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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

Dec 19, 2008

A Call to Action for Women of All Beliefs

A Call to Action for Women of All Beliefs

Dec 18, 2008

Standing up for the Rights of Domestic Workers on International Migrants Day

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 About

BRCA, Genetic Testing, and Civil Liberties: It's What Christina Applegate, Oprah, and PBS Are All Talking About

Sep 5, 2008

DOC Doesn't Get It

DOC Doesn't Get It

Jul 31, 2008

GAO Report Highlights State Department Abandonment of Domestic Workers

GAO Report Highlights State Department Abandonment of Domestic Workers

Jul 25, 2008

Fair Housing Settlement a Victory for Domestic Violence Survivors

Fair Housing Settlement a Victory for Domestic Violence Survivors

Jun 16, 2008

Strip-Searching and Solitary Confinement of Girls at Texas State School

Strip-Searching and Solitary Confinement of Girls at Texas State School

May 19, 2008

It's Not Choice, It's Inequality

It's Not Choice, It's Inequality

Feb 29, 2008

Three Women's Rights Victories on the Eve of Women's History Month

Three Women's Rights Victories on the Eve of Women's History Month