2018 Pride Guide

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LONG ISLAND PRIDE 2018 | PRIDE ON THE BEACH

PARADE GRAND MARSHALS MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL GSA

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MAX ROBINS, 18, HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL, POLITICAL AND LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, MARCH FOR OUR LIVES LONG ISLAND

EARLIER THIS YEAR, 17 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOREVER AS A RESULT OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTING AT MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS (MSD) IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA. FOLLOWING THIS TRAGEDY, THE STUDENTS AT MSD, INCLUDING THE SCHOOLS GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA), HAVE IGNITED A NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO END GUN VIOLENCE AND MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFE FOR ALL YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY HAVE BEEN BOLD, FEARLESS, ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES! LONG ISLAND PRIDE RECOGNIZES THOSE BRAVE YOUTH, TEACHERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AS THE GRAND MARSHALS FOR THE 28TH

AVALON FENSTER, 16, THE STONY BROOK SCHOOL, FOUNDER AND LEAD ORGANIZER OF MARCH FOR OUR LIVES LONG ISLAND

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FAITH QUASHIE, 18, HALF HOLLOW HILLS EAST, COMMUNICATIONS HEAD FOR MARCH FOR OUR LIVES LONG ISLAND

BARUCH SHEMTOV

ENTERTAINMENT ANCHOR, GOOD DAY NEW YORK BARUCH SHEMTOV JOINED FOX 5 NEWS IN JANUARY OF 2015. BEFORE JOINING FOX 5, BARUCH INTERVIEWED SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADERS AND CULTURAL FIGURES INCLUDING SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN, PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN, PRESIDENT PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE, SECRETARY MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, YO-YO MA, KRISTEN STEWART, JAMES FRANCO, HEIDI KLUM, MICHAEL KORS, SPIKE LEE AND MANY OTHERS. A 2009 GRADUATE OF HARVARD COLLEGE, BARUCH WAS NAMED BY ONE OF THE “15 MOST INTERESTING SENIORS” BY THE HARVARD CRIMSON. HIS PASSION FOR THE INTERVIEW WAS IGNITED AS A RESEARCHER FOR CNN’S DAVID GERGEN, LEADING HIM TO BECOME A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ON EXTRA AND #WAYWIRE AND THE NEW YORK HOST ON YOUNG HOLLYWOOD. BARUCH HAS ALSO BEEN ACTIVE IN THE FIELDS OF DESIGN AND FASHION FROM A YOUNG AGE. A FASHION ENTREPRENEUR SINCE HIS JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, BARUCH LAUNCHED HIS LINE OF TIES AT AGE 15, GARNERING PRESS AND ATTENTION AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING FEATURES IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE TIMES OF LONDON, GQ JAPAN, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS. HE AND HIS DESIGNS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROFILED ON CNN, E!, NBC, AND PBS.

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