Rebecca Isaacs
Country
United States
Birth - Death
Occupation
Activist
Description
Executive Director, Equality Federation, the strategic partner to a network of state-based LGBTQ rights organizations that are advancing equality for LGBTQ individuals. Lawyer. Former Political Director at the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. founding director of the Coalition for LGBT Health, Policy Director of People For the American Way, Interim ED of the LA Gay & Lesbian Center, Commissioner on the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission and national board member of AIDS Action. Served as Executive Director of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, providing funding for 100 social service, mental health and housing agencies serving the LA County homeless population. Served as Executive Director of Inner City Law Center, representing tenants in slum housing and as Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. Served as Communications Director and Legislative Aide for Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights in Washington, D.C.
See Also
- Global LGBTQ HIV/AIDS Activists
- Community Experts on LGBTQ Housing and Ageing Issues
- Mental Health Advocates from the LGBTQ Community
