GLSEN Founder & Former Executive Director Kevin Jennings Named to a Post Within the Department of Education
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We have just learned that Kevin
Jennings has been appointed by the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Dunken to the position of Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe & Drug Free
Schools.
Here's information from the official press release:
"Kevin Jennings is the founder and former executive director of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), an organization that works to make schools safe for all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. Prior to his tenure at GLSEN, Jennings served as History Department chair and a history teacher at Concord Academy in Massachusetts and before that as a history teacher at Moses Brown School in Rhode Island. Jennings has also authored six books including Mama's Boy, Preacher's Son: A Memoir which was named a 2007 Book of Honor by the American Library Association and Telling Tales Out of School which was the winner of the 1998 Lambda Literary Award. Jennings received an B.A. in history from Harvard, an M.A. from the Columbia University Teachers College and an M.B.A. from NYU's Stern School of Business."
We at GLSEN Connecticut are proud of the accomplishments Kevin has made and will continue to make for the safe schools movement in this high level position within the Obama administration.
Thank you all so much for all that
you do to advance GLSEN's mission! Leif Mitchell Co-chair, GLSEN Connecticut |
| The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. |
