David Mixner, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Fêted
Tyler Clementi Foundation honors LGBTQ activist, public spirited interior design company
Bob Williams, presenter Tipper Gore, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams CEO Allison O’Connor, and Mitchell
Gold.
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The Tyler Clementi Foundation,
founded in
memory of the New Jersey
college freshman
who died from suicide in 2010 after
suffering a humiliating episode of
cyber-bullying by his roommate
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and which works to end bullying,
harassment, and humiliation in
schools, the workplace, and other
settings, held its annual Upstander
Legacy Celebration on October
23.
The event, held at Stage 48 in
Hell’s Kitchen, honored longtime
LGBTQ activist David Mixner, who
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Tyler’s mother, Jane Clementi, who founded the
Foundation in her late son’s memory.
recently announced he is retiring
from his current advocacy efforts,
and Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams,
the interior design company whose
corporate philanthropy has benefi
ted a wide array of LGBTQ initiatives
and other charitable causes.
Actor Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”)
presented Mixner with his award,
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Honoree David Mixner.
while Former Second Lady Tipper
Gore presented the award to
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams.
The Tyler Clementi Foundation’s
Upstander Movement aim to gather
pledges from Americans to speak
out against bullying wherever they
encounter it — at school and work,
in houses of worship, and online.
No one should go hungry when
they’re living with severe illness.
Especially during the holidays.
YOUR DONATION CAN FUND
A HOLIDAY MEAL FOR A
SERIOUSLY ILL NEIGHBOR
AND THEIR LOVED ONE.
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