Charles J. Ober

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  www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19410192&BRD=2 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/20/2008    Last Visited: 3/20/2008  

  > Ober is Out Gay Candidate in Queens Race
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  Charles Ober, a gay Democrat and civic leader in Ridgewood, is running for the City Council seat in the 30th District in Queens being vacated by Dennis Gallagher, a Republican.
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  Ober has been the longtime president of Queens Pride House, an LGBT social services center, but stepped down to run.
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  Ober has also been active in Dignity, the LGBT Catholic group, and is a co-founder of the Diversity Center of Queens, a multi-racial social justice collaborative in Jackson Heights.

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  Published on: 3/14/2008    Last Visited: 3/14/2008  

  "The establishment of Diversity Center marks an exciting moment for social justice organizations in New York City," commented Charles Ober, president of Queens Pride House, the lead partner in Diversity Center "In sharing expanded physical space we greatly enhance our capacity and our mission.

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  www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19729908&BRD=2 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/29/2008    Last Visited: 5/30/2008  

  Charles Ober, a longtime civic and Democratic activist in his Ridgewood community who served the LGBT community for the past decade as the board president of the Queens Pride House, is a thoughtful candidate unafraid to tell voters how he feels on critical issues, regardless of the way the wind is blowing through any particular audience.
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  Among the candidates on hand that evening, Ober was the only one to speak up at all about the potential merits that limiting car travel into Manhattan's central core could have for the city's air and livability.He also showed admirable restraint when some others leapt at the chance to demagogue on the importance of Americans learning to speak American.

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  www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19750314&BRD=2 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/5/2008    Last Visited: 6/6/2008  

  A June 3 special election to fill the vacant 30th District City Council seat representing Glendale, Ridgewood, and Middle Village in Queens ended with the defeat of Charles Ober, an out gay Ridgewood community activist who was the longtime board chair of the Queens Pride House, the borough's LGBT center.
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  Ober received about 10 percent of the vote.
  
  Ober clashed with the Democratic Party and the local gay Democratic club over their endorsement of Crowley, who is a cousin of Congressman Joe Crowley, the county leader.

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  www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19652725&BRD=2 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/1/2008    Last Visited: 5/4/2008  

  Charles Ober, who served for years as board president of the Queens Pride House, that borough's LGBT community center, before jumping into the race for an open City Council seat vacated by Republican Dennis Gallagher's resignation over a sex crime scandal, has become the target of an anonymous anti-gay hate flyer.
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  According to Liz Benjamin's blog on the Daily News site, Ober planned a press conference with former Republican Councilman Tom Ognibene, who is also running for the seat but was denied his party's endorsement, for April 30 to talk about the flyer.
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  Like Ognibene, however, Ober has been passed up by his party.
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  Her campaign made only glancing mention of the need to investigate the flyer, before criticizing Ober for appearing with Ognibene.

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  www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19729955&BRD=2 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/29/2008    Last Visited: 5/30/2008  

  Crowley was joined at the editorial board meeting by the other three candidates in the race, including Charles Ober, an out gay Ridgewood civic activist who is the former board president of the Queens Pride House, the borough's LGBT community center.
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  Menzie then added, "It doesn't make Charlie Ober any better of a candidate.

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  www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19133548&BRD=2 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/20/2007    Last Visited: 1/3/2008  

  At left, Evelyn Cruz (speaking) representing Velazquez, congratulates Queens Pride House's president and founding board member Charles Ober.
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  At right, Lee receives his Outstanding Volunteer award from Queens Pride House outreach specialist Ruby Fernandez Brown as former board member Kleber Jalon, Park, Ober, founding board member and Democratic district leader Daniel Dromm, and Queens Pride House program coordinator Lyndsey Beutin look on.

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  CTA Renewal Directory - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/6/2000    Last Visited: 9/6/2000  

  Charles OberPO Box 1554, FDR StaNew York NY 10150212/627-6488dignityny@aol.comhttp : //www.dignityusa.org

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  GMHC: Press Release - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/17/2002    Last Visited: 2/5/2009  

  Charles Ober, president of Queens Pride House said, "Queens Pride House is committed to working in partnership with GMHC in order to bring these much needed legal services to people in Queens, especially HIV positive immigrants and people of color who are often reluctant to seek help from social service providers in their communities of origin."

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  NEW LOCALE FOR QUEENS PRIDE HOUSE - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/21/2006    Last Visited: 9/21/2006  

  Charles Ober, president of Pride House, the lead partner in the new effort, said, ,The establishment of Diversity Center marks an exciting moment for social justice organizations in New York City., The other partners, who will share the 2,000 square-foot space, are Humanist Center, a group that battles violence, discrimination, and injustice at the neighborhood level, and Andolan,Organizing South Asian Workers, which works with low-income, South Asian workers to fight against injustices faced because of abusive employers.Queens Pride House, which was founded in 1997 and has operated out of a Woodside storefront since 2001, conducts health education programs, health and human service referrals, job skill classes, cultural programs, and legal clinics.Among those on hand Tuesday evening were Pauline Park, co-founding first secretary of the board of directors; Lyndsey Beutin, the new program coordinator at Pride House; Ober; Raul Gordillo, former QPH staff member; and Rebecca Spence, QPH vice-president.

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