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
Dec 19, 2008
A Call to Action for Women of All Beliefs
Dec 18, 2008
Standing up for the Rights of Domestic Workers on International Migrants Day
Oct 2, 2008
BRCA, Genetic Testing, and Civil Liberties: It's What Christina Applegate, Oprah, and PBS Are All Talking ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û
Sep 5, 2008
DOC Doesn't Get It
Jul 31, 2008
GAO Report Highlights State Department Abandonment of Domestic Workers
Jul 25, 2008
Fair Housing Settlement a Victory for Domestic Violence Survivors
Jun 16, 2008
Strip-Searching and Solitary Confinement of Girls at Texas "State School"
May 19, 2008
It's Not Choice, It's Inequality
Feb 29, 2008
Three Women's Rights Victories on the Eve of Women's History Month