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Brown, Lori Lipman was born on June 17, 1958 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Melvin S. and Anita (Orlen) Lipman.
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Lori Lipman Brown, American Secondary school educator. Bar: California 1983, Nevada 1984, Arizona 1985. Named Civil Libertarian of Year American Civil Liberties Union, 1994; recipient Spotlight Honor Women's Democratic Club, 1993, Legislative Excellence award Citizens Against Nuclear Waste, Nevada, 1993, Most Valuable Prisoner award March of Dimes Jail and Bail, 1993, Legislator of Year award National Association Social Workers, Nevada, 1994.
Education
Bachelor in Communications, U. Nevada, Las Vegas, 1981; Juris Doctor, Southwestern U., Los Angeles, 1983.
Career
She served as a Nevada Senator from 1992 to 1994, advocating for repeals of consensual sex crimes. This led to her being named Civil Libertarian of the Year by the Nevadan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Additionally, she has organized numerous events for the Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada, the Secular Student Alliance, and the American Humanist Association.
She was defeated for reelection to the State Senate by Kathy Augustine in 1994. Outside of the secularist and nontheistic movement, Brown worked in education and social work. From 1996 to 2000 she was the National Education Association's diversity trainer.
Formerly a private lawyer, she taught United States constitutional law, education law, and American history at the University of Phoenix. Additionally, she taught high school drama, English, and speech and helped found Eldorado High School's Gay-Straight Student Alliance. Brown served as the founding director of the Secular Coalition for America from 2005 to 2009.
In this position, she was the first Congressional lobbyist explicitly representing nontheistic Americans. During her directorship, the organization grew from a coalition of 5 national organizations with one staff, to a coalition of 10 national organizations with six staff. Brown currently works for NES Associates, an IT firm in Alexandria, Virginia.
On August 29, 2008, she appeared on The Colbert Report in an interview with Stephen Colbert.
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On November 29, 2005, she appeared on The O'Reilly Factor to debate Christmas’s recognition as a national holiday from a secularist point of view.
Membership
Corresponding secretary Jewish Cmty. Center, 1995-1996; parliamentarian, nominating committee chair Hadassah Shoshanim Group, Las Vegas, 1995-1996. Board directors Planned Parenthood Southern Nevada, 1993-1995, Aid for Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Nevada, 1993-1994.
Member Nevada Teachers English (Best New Teacher award 1989), Nevada State Education.Assn. (celebration of excellence 1990, English curriculum task force1991, Excellence in Education award 1992), Clark County Classroom Teachers Association, Las Vegas Business and Professional Women (vice president membership 1995-1996.
Connections
Married Paul R. Brown, June 7, 1986.
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Named Civil Libertarian of Year American Civil Liberties Union, 1994. Recipient Spotlight Honor Women's Democratic Club, 1993, Legislative Excellence award Citizens Against Nuclear Waste, Nevada, 1993, Most Valuable Prisoner award March of Dimes Jail and Bail, 1993, Legislator of Year award National Association Social Workers, Nevada, 1994.Named Civil Libertarian of Year American Civil Liberties Union, 1994. Recipient Spotlight Honor Women's Democratic Club, 1993, Legislative Excellence award Citizens Against Nuclear Waste, Nevada, 1993, Most Valuable Prisoner award March of Dimes Jail and Bail, 1993, Legislator of Year award National Association Social Workers, Nevada, 1994.