[Blog/Commentary] [USA] Kim Coco Iwamoto Being Honored As A Harvey Milk Champion Of Change

[Stephanie Stevens]

TransGriot, USA


Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Kim Coco Iwamoto Being Honored As A Harvey Milk Champion Of Change

Posted by Monica Roberts at 1:00 AM


The White House will honor ten TBLG officials on Harvey Milk Day and
one of them will be a girl like us.

Kim Coco Iwamoto, who is serving her first term on the state of
Hawaii's Civil Rights Commission and previously served the state as an
elected member of the Hawaii State Board of Education, is one of the
people being honored on Wednesday, Harvey Milk's birthday as a Harvey
Milk Champion of Change
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/04/08/announcing-harvey-milk-champions-change>
.

The White House Champions of Change program was established in 2011 to
spotlight ordinary citizens who are doing extraordinary things for to
their community, their country, and their fellow citizens. In that
tradition, the Harvey Milk Champions of Change highlights a small
group of TBLG state and local elected and appointed officials who have
demonstrated a strong commitment to both equality and public service.

In addition to Kim Coco Iwamoto, the other Harvey Milk Champions of
Change for 2013 are:

Simone Bell – Georgia State Representative, Atlanta, GA
Angie Buhl O’Donnell – South Dakota State Senator, Sioux Falls, SD
Karen Clark – Minnesota State Representative, South Minneapolis, MN
Michael A. Gin – Mayor of Redondo Beach, Redondo Beach, CA
John Laird – California Secretary of Natural Resources, Santa Cruz, CA
Ricardo Lara – California State Senator, Long Beach, CA
Kim Painter – Johnson Country Recorder, Iowa City, IA
Chris Seelbach – Cincinnati City Council Member, Cincinnati, OH
Pat Steadman – Colorado State Senator, Denver,

Congratulations to Kim Coco and the other 2013 Harvey Milk Champions
of Change for receiving this high honor.


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