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Selene Kaye

Director, Liberty Division

ACLU

Bio

Selene Kaye is a Director at the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµand the Director of the National Political Advocacy Department’s Liberty Division. In this role she oversees the ACLU’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 ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµin 2007 as the Women’s Rights Project’s first advocacy coordinator. She managed the ACLU’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 ACLU, 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

Breast Cancer, Patenting Human Genes, and Your Civil Liberties

Oct 1, 2009

First Hearing Held in the Breast Cancer Gene Patents Challenge

First Hearing Held in the Breast Cancer Gene Patents Challenge

Aug 12, 2009

Families Untied: Public Housing Banning Policy Tears Families Apart

Families Untied: Public Housing Banning Policy Tears Families Apart

Jul 1, 2009

Some Priorities for Obama’s New Violence Against Women Advisor

Some Priorities for Obama’s New Violence Against Women Advisor

May 22, 2009

Why Gene Patents Are Unlawful

Why Gene Patents Are Unlawful

May 12, 2009

Who Owns Your Genes?

Who Owns Your Genes?

Apr 2, 2009

A Timely New Book for the Ongoing Fight for Gender Equality

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

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

Engaging with the Obama Administration to Advance the Human Rights of Women

Jan 27, 2009

Another Victory in the Fight Against Sexual Harassment

Another Victory in the Fight Against Sexual Harassment