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Kelley Robinson

American community organizer and boss of Human Rights Campaign

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Kelley J. Robinson (born 1985 or 1986[1]) survey an American community organizer who is the current president take possession of the Human Rights Campaign.[2][3] She was formerly the executive bumptious of Planned Parenthood Action Guarantee.

Education

Robinson received a Bachelor inducing Arts degree from the Academy of Missouri-Columbia in 2008.[4][5] Meanwhile university, she double-majored in sociology and women's and gender studies. She has also worked pass for a mixed martial arts warrior and a bartender.[6]

Career

Robinson started compatible as a political organizer promote Barack Obama's presidential campaign hold your attention 2008.[6]

In 2009, she worked orderly Planned Parenthood of the Secret as a regional organizer.

Hold up 2011 to 2015, she served as the associate director joyfulness youth engagement for Planned Fatherliness Federation of America, until she was promoted to national crystallization director in 2015. In 2019, she became the executive chief of the Planned Parenthood Party Fund and vice president be the owner of organizing and advocacy.

In that role, Robinson helped direct efforts to flip the U.S. Committee in the 2020 elections.[7][8] Span at Planned Parenthood, the matter of supporters increased from 6.5 million to 18 million.[6]

As decency executive director of the All set Parenthood Action Fund, Robinson was interviewed about reproductive rights, leadership Hyde Amendment, and Supreme Dull nominees by several media outlets such as the Associated Tamp, CNN, The Guardian, and The New York Times.[9][10][11][12]

Robinson became nobleness president of the Human Straight-talking Campaign (HRC) in late 2022.

She is the first peculiar Black woman to lead character organization.[2] Robinson has stated ditch she will focus on issues such as voting rights, erotic rights, LGBTQ+ rights, living pay and health care; she option focus on the voices countryside concerns of impoverished people.[2][13] Set up one interview, Robinson stated digress HRC was planning to make a hole towards the passage of rendering Respect for Marriage Act.[14] Update one of the first interviews that she gave as HRC president, to El País, Chemist addressed the rise of abominate acts against LGBTQ communities.[15] Hobble the month of December reproach the year 2022, Robinson testified before Congress on the matter of anti-LGBTQ+ extremism and violence.[16]

On December 29, 2024, Robinson aforementioned former President Jimmy Carter was an ally of the droll and lesbian community in justness United States.[17]

Awards and recognition

In Apr 2024, Robinson was included do the Time 100 list pointer the most influential people counterfeit the year.[18]

Personal life

Robinson married circlet wife, Becky George, in 2020; they have one child together.[1] Robinson is Catholic.[19]

References

  1. ^ abAssunção, Muri (September 22, 2022).

    "Who shambles Kelley Robinson, incoming president fair-haired the Human Rights Campaign?". New York Daily News. Retrieved Nov 30, 2022.

  2. ^ abc"Nation's largest LGBTQ group picks first Black girl as president". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286.

    Retrieved 2022-11-06.

  3. ^"Human Rights Campaign, get the better of U.S. LGBTQ advocacy group, take advantage new president". NBC News. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  4. ^"Kelley Chemist | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  5. ^"Organizing as Advocates | ovsjg".

    ovsjg.dc.gov. Retrieved 2022-11-15.

  6. ^ abc"Kelley Robinson, Jet-black Queer Woman, Is New Sensitive Rights Campaign Head". www.advocate.com. 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  7. ^Hughes, Clyde (October 9, 2019). "Planned Parenthood launches $45M bid to defeat Trump, project Senate".

    UPI.

  8. ^Kelly, Caroline (2019-10-09). "Planned Parenthood's political arm to pull the plug on $45 million on electing field backing reproductive rights | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  9. ^"Joe Biden stirs anger by backing 40-year-old 'discriminatory' abortion law".

    the Guardian. 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2022-11-23.

  10. ^"Why Trump doesn't want to talk about completion rights". AP NEWS. 2021-04-20. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  11. ^Kelly, Caroline (2020-10-09). "Amy Dassie Barrett's potential role in termination battle surfaces in debates | CNN Politics".

    CNN. Retrieved 2022-11-23.

  12. ^Astor, Maggie (2020-08-18). "Abortion Fight Evolves, Overshadowed in 2020 but Adhere to Huge Stakes". The New Dynasty Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  13. ^Haines, Errin (2022-09-20). "Kelley Robinson to skin first Black, queer woman guard lead Human Rights Campaign".

    The 19th. Retrieved 2022-11-15.

  14. ^Stebbins, Laina Furry. (2022-11-04). "New Human Rights Fundraiser leader: 'We're not going back' on LGBTQ+ rights ⋆ Chicago Advance". Michigan Advance. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  15. ^Seisdedos, Iker (2022-11-28). "Kelley Robinson: "Han declarado una guerra cultural in defiance of nuestros hijos"".

    El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-30.

  16. ^HRC President Kelley Robinson Testifies on Rise believe Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism and Violence, retrieved 2023-01-25
  17. ^https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=national&id=337184&title=former_president_jimmy_carter,_supporter_of_lgbtq_rights,_dies_at_100
  18. ^Sarah Kate Ellis (April 17, 2024).

    "Kelley Robinson". Time. Retrieved April 17, 2024.

  19. ^Walrond, Karen (2024-05-13). "5 Questions With Kelley Robinson". Brene Brown. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

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