Election Wrap Up Conference Call
The NLGLA is hosting a 60 minute Post-Election Conference Call to discuss Tuesday’s election results. We will be focusing on the four anti-LGBT ballot initiatives in Arizona, Arkansas, California and Florida and we have lined up some great speakers to give us the inside scoop on how things played out in the four battleground states and some possible next steps.
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Post-Election Conference Call
Thursday, November 6, 2008
6:00pm Eastern / 3:00pm Pacific
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Speakers:
Holly Dickson is a native of Batesville, Arkansas. She studied political science and criminal justice at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and earned her Juris Doctorate with honors from the University of Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, where she also served as Assistant Editor of the Law Journal. Dickson served in private practice in Little Rock for seven years representing clients in cases involving employment discrimination, and violations of civil and constitutional rights. She has served as staff attorney to the ACLU of Arkansas since June of 2006, aiding the ACLU in its advocacy, litigation, education, and legislative activities.
Kathie J. Gummere is an attorney in private practice, focusing on estate planning, particularly for gays and lesbians and unmarried couples. She has a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Cal State University, Los Angeles, a B.S. in Nursing from Arizona State University, and a Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University. She has served as Designated Lobbyist and Political Consultant for the Arizona Human Rights Fund and Foundation (AHRF), now known as Equality Arizona, the state-wide political organization for the gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender community. Kathie was instrumental in establishing and is the immediate past Chair of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee of the State Bar of Arizona, the first such standing committee established by a state bar. She is a founding member of the Family Law Advisory Board for the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Alice Kessler is Director of Government Affairs for Equality California, where she manages the organization’s legislative and political work. Alice is a graduate of the University of California, Davis School of Law, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College. Prior to joining EQCA, Alice practiced civil litigation for a small LGBT-owned firm San Francisco. She has also worked as a legislative advocate for Protection and Advocacy, Inc., California’s largest disability rights organization, and an intern in the Office of the Legislative Analyst of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Alice has served on the Board of Directors of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel and the Executive Committee of the California Safe Schools Coalition.
Dean Trantalis entered the gay and lesbian political forum in 1990 when Broward County was in the midst of a referendum to pass a human rights ordinance. In 1993, he became chair of Broward United Against Discrimination, a local chapter of a state-wide effort to defeat the petition drive launched by the American Family Association to enact a law that would have prevented any city or county from enacting gay-rights laws. In 1995, Dean served as co-chair of Americans For Equality, which saw the successful enactment and later the defeat of a petition drive to overturn the passage of Broward County's Human Rights Ordinance which extends protection from discrimination in housing, in employment, and in public accommodations based on their sexual orientation. In January 1999, Dean co-wrote and led the successful passage of the Broward County domestic partnership law, which ensured the extension of spousal-like benefits residents of Broward County. He has also served as co-chair of the South Florida Steering Committee for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), which was formed in 1998 to extend the efforts of the national organization to the local sector and is also a member of it's national Board of Governors. Dean also has served as City Commissioner District II for the City of Ft. Lauderdale.