1 folder

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Town Meeting documents 2000 December 10 1 folder

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SAVE Inc., Board meeting minutes and bylaws 1993 July-December 1 folder

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SAVE Inc., Board of Directors meeting minutes 1994 1 folder

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SAVE Inc., Board of Directors meeting minutes 1995 1 folder

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SAVE Inc., Board of Directors meeting minutes 1996 1 folder

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SAVE Inc., Board of Directors meeting minutes 1997 1 folder

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SAVE Inc., Board of Directors meeting minutes 1998 1 folder

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SAVE Inc., Board of Directors meeting minutes 1999 1 folder

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SAVE Inc., Board of Directors meeting minutes 2000 1 folder

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SAVE Inc., Board of Directors meeting minutes 20001 1 folder

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SAVE Foundation, meeting minutes 2002 October-December 1 folder

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SAVE DADE rules and mission statement 1999 1 folder

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Internal memos, minutes, and analysis circa 1999-2002 1 folder

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Assorted Board documents circa 2000-2010 1 folder

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Correspondence, letters of support to Jorge Mursuli 1998 1 folder

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Correspondence, professional [1 of 2] circa 1999-2002 1 folder

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Correspondence, professional [2 of 2] circa 1999-2002 1 folder

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SAVE Foundation documents circa 2002-2003 1 folder

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Box 3 circa 1997-2009 undated 1 box (1 linear feet)

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SAVE Dade issue analysis report 1998 August 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, news clippings 1998 December 1997 May-October 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, signed endorsers at least 1997 October 7 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, blank sample letters and resolutions 1997 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, backgrounder at least 1997 July 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Ordinance undated 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, Reboredo letter template undated 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights campaign, Project YES programs and fliers at least 1997 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, calendars 1997 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, miscellaneous documents at least 1999 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, Outreach materials to religious organizations 1997 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, County Commissioners profiles and outreach 1997 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, meeting notes and miscellaneous documents 1997-1998 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, focus group readings undated 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, Janet Seitlin letters undated 1 folder

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SAVE Dade meeting notes undated 1 folder

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SAVE Dade Human Rights Campaign, training and volunteer materials undated 1 folder

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SAVE Dade, training and planning materials undated 1 folder

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SAVE Dade, meeting notes 1997 September 16-December 7 1 folder

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Gay and Lesbian Victory Foundation, Training materials and notes 1998 February 26-March 1 1 folder

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Dade Action PAC manual 1993 1 folder

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Photographs, "Jorge's 40th at Liebe's" 2000 September 1 folder

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Photographs, personal circa 2000s 1 folder

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Photographs circa 1999-2001 1 folder

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Photographs [1 of 2] circa 2000s 1 folder

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Photographs [2 of 2] circa 2000s 1 folder

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Photographs, "People for the American Way (PFAW)" at least 2003 1 folder

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Photographs, "Town meeting" circa 2001 1 folder

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Photographs, "Fairness and business" events 2001 June 19 1 folder

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Photographs, "Friday night fever" 2001 April 6 1 folder

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Photographs, "Mursuli" undated 1 folder

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Box 4 [oversized] 1998 August 2-2016 May 16 undated 1 box (1.71 linear feet)

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Newspapers and news clippings 1998 August 2-2016 May 16 1 folder

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SAVE 15th anniversary plaque 2008 May 7 1 item

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T-Shirt, SAVE DADE event staff undated 1 item

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T-shirt, "Working Together to End Discrimination" undated 1 item

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T-Shirt, SAVE 2014 inferred 2014 1 item

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T-shirt, "Working Together to End Discrimination" undated 1 item

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T-shirt, "Decline to Sign" undated 1 item

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Box 5 [oversized] 1991 October 25-2004 undated 1 box (1.25 linear feet)

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SAVE advertisements 1998 December 9 1991 October 25 1 folder (2 items)

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Amnesty International, Miami Chapter Human Rights Award plaque 2004 1 item

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Vinyl Record, Anita Bryant, "Singing a New Song" undated 1 item

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T-shirt, "Save DADE Young Guardian" undated 1 item

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Foamboard poster, "Vote NO on County Question 14" undated 1 item

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SAVE History Project, web archive 2024 December 9 1 website

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