Christopher Murray
Revson Fellow 2006-2007
Counselor
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Community Center
Christopher Murray is a counselor at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Community Center where he creates programs related to HIV/AIDS, methamphetamine addiction, and smoking cessation. Christopher is a columnist for Gay City News, the weekly newspaper serving the LGBT community in New York City. He is also the Co-President of Lambda Independent Democrats, Brooklyn’s LGBT political club. Christopher is a 2006 Diversity Scholar at Allegheny College. Christopher is a 2006 Diversity Scholar at Allegheny College.
Coming at a time when my nonprofit organization was on the verge of extinction, the Fellowship enabled me to cobble together a strategy for survival, while acquiring the skills, credentials, and self-confidence to begin the transformation of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions. Three years later, a New York State Community Development Financial Institutions Fund was established through my organization’s efforts. The fellowship year marked a turning point in my professional life; today, in the rear-view mirror, it remains a very prominent landmark and point of orientation.
