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Corruption doesn’t change ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’

Corruption doesn’t change ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’

by Michael Leppert | Jun 30, 2022 | Politics/Government

A friend told me to watch it, so I did. Hulu’s seven-episode series, “Under the Banner of Heaven,” is based on the non-fiction, true crime book by Jon Krakauer. It details a murder investigation of a woman and her baby intertwined in storytelling of the founding and...
Guns make people say the darndest things

Guns make people say the darndest things

by Michael Leppert | Jun 24, 2022 | Politics/Government

Thursday, June 23, 2022, is one of those days on Capitol Hill that will appear on history tests years from now. It was gun day on the hill, and two of the three branches of government seemed to be passing each other on Constitution Avenue going in different...
“I trust you, but you’re not the one behind the wheel”

“I trust you, but you’re not the one behind the wheel”

by Michael Leppert | Jun 17, 2022 | Politics/Government

The third of seven expected hearings of the January 6 Committee was held on Thursday. Just like the two before it, there were plenty of “wow” moments.  It is also clear there are plenty more wows to come. Here in Indiana, we know former Vice President,...
January 6 Committee’s audiences are history and zombies

January 6 Committee’s audiences are history and zombies

by Michael Leppert | Jun 10, 2022 | Politics/Government

I am not a fan of zombie flicks. It has always been a genre featuring human-like beings that just weren’t complex enough to be interesting. A zombie can’t be reasoned with. A zombie can’t understand things. All a zombie wants, its singular purpose,...
One certainty: Doing nothing is not working

One certainty: Doing nothing is not working

by Michael Leppert | Jun 3, 2022 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life

In the last two weeks, I have heard two things regarding the state of our union that disturb me more than anything. The first was a statement made on the morning news early last week, after the massacre in Buffalo, but before the one in Uvalde. A reporter, not a...
We have all been praying for the wrong people

We have all been praying for the wrong people

by Michael Leppert | May 27, 2022 | Politics/Government, Pop/Life

Since Tuesday, I have been preoccupied by the speech delivered by Malala Yousafzai to the United Nations Youth Assembly on July 12, 2013. It was her sixteenth birthday, and it is one of the greatest speeches I have ever heard–and I’m a speech teacher. She...
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Keeping the Big Ten Network on the Air

One of Mr. Leppert’s successful projects was his media campaign on behalf of the Big Ten Network in its dispute with cable formats for broad distribution of the network during its start-up years. He wrote and distributed press releases, organized supporters to attend press conferences and traveled the state for media events with both Mark Silverman, the original president of the network and Jim Delany, the long-time commissioner of the Big Ten Conference. Silverman has since moved into an executive position at Fox Sports, and Delany has announced his retirement in June of this year. The media output and related responses to it were vital in moving the stalled discussions to a mutually beneficial resolution between the network and cable formats. The Big Ten Network is distributed widely today and is a model for college sports networks. The three of us were only flagged for speeding one time during the campaign, fittingly on State Road 37, while racing between press conferences at IU and downtown Indianapolis.
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Moving Indiana Forward with Bias Crimes Legislation

Mr. Leppert was engaged by the United Way of Central Indiana to design and implement the campaign in 2018-19 for the passage of new hate/bias crime legislation in Indiana. The foundation of this coalition was built by joining two organizations, the Indiana Alliance Against Hate, and Indiana Competes. After several years of resistance in the Indiana General Assembly, specifically since the RFRA session of 2015, this campaign was the catalyst to passage of the new law and removing Indiana from the list of only five states without hate crimes legislation. More than 800 members of the smaller merged entities were mobilized. Press events were held throughout the state. Editorial boards were visited. Letter writing and phone banking strategies were implemented. The management of this large group, and the short timeframe available to make our impact was an experience. While the law enacted by the legislature did not include all of the protected classes our coalition sought for inclusion, the establishment of hate or bias as statutory consideration in sentencing was established for many classes. Our campaign proved successful.
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