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If you wish to help, you can earmark contributions to go to either the Wetlands Project or the General Fund (the latter will be used to defray the organization's ongoing operating expenses). You can learn more by writing to The Nature Conservancy, 1800 N . Kent St., Arlington, VA 22209, Attention: Membership Secretary. The annual dues start at $10.

PEOPLE FORTHE AMERICAN WAY

A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.

— Granville Hick

Formed in 1980, People For The American Way is a 100,000-member, nonpartisan educational organization whose purpose is to promote and protect the individual rights and personal freedoms of all Americans. Censorship is one of the group's main areas of concern. Executive Director Anthony Podesta explains:

"Through mass media education campaigns and citizen action programs, People For promotes respect for diversity among Americans and opposes extremist proposal, that would impose one narrow way of believing, thinking, working, and living on all people. We are committed to the basic promise of liberty and justice for all, individual freedom of thought and expression, religious liberty and separation of church and state, support for individual and family rights, and constitutional democracy—in short, majority rule with protection for dissenters and minorities."

Contributions are tax-deductible and entitle you to receive the Quarterly Report, which keeps members up-to-date on the organization's efforts. People For also offers Protecting the Freedom to Learn: A Citizen's Guide (125 pages, $9.50 postpaid), which provides suggestions on how to support your public schools and libraries.

People For The American Way's offices are at 1424 16th St. N.W,, Suite 601, Washington, DC 20036.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA) is the nation's largest nonprofit voluntary health agency. Its membership consists of an elected volunteer board of directors plus 191 affiliates. PPFA is a member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, with member organizations in 95 countries and headquarters in London.

Planned Parenthood provides its services through more than 700 clinics located in communities throughout the country. These clinics offer women's health services that include pregnancy testing, VD testing and treatment, birth control, pelvic and breast exams, pap smears, and medical consultation, plus premarital education, counseling, and referral services for both sexes. Planned Parenthood charges its patients on a sliding fee scale: The less income a woman has, the less she pays. As a result, thousands of people annually receive first-class diagnostic treatment, and these are largely women who otherwise would have to live (or die) without it.

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