LGBT champions
David Schwade ARCHITECT FOR ANDSTUDIO
LEED-accredited architect and native Miamian, David Schwade—whose firm ANDstudio has developed projects in Wynwood, the Design District and the new Brickell City Centre—focuses on work that’s both stunning and public-spirited. “We take on projects with a cognizant eye on affecting positive change,” he says. Schwade has served on the host committee for various LGBT events in Miami, but some of his best work has come from combining his career skills with his passion for helping the LGBT community through Design on a Dime Miami. The event raises money for Housing Works, an organization that provides invaluable resources to people living with HIV. “It was a fantastic opportunity to channel my love for design toward a great cause,” he says of the group’s 2016 inaugural event, which raised nearly $2 million. “When you find ways to integrate your passion with philanthropic endeavors, your personal commitment and impact is far more organic.”
Elizabeth Fernandez
WRITER AND COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR OF SEIU FLORIDA
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After spending 13 years working in media and publishing, Elizabeth Fernandez joined the labor movement as the statewide communications director of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Florida, which represents more than 55,000 active and retired employees in the state. A longtime activist—fighting for LGBT rights and domestic violence survivors since 2011—she now works full-time to fight the good fight. “It’s been amazing to make the transition to being a full-time activist and advocate,” says Fernandez, who in her spare time is working on finishing a graphic novel about gay computer science pioneer Alan Turing. “SEIU has made supporting LGBT workplace equality a part of its national agenda, which is huge. Our 1199SEIU Local Union also has a Lavender Caucus to support and empower our LGBT members.” Long before she was at SEIU, Fernandez was actively fighting for LGBT rights— in particular for bisexual causes as the communications chair of the South Florida Steering Committee for the Human Rights Campaign and as an organizer for Bi+ Brunches and meet-ups at Pridelines. But at SEIU, she knows she has her work cut out for her this year: “We are facing unprecedented attacks on workers’ rights, with specific threats to women’s health, LGBTQ rights and so much more,” she says. “We need to rise up and work together like never before.”
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