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July 21, 2014
Experts on MH17 in Ukraine, Israel/Palestine, Immigration Reform, Tobacco Lawsuit, LGBT exec order
The week we feature experts who can discuss the politics of the recent crash of the Malaysian jet into Ukraine, John Kerry's visit to Cairo to push for a ceasefire, the big tobacco lawsuit that will grant $23.6B to a smoker's widow from RJ Reynolds, and the new executive order against work discrimination for LGBT.
Expert Spotlight
Toby Gati
President
TTG Global LLC
For interviews on Ukraine politics.
As the Malaysian jet wreckage is recovered in Ukraine, we SPOTLIGHT Toby Gati, expert in Russian politics. She focuses on political, economic and trade developments in Russia, the Newly Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union, and Central and Eastern Europe. As special assistant to the President and senior director for Russia, Ukraine and the Eurasian States at the National Security Council in the White House in 1993, Mrs. Gati helped develop and implement U.S. policy towards Russia during the first Clinton administration. Mrs. Gati also served the president and the vice president as co-chair of the Policy Steering Group, the Clinton administration's chief policymaking body on all aspects of U.S.-Russia and U.S.-NIS relations. Media includes: Newshour with Jim Lehrer, CNN Headline News, ABC News, and NPR
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Featured Expert
Rebecca Vilkomerson
Former Executive Director
Jewish Voice for Peace
For interviews on the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Secretary of State Kerry is in Cairo to support ceasefire negotiation, we FEATURE Israel/Palestine expert Rebecca Vilkomerson. Rebecca is the Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace (www.jvp.org), a leading national organization inspired by Jewish tradition to work for a just peace for all the people of Israel and Palestine. She has been named as one of the Forward 50, the Forward’s list of 50 most influential Jewish Americans. Media includes: The Los Angeles Times, CNN.com, The Nation, The Hill, Huffington Post, Tikkun and Zeek
Featured Expert
Dr. Christina M. Greer
Professor of Political Science
Fordham University – Lincoln Center
For interviews on new Immigration Reform policies.
While the number of immigrant children at the border continues to rise and President Obama is pressured to do more, we FEATURE Dr. Christina M. Greer for her expertise of American politics, black ethnic politics, urban politics, quantitative methods, and public opinion. Dr. Greer is the author of Black Ethnics: Race, Immigration, and the Pursuit of the American Dream (Oxford University Press). Media includes: New York Times, ABC Channel 7, NBC Nightly News, Fox 5 Good Day New York, and WFUV
Featured Expert
Patricia Sosa
Director of Constituency Relations
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
For interviews on the tobacco lawsuit.
Tobacco company RJ Reynolds must now pay $23.6B to a smoker's widow. We are FEATURING Patricia Sosa, legal expert on tobacco corporations. She is the director of constituency relations at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and has served as director of the intergovernmental division of the administration for children and families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sosa has been quoted and appeared frequently in the media, including as a panelist on the PBS program, "To the Contrary."
Featured Expert
Rev. Irene Monroe
Religious columnist, speaker and podcast host
For interviews on LGBT rights.
As President Obama makes strides to end discrimination towards LGBT members in the workplace, we FEATURE Rev. Irene Monroe who, as a religious columnist tries "to inform the public of the role religion plays in discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people." She writes a weekly column in the Boston home LGBTQ newspaper called Baywindows and has given talks at The United Nations International School at the UN to discuss theories on religion and homosexuality in the U.S. She has sat on the advisory boards of several national LGBTQ organizations. Media includes: Syndicated Columnist, Huffington Post, The Advocate, New England Bay Windows, Boston In Newsweekly, and The Witness
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Senior Director of Litigation for Education & Workplace Justice
National Women’s Law Center
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