Bio
Selene Kaye is a Director at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û and the Director of the National Political Advocacy Department’s Liberty Division. In this role she oversees the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s nationwide political advocacy work to advance reproductive freedom, LGBTQ equality, gender justice, disability rights, and religious liberty. She leads an interdisciplinary team of campaign strategists, policy experts, and lobbyists who work in close coordination with affiliates to plan and execute legislative, electoral, and administrative campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels utilizing the full range of political advocacy tools.
Selene joined the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û in 2007 as the Women’s Rights Project’s first advocacy coordinator. She managed the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û’s National Marriage and LGBTQ Equality Campaigns from 2010 to 2018, and subsequently served as the Issue Campaigns Director, managing a team of campaigners working to advance LGBT equality, reproductive freedom, death penalty repeal, policing reform, and voting rights in the states. Prior to joining the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û, Selene worked at Safe Horizon, a social service agency that provides support, prevents violence, and promotes justice for survivors of domestic violence, their families, and communities. Selene holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a M.S.W. from Columbia University, and trained as an organizer with Green Corps, Field School for Environmental Organizing.
Featured work
Oct 22, 2009
Breast Cancer, Patenting Human Genes, and Your Civil Liberties
Oct 1, 2009
First Hearing Held in the Breast Cancer Gene Patents Challenge
Aug 12, 2009
Families Untied: Public Housing Banning Policy Tears Families Apart
Jul 1, 2009
Some Priorities for Obama’s New Violence Against Women Advisor
May 22, 2009
Why Gene Patents Are Unlawful
May 12, 2009
Who Owns Your Genes?
Apr 2, 2009
A Timely New Book for the Ongoing Fight for Gender Equality
Mar 7, 2009
Seizing the Moment to Engage the Obama Administration in Real Change for Women and Girls
Mar 3, 2009
Engaging with the Obama Administration to Advance the Human Rights of Women
Jan 27, 2009
Another Victory in the Fight Against Sexual Harassment