LGBT Institute featured on "A Closer Look"

Today, LGBT Institute Executive Director, Ryan Roemerman, sat down with Rose Scott and Martha Dalton to discuss the LGBT Institute as part of a special Martin Luther King Jr. Day edition in partnership with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR).

LISTEN HERE (Roemerman's interview begins at 18:37)

In addition to the discussion of the LGBT Institute, other key figures from the NCCHR include: 

  • 00:00: National Center for Civil and Human Rights CEO Derreck Kayongo discusses his new role and new vision for the center, and reflects upon the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.;
  • 18:37: Ryan Roemerman, interim executive director of the LGBT Institute at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, discusses the institute and initiatives related to global LGBT rights;
  • 42:48: David Mandel, director of exhibitions and design at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, talks about the new Martin Luther King Jr. exhibition that just opened: "King and Youth Involvement in the American Civil Rights Movement";
  • 55:29: Deborah Richardson, executive vice president at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, talks about the center's International Human Trafficking Institute and contemporary gender-based human rights issues.