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July 28, 2005

Bio of Eric Stern

Eric Stern is Executive Director of the National Stonewall Democrats. Before joining Stonewall, Eric Stern served as Director of GLBT Outreach for the Democratic National Committee - where he developed a program that encompassed collaboration with LGBT advocacy groups, the development of an aggressive media campaign, grassroots trainings, resources for local activists and a national infrastructure for the Kerry/Edwards campaign.

Eric grew up in Wadsworth, Ohio. While earning his B.A. at Marietta College (Ohio), he reinvigorated and led a chapter of the College Democrats, and volunteered for the 1994 and 1996 campaign efforts of U.S. Congressman Ted Strickland (D-OH) and the 1996 Clinton/Gore campaign. He also interned for Project Vote, where he joined efforts to mobilize traditionally underrepresented minority voters.

Eric Stern received his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. While in law school, Stern worked for the U.S. Department of Justice - Civil Rights Division, Employment Litigation Section; the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, D.C. (where he has volunteered as a pro bono attorney to provide legal services to people living with HIV and AIDS); the Children's Law Center, Inc.; and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).

After law school, Stern was awarded a prestigious Dorot Law Fellowship at the Alliance for Justice (AFJ). As part of the AFJ's Judicial Selection Project, Stern provided research and legal expertise to the grassroots and lobbying efforts of the civil rights and LGBT community in their opposition to President Bush's anti-LGBT judicial nominees. He created an ad hoc coalition to raise awareness in the LGBT media, and educated communities about the impact judicial nominations have on LGBT civil rights.

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