Diversity Rules Magazine

2 Diversity Rules Magazine April 2015 My Two Cents By Jim Koury, Editor Inside is Issue (partial listing) Tegan James ..................................................... Page 3 Feature Interview: Benjamin Di"Costa ........... Page 4 David-Elijah Nahmod ......................................Page 6 Kristen MacKenzie .......................................... Page 8 Amazon Trail ................................................... Page 11 Birthday Cake .................................................. Page 14 Robert Saldarini ............................................... Page 16 Tax Guidance ................................................... Page 17 Religious Liberty ............................................. Page 19 Resources and Diversions .................................Page 22 Welcome to the April issue of Di- versity Rules Magazine. Spring has started to arrive with the advent of robins, red winged blackbirds and the other spring creatures that come back to these parts of the slowly unfreezing northeast tun- dra. Mother Nature isn't quite co- operating yet though. I am hope- ful she gets with the picture soon! is issue is a rockin' one, if I say so myself. I welcome Benjamin Di'Costa, an advocate for youth and young adults. He is a 24 year old minority bisexual man who currently resides in South Florida. Benjamin has worked in the HIV prevention field throughout Flor- ida in various Community Based Organizations. After watching his partner become diagnosed with HIV and after no- ticing an absence of HIV negative young people (specifically gay and young people of color) advocating about social issues he decided to dedicate his life to being involved in the LGBTQ community on is- sues surrounding social justice and diversity education. It's a great interview and you don't want to miss it. e April issue also welcomes three new regular contributing writers that I am very excited about -- Da- vid-Elijah Nahmod, Tegan James (March's cover feature interview) and Kristen MacKenzie. You will love what they have to say and of- fer readers. Also included are synopses of awe- some films and a book that will pique your interest! Have a great April. See you soon. Diversity Rules Magazine PO Box 72 Oneonta, NY 13820 James R. Koury, Editor/Publisher 607.435.1587 Website www.diversityrulesmagazine.com Blog www.diversityrulesmagazine.blogspot.com E-Mail generalinfo@diversityrulesmagazine.com Copyright 2014 Diversity Rules Magazine All Rights Reserved Disclaimers If you have a question or comment regard- ing this issue or future issues of Diversity Rules Magazine, the publisher would love to hear from you! Feel free to contact Di- versity Rules using the e-mail above or mailing address listed above. Content sub- mission are always welcome too! All submissions become the property of Diversity Rules Magazine. However, origi- nating authors reserve all rights to their creative works. Diversity Rules Magazine's physical offices are located at 189 River Street, Oneonta, NY 13820. Diversity Rules Magazine will not know- ingly publish or advertise text which is fraudulent or misleading. The publisher reserves the right to edit, limit, revise, or reject any text without cause. Diversity Rules Magazine does not assume any fnancial responsibility for typographi- cal errors. If any errors are found, please notify Diversity Rules Magazine immedi- ately. Materials in this publication may not be reproduced in any form without writ- ten permission from the publisher.

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