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Hip Hop Nation Meeting

October 4, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Main Hall B9, Staten Island, 10301

LGBTQ+ Guest Speaker

October 4, 2017 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Foundation Hall Manzulli Board Room

The Center for Intercultural Advancement office is proud to host Ross Murray, Senior Director of Education and Training at The GLAAD Media Institute, which provides activist, spokesperson, and media engagement training and education for LGBTQI and allied community members and organizations desiring to deepen their media impact. Ross will speak on the current state of LGBTQI people and then propose what both GLAAD and the Naming Project are doing to mitigate these issues.

A light reception is scheduled for 5:30pm, with the talk beginning at 6pm.

More about the speaker:
Ross Murray is the Senior Director of Education & Training at The GLAAD Media Institute, which provides activist, spokesperson, and media engagement training and education for LGBTQ and allied community members and organizations desiring to deepen their media impact. Ross has secured national media interest in stories that bring examples of LGBTQ equality across diverse communities in America. He specializes in relationship between religion and LGBTQ people. He has written and appeared on numerous media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, and Religion News Service. Ross is a consecrated Deacon in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, with a specific calling to advocate for LGBTQ people and to bridge the LGBTQ and faith communities. Ross is also a founder and director of The Naming Project, a faith-based camp for LGBTQ youth and their allies.

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