Lorri L. Jean & Darrel Cummings LGBTQ Leadership Lecture Series

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Headshot of Aaron Morris.

Spring 2025 LGBTQ Leadership Lecture and Dinner

Aaron C. Morris

Executive Director of Immigration Equality

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 6 p.m.
Feldman Ballroom

The Paul J. Burgett Intercultural Center invites you to hear from renowned LGBTQ activist and Executive Director of Immigration Equality, Aaron C. Morris. Prior to becoming Executive Director, Aaron (he/him) led the organization's law and policy programs, supervised Immigration Equality's legal services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and lobbying efforts. He is a member of the National Arab American Bar Association and the LGBTQ Bar Association. In 2014, he was named by the LGBTQ Bar Association as one of the Best LGBTQ Lawyers Under 40.

Past Speakers

Previous Lorri L. Jean & Darrel Cummings LGBTQ Leadership Lecture speakers include:

  • Fall 2024 – Maria Sjödin, Executive Director of Outright International
  • Spring 2024 – Kris Hayashi, Executive Director of the Transgender Law Center
  • Fall 2023 – Phill Wilson, founder and former president and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute
  • Spring 2023 – Imani Rupert-Gordon, Executive Director of National Center for Lesbian Rights
  • Fall 2022 – Matt Foreman, Senior Program Director of the LGBTQ Equality Program
  • Spring 2022 – Mara Keisling, Campaign Manager for the Freedom Opportunity for All Coalition and Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality
  • Fall 2021 – Paul Kawata, Executive Director of the National AIDS Network
  • Spring 2021 – Geena Rocero, founder of Gender Proud