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March 28, 2016
Experts on NC LGBT Law, CA Minimum Wage, Bombing in Pakistan, CIA Scandal, March Madness
This week WMC SheSource features experts on North Carolina's LGBT discrimination bill, California's $15 minimum wage, Easter bombings in Pakistan, CIA scandal, and March Madness.
Expert Spotlight
Rea Carey
Former Executive Director
National LGBTQ Task Force
For interviews on NC discrimination bill.
To discuss the highly controversial North Carolina discrimination bill we FEATURE Rea Carey. Rea Carey, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, is one of the most prominent leaders in the U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ) rights movement. Carey, who came to the Task Force in 2004 as deputy executive director, has served as executive director since 2008. Through her leadership, she has advanced a vision of fairness and justice for LGBTQ people and their families that is broad, inclusive and unabashedly progressive. Media includes: USA Today, New York Times, MSNBC, LA Times, NPR, Huffington Post
Areas of Expertise:
Americas, Business and the Economy, Education, Health, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQIA, Philanthropy, Politics, Public safety, Religion, Social justice
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Featured Expert
Clare Crawford
President and Executive Director
Center on Policy Initiatives
For interviews on CA minimum wage.
For information about the $15 minimum wage in California, we FEATURE Clare Crawford. Clare Crawford joined CPI as Organizing Director in 2010, bringing over 17 years of experience working with disenfranchised and impoverished communities as an organizer and advocate. In San Diego as well as in Texas, Oregon and the South Bronx, Clare has been a leader in efforts to advance the rights of workers, immigrants and low-income communities through organizing, voter engagement, leadership development, coalition building and grassroots campaigns. Media includes: NBC, The Nation, San Diego Free Press, KPBS, Times of San Diego
Featured Expert
Samina Ahmed
South Asia Project Director
International Crisis Group
For interviews on bombings in Pakistan.
With the Taliban claiming responsibility for the Easter bombing in Pakistan, we FEATURE Samina Ahmed of International Crisis Group. Samina Ahmed oversees Crisis Group’s work in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India and Nepal. Together with their analysts throughout the region, she prepares reports on the political, social, economic and military factors that increase the risks of extremism, internal conflict and war, and she makes policy recommendations to overcome these threats. Media includes: The Financial Times, Boston Globe, Deutsche Welle, The News on Sunday.
Featured Expert
Jennifer Harbury
Attorney and Human Rights Activist
For interviews on CIA scandal.
As details emerge about the CIA's naked photo scandal, we FEATURE Jennifer Harbury. Jennifer Harbury is an attorney and human rights advocate who has documented, exposed, and spoken publicly about human rights abuses including those supported by the United States. She has spent the last twenty years working for human rights reforms both in Guatemala and in the United States. Her current work focuses on the long term history and legal consequences of U.S. torture practices from Vietnam to Guatemala to Abu Ghraib. News includes: Democracy Now, Texas Tribune, New York Times, NBC.com, Rolling Stone.
Featured Expert
Alexis McCombs
On-Air Sports Contributor (CNN, NBC News, HLN, Entertainment Tonight's The Insider on CBS); Creator, Executive Producer, Former Talk Show Host for Huffington Post
For interviews on March Madness.
With March Madness coming to an end, we FEATURE Alexis McCombs. Alexis McCombs is the former creator, producer and host of the talk show "Instant She-Play" on AOL Sports - Huffington Post where three women interviewed top NFL athletes about politics, religion and other hot topics. She's also served as a judge for the Sports Emmys Awards and is a board member for the Association of Women in Sports Media (AWSM). Media includes: New York Times, USA Today, ABC.com, Essence.com, Inc., Black Enterprise, AOL, MSN.com, Sirius Radio
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