FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:  FOIFT office

214.977.6658

FOIFT to Sponsor Repsonsible Rights

Seminar in Corpus Christi

The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas will sponsor a Responsible Rights seminar on Tuesday, July 26, in Corpus Christi.  The Del Mar College Student Press Club is hosting the event, which will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room 433 of the William F. White, Jr. Library on the Del Mar College East Campus at 101 Baldwin Avenue.

Responsible Rights: Government in the Sunshine is a traveling symposium designed to develop and enhance understanding of the changing landscape of an open government.  The seminar will include in-depth discussions of the Texas Public Information Act and the Texas Open Meetings Act and address current hot topics in these two areas.  It is directed toward the general public, government employees, elected officials and representatives of the media.

Scheduled presenters include Houston-based attorney Joseph Larsen of Ogden, Gibson, White, Broocks & Longoria, L.L.P.; Jorge Rangel of The Rangel Law Firm, P.C., in Corpus Christi; and Hadassah Schloss, open records administrator for the Texas Building and Procurement Commission.

The cost of the seminar is $15 if you register by July 19, or $20 at the door.  Students may attend the seminar free of charge with a valid student I.D.  Advance registration is recommended for everyone due to limited space.  No meals will be arranged or provided as a part of the seminar, but a 90-minute lunch break will be included in the schedule.

To register, contact the FOIFT office at (214) 977-6658, or print the registration form available on the FOIFT Web site at www.foift.org and fax or mail it to the FOIFT at (214) 977-6666, 400 S. Record St., Suite 240, Dallas, TX 75202.

The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, works to encourage, sponsor and facilitate a greater appreciation, knowledge and understanding of the First Amendment.  The FOIFT strives to preserve the freedoms necessary in a democratic republic by educating media and legal professionals, educators, students, public and government officials and individual citizens about their rights and responsibilities as citizens.  For more information, call (214) 977-6658, or visit our Web page, www.foift.org.

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