MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Oct 19, 2007
Contact: Anthony Niedwiecki
Associate Prof. of Law, Director of LSV Program
Shepard Broad Law Center , Nova Southeastern Univ.
Shepard Broad Law Center , Nova Southeastern Univ.
Email: niedwieckia@nsu.law.nova.edu
Phone: (954) 262-6206
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY TO HOST DAVID MIXNER FOR LECTURE SERIES ABOUT SEXUAL OREINTATION AND THE LAW
The second speaker for the Goodwin Series at the law center at Nova Southeastern University is author/activist/political consultant David Mixner who will speak to the public on Thursday, October 25 from 6-7. A reception where you can meet David Mixner will follow the public presentation. The speaking event and reception are open to the public and free, and they will both take place at the law center. David Mixner is likely to speak on a wide range of issues, including the role politics plays in LGBT issues and defining morality, HIV/AIDS issues, and the history of the gay rights movement. He is known to be an engaging speaker who has been a leading activist in the fight for LGBT equality. We expect this to be a very interesting and lively discussion. His biography is posted below. For directions to the law center at Nova, go to http://www.nova.edu/cwis/campusmaps/maincampus.html
In addition to having David Mixner visit the school next week, we will be hosting an exhibit on LGBT hate crimes, entitled Gay American Heroes. The exhibit will be in the law library beginning next week. You can read about the display at http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2007/08/gay-american-he.html
Please mark your calendars for the remaining schedule.
Tuesday November 6, 6-7: Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Lesbian and Gay Task Force
Tuesday November 27, 6-7: Rev. Gene Robinson, the First Openly Gay Episcopalian Bishop
In addition to having David Mixner visit the school next week, we will be hosting an exhibit on LGBT hate crimes, entitled Gay American Heroes. The exhibit will be in the law library beginning next week. You can read about the display at http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2007/08/gay-american-he.html
Please mark your calendars for the remaining schedule.
Tuesday November 6, 6-7: Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Lesbian and Gay Task Force
Tuesday November 27, 6-7: Rev. Gene Robinson, the First Openly Gay Episcopalian Bishop
If you have any questions, please contact Anthony Niedwiecki at niedwieckia@nsu.law.nova.edu or at (954) 262-6206.
Shepard Broad Law Center
Nova Southeastern Univ.
3305 College Ave.
Fort Lauderdale , FL 33314
Nova Southeastern Univ.
3305 College Ave.
Fort Lauderdale , FL 33314
David Mixner's Biography:
David Mixner has been involved in public life, policy, business and a writer for nearly forty years. His blog, www.davidmixner.com <http://www.davidmixner.com/> is one of this year's most visited issue-oriented blogs.
Mr. Mixner is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Stranger Among Friends and the number one bestseller Brave Journeys. His screenplay, co-written with Richard Burns, Dunes of Overveen won the Outfest MTV Award for "Best New Screenplay" and his screenplay, co-written with Dennis Bailey, Fire in the Soul is being considered by a number of production companies at the moment.. He just finished wth Dennis Bailey a play called Jacob's Ladder.. Additionally, Mr. Mixner has published numerous articles. He is Executive Producer on the award-winning documentary called House on Fire which deals with HIV /AIDS in the African American community.
Over the years, Mr. Mixner has worked in over seventy-five campaigns as campaign manager, fundraiser and strategist. Those campaigns include Clinton for President, Edwards for President, Hart for President, Gephardt for President, McGovern for President, Bradley for Mayor, and Brown for Governor and Senate. He also has worked on numerous initiative campaigns including No on Six (School Teachers), No on Sixty-four (AIDS Quarantine), and No on Eleven (Energy Tax).
Mr. Mixner has over the years raised over $30 million for candidates and charity organizations and well over $1 million for openly gay and lesbian candidates alone across the country.
Mr. Mixner is currently a successful international public affairs/strategic-planning consultant with an expertise in HIV/AIDS. He is currently working on projects involving Africa . In addition, he continues his work fighting HIV/AIDS here in the United States .
Mr. Mixner has been an unofficial advisor to numerous elected officials on domestic and foreign policy. His reputation as a strategist and implementor is nationally known. Numerous universities, including Oxford , Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Princeton , and the London School of Economics, have invited him to lecture. The Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University has recently created the "David B Mixner Collection" of his papers from over forty years.
David Mixner has been involved in public life, policy, business and a writer for nearly forty years. His blog, www.davidmixner.com <http://www.davidmixner.com/> is one of this year's most visited issue-oriented blogs.
Mr. Mixner is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Stranger Among Friends and the number one bestseller Brave Journeys. His screenplay, co-written with Richard Burns, Dunes of Overveen won the Outfest MTV Award for "Best New Screenplay" and his screenplay, co-written with Dennis Bailey, Fire in the Soul is being considered by a number of production companies at the moment.. He just finished wth Dennis Bailey a play called Jacob's Ladder.. Additionally, Mr. Mixner has published numerous articles. He is Executive Producer on the award-winning documentary called House on Fire which deals with HIV /AIDS in the African American community.
Over the years, Mr. Mixner has worked in over seventy-five campaigns as campaign manager, fundraiser and strategist. Those campaigns include Clinton for President, Edwards for President, Hart for President, Gephardt for President, McGovern for President, Bradley for Mayor, and Brown for Governor and Senate. He also has worked on numerous initiative campaigns including No on Six (School Teachers), No on Sixty-four (AIDS Quarantine), and No on Eleven (Energy Tax).
Mr. Mixner has over the years raised over $30 million for candidates and charity organizations and well over $1 million for openly gay and lesbian candidates alone across the country.
Mr. Mixner is currently a successful international public affairs/strategic-planning consultant with an expertise in HIV/AIDS. He is currently working on projects involving Africa . In addition, he continues his work fighting HIV/AIDS here in the United States .
Mr. Mixner has been an unofficial advisor to numerous elected officials on domestic and foreign policy. His reputation as a strategist and implementor is nationally known. Numerous universities, including Oxford , Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Princeton , and the London School of Economics, have invited him to lecture. The Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University has recently created the "David B Mixner Collection" of his papers from over forty years.
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