Yosi Sergant (born 1976) is an American publicist He is known for his commissioning and management of the "Hope" poster created during the 2008 presidential election by Shepard Fairey.
Sergant holds a degree in World Arts and Culture from UCLA. Early in his career he worked for Yitzhak Rabin and Larry Clark. After the 2008 campaign, Sergant joined the White House's Office of Public Liaison and on May 11, 2009, Sergant was appointed Director of Co...
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Yosi Sergant (born 1976) is an American publicist He is known for his commissioning and management of the "Hope" poster created during the 2008 presidential election by Shepard Fairey.
Sergant holds a degree in World Arts and Culture from UCLA. Early in his career he worked for Yitzhak Rabin and Larry Clark. After the 2008 campaign, Sergant joined the White House's Office of Public Liaison and on May 11, 2009, Sergant was appointed Director of Communications for the National Endowment for the Arts.
On August 10, 2009, Sergant participated in a conference call about United We Serve, a government program which encouraged community service in four areas chosen by the Corporation for National Service.
On August 25, 2009, Sergant's former employer Patrick Courrielche blogged about the call on a website run by conservative activist Andrew Breitbart calling it "a gross overreach of the National Endowment for the Arts." This initial report included only brief excerpts from the call, which...
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