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Mayor Douglas H. Palmer on Positive Language
    Series of Town Hall Meetings Dedicated to the Promotion of Positive
                                  Language

    TRENTON, N.J., April 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States
Conference of Mayors President and Trenton, NJ Mayor Douglas H. Palmer,
today will participate in The Language of Respect forum held at the student
center on the campus of Rutgers University.
    Prompted by the remarks made by former radio personality Don Imus, the
newly formed Language of Respect Coalition is sponsoring the event, which
is slated as the first in a series of town hall meetings intended to engage
students and community leaders in a dialogue about the tone and content of
language used in media, politics, and entertainment.

    The coalition, led by Reverend DeForest B. Soaries of First Baptist
Church Lincoln Gardens, was formed by ministers and community leaders who
believe that disrespectful and derogatory language, such as Don Imus'
remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team, harms people and lowers
quality of life; and it aims to motivate individuals and institutions to
use language that nurtures and promotes respect for all people.
    The event will be moderated by WNBC TV anchor and correspondent Pat
Battle, and other panelists include Jerome Harris, Chairman, Black Issues
Convention of New Jersey; Daniel San Pietro, President, Hispanic Directors
Association; and Dr. Deborah Gray White, Professor, Rutgers University and
author of "Aren't I a Woman? Female Slaves in the Plantation South"; plus a
Rutgers student representative and several high school students.
    In his remarks, Mayor Palmer will underscore his comments originally
released in direct response to Don Imus:
    "This is an opportunity for us to ... bring Americans together. We need
to be careful not to let this divide us further and instead use this as an
opportunity to talk about race and equality. ... If you're going to be
outraged about what Imus said, be outraged about what you hear each and
every day in your streets and in your neighborhoods. We have to clean up
our own house before we jump on others. ... If it's wrong for a white man
to use racially offensive language, it's also wrong for a black man to use
the 'n' word, the 'b' word or any other demeaning language. Nobody has the
right, regardless of what the color of their skin is, to demean women."
    For the entire statement from Mayor Palmer regarding Imus' remarks,
please visit http://www.usmayors.org.
    The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization
of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are 1,139 such cities
in the country today, each represented in the Conference by its chief
elected official, the Mayor.
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