Record #:

28407

Author(s):

Ruley, Melinda

Abstract:

Roz Savitt is the winner of a 1993 Independent Weekly Citizen Award. Savitt is a lobbyist at the NC General Assembly. She was ranked as the 12th most effective lobbyist and most effective female lobbyist. She has played a key role in expanding funds for child-protective services, enacting the first AIDS anti-discrimination statute, eliminating the death penalty for juveniles and repealing the marital rape exemption.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 47, November 1993, p9

Subject(s):

Citizenship awards; Political activists; Lobbyists