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Out in Higher Ed Week Panel | Point Foundation

Join Point Foundation alumni, LGBTQ politicians, and political thought leaders in a critical discussion on the strategies, policies, and activism needed to reverse anti-LGBTQ legislation and protect and advance equal rights for LGBTQ Americans.

Speakers

Moderator

Alex Morse is a Point alum and town manager of Provincetown. Alex is the former mayor of Holyoke, where he was the first openly gay mayor.

Speakers

  • Isaac James (he/him), Point Alum and cofounder of OutVote. Currently studying for a Master of Public Policy (MPP) at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, Isaac completed a Master's in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Oxford in June 2024 and graduated with a B.A. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2022.
  • Joie "Jo" Lew (they/them), Human Rights Studies M.A. candidate at Columbia University, director of outreach and coalitions at OutVote, and youth engagement specialist for the Dallas Asian American Historical Society.
  • Ranen (he/him), Point Alum and cofounder of OutVote. Ranen graduated from Washington University in St. Louis studying political science, sociology, and women, gender, and sexuality studies. He wrote his senior thesis on LGBTQ voter engagement.
  • Jenna Smith (she/her) – Current Flagship Scholar with an EY Scholarship and Program Director of OutVote who is an advocate for criminal justice reform and student at Duke University and the University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill.