Community Service Award George Zander
George Zander, like many other political junkies, started in his school days with activism. He was on the student body government council in high school and worked on political campaigns. He helped create his high school’s community outreach committee. In the early 60’s, it was the first of its kind in Seattle. Moving on to the University of Washington, he was involved in student politics that led to involvement in student government and exercises such as a mock political convention. After graduation, he joined the Peace Corps and worked in Micronesia for five years where his community organizing skills were toned.
On returning to Seattle, through friends he became involved in a campaign to save an inner city wilderness area from being turned into a golf course. He was on the winning side. Next came the Anita Bryant campaign against the LGBT community’s anti-discrimination laws already on the books. George jumped into that campaign and helped organize one of the few campaigns in the nation to defeat uber bigot Anita Bryant.
George got involved in the Dorian Group, a very early LGBT political organization, while becoming a leader in the local Democratic Party. He became King County (Seattle) chair of the Democrats from 1992-96, and ran the coordinated campaign for Clinton-Gore in Seattle.
Moving to the Desert in 1997, he became involved in the Democratic Party, and helped a group found the Desert Stonewall Democratic Club in 1999. He became its chair in 2004. After the loss of Prop. 8, George joined the staff of Equality California. He is currently the Field Manager for Palm Springs and the desert cities and enjoys meeting all the wonderful folks in our desert who are demanding equality. He also sits on the Palm Springs Police Department’s LGBT Outreach Committee.
George’s life is about showing up and making a difference for his community. It has been a great ride.
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