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Winkler, Scott

 Person

Biography

Scott Winkler is a lifelong Nebraskan. Winkler earned bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and works as an accountant. As a community activist, Winkler was involved with organizations such as Citizens For Equal Protection for which he served as Executive Director. Winkler ran for Nebraska Legislative District 18 seat in 2018. Circa the late 1990s, Scott Winkler was a UNO staff member in Business and Finance.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Committees--Committee for Gay and Lesbian Issues, 1998, November 2, 1998

 Item
Identifier: UNO0005_0002
Scope and Contents

Two email messages. The first is organizing a committee meeting among University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) faculty and staff to discuss LGBTQIA+ issues and topics that relate to the university such as partner benefits, diversity, and discrimination. The second message is a memo to add the matter to an upcoming Executive Cabinet meeting, presumably of the UNO Faculty Senate. These printouts of emails were removed from an unidentified UNO Faculty Senate agenda (attachment 20).

Dates: November 2, 1998

Scott Winkler Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-0160
Content Description The papers of Scott Winkler document his activism for LGBTQ+ issues and organizations in Nebraska, such as Citizens For Equal Protection of which he served as executive director. The activities documented included National Coming Out Day events in Omaha in 1995-1996 (KETV news coverage for 1995), testifying before Nebraska unicameral legislative committees, Omaha Pride 1995 (KETV news coverage), and other activities. Notably, Candace Gingrich, LGBTQ+ activist and sister of Georgia politician...
Dates: circa 1993-2010