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Mikel Weisser's Biography

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Full Name:

Mikel Weisser

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Beth; 3 Children: Samuel, Valerie, Victoria

Birth Date:

02/07/1959

Birth Place:

Reymondville, TX

Home City:

Kingman, AZ

Religion:

Pantheist

MEd, Secondary Education, Northern Arizona University, 2001-2005, Grade Point Average of 3.8

MA, Literature, University of Illinois at Springfield, 1989-1999, Grade Point Average of 3.9

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Arizona, District 4, 2014, 2016

Elected Delegate for Congressional District, 99% Delegation, 2012

Representative, Continental Congress 2.0, 2012

Elected PC/State Delegate, Mohave County Democratic Party, 2010-2012

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 4, 2012

Field Director, Beth Weisser for State Senate, 2009-2010

Volunteer, Democratic Party, 2004-2009

Vice Chair, Arizona Democratic Party Progressive Caucus, 2013-present

Member/Delegate, Arizona Education Association Council, 2008-present

Member, Arizona Education Association Small Schools Caucus, 2008-present

Regional Advisor/Member, Arizona State Democratic Party LGBT Caucus, 2008-present

Member, Arizona Education Association Ethnic Minority Caucus, 2008-2012

Member, Arizona Education Association LGBT Caucus, 2008-2012

Member, Arizona Education Association Resolutions Committee, 2010-2012

Advisor, Arizona State Democratic Party LGBT Caucus, 2010-2012

Member, Fund Council, Arizona Education Association, 2010-2012

Member, Peace and Justice Caucus National Education Association, 2012

Co-Owner/Consultant, Weisser Solutions, 2015-present

Organizer, So-Hi Peacesign Themepark, Cohillican Productions, 2007-present

Chicken Farmer, present

Former Ditch-Digger

Former Social Worker

Former Upholsterer's Apprentice

Former Sailor

Former Air Conditioning Installer

Former Radio DJ

Former Construction Worker

Former Sandwich Maker

Former Painter/Plumber/Carpenter

Teacher, White Cliffs Middle School, 2011-2012

Political Humor Columnist, 1989-2011

Teacher, Bullhead Junior High, 2001-2011

Columnist, Various, 1989-2011

Freelance Journalist, Illinois Times, 2000

Freelance Journalist, Illinois Times, 2000

Substitute Teacher, 2000

Program Coordinator, Helping Hands Homeless Shelter, 1996-1999

Program Coordinator, Helping Hands Homeless Shelter, 1996-1999

Manager, King Harvest Food Co-op, 1988-1990

Plumber, 1985-1987

Charter Member, Democracy for American - Arizona, 2013-present

Secretary, Mohave County Democratic Party, 2012-present

Activist, Occupy Kingman, Arizona, 2011-present

Member, Progressive Democrats of Arizona, 2011-present

Delegate, Mohave County Democratic Party, 2010-present

Member, Code Pink, 2007-present

Performance Coach, Arizona Arts Commission, present

Community Arts Organizer/Muralist, City of Kingsman, Arizona, present

Host, Kingman Area Books are Magic, present

Member, NORAZ Poets, present

State Director, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), present

Volunteer, Promise Arizona, present

Former Volunteer, Mohave County Library

Political Director, Safer Arizona, 2013-2015

Member/Delegate, American Economic Association, 2008-2012

Member, American Parkinson Disease Association Arizona, 2011-2012

Member, Greater Phoenix Area Move On Council, 2012

Protest Disorganizer, Occupy Kingman, Arizona, 2011-2012

Representative, Bullhead Elementary Education Association, 2009-2010

Father's Occupation:

Nightclub singer

Publications:

Stories from the TV Generations (1989)
Gossip (1990)
Sampler Pack (1992)
Songs of Assonance and Experymence (1993)
Simple Calender (2000)
VERB*I*AGE (2004)
Leaving The Empire (2010)

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