Tag: LGBT policy

Civil and Human Rights, Immigration, Politics

Jerry Gonzalez

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Jerry Gonzalez is the founder and CEO of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) and the GALEO Latino Community Development Fund. Gonzalez has been named one of “Georgia’s 100 Most Influential” by Georgia Trend Magazine. GALEO’s mission is to increase civic engagement and leadership development of the Latino/Hispanic community across Georgia.

Previously Gonzalez worked with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) as a Legislative Policy Analyst, focusing on immigrants’ rights issues at the Georgia General Assembly and across the Southeast. In part through his efforts, DeKalb County became the largest municipality to accept the Mexican Matricula Consular ID card as a form of identification for Mexican nationals in DeKalb County. He also advocated toward the passage of a new Georgia flag without the confederate battle emblem.

During the 2010 Census, Gonzalez advocated for strong participation of the Latino community in Georgia. Gonzalez and GALEO were also involved in fighting the passage of Georgia’s HB 87, an anti-immigration piece of legislation.

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Founder, Executive Director of Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials

Areas of Expertise: Latino Issues, Immigration, Politics, Latino Vote, Latino Politics,Leadership Development, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Gay Rights, Marriage Equality

Location: Atlanta, GA
Contact Info:

Office: (404) 745-2580

Email: jerry@galeo.org
Twitter: @JerryGonzalez93

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Civil and Human Rights, Gender and LGBT Issues, Immigration, Law

Iván Espinoza-Madrigal

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Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal is the legal director of the Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), and a civil rights attorney specializing in legal issues affecting the LGBT community and those living with HIV, particularly in immigration law. Most recently, he worked at Lambda Legal, where he focused on marriage equality, immigration and issues affecting LGBT and HIV-affected people of color.

Espinoza-Madrigal’s cases have been featured in the New York Times and New York Law Journal. He speaks nationally on civil rights issues, and provides legal commentary to CNN, Univision, Telemundo and the Huffington Post. The National LGBT Bar Association has recognized him as one of the Best LGBT Lawyers under 40.

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Legal Director of the Center for HIV Law and Policy

Areas of Expertise: Gay Rights, Public Health, Immigrant Rights, Immigration Reform, Civil Rights, Latino Rights/Issues, Marriage Equality, Issues Affecting LGBT and HIV-Affected People of Color

Location: New York, NY

Contact Information:

Email: iespinoza@hivlawandpolicy.org

Mobile: (908) 405-2269

Twitter: @ivanEspinozaESQ

Gender and LGBT Issues, Politics, Race and Ethnicity

Aisha Moodie-Mills

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Aisha Moodie-Mills is recognized as one of the top “Forty Under 40” national LGBT leaders by The Advocate, and as one of The Root‘s 100 emerging and established leaders in the African-American community.  She is a progressive strategist with more than a decade of experience in politics and policy. She is currently an adviser for LGBT Policy and Racial Justice at the Center for American Progress (CAP), the country’s largest progressive think tank.

Moodie-Mills has also been a key strategist and spokesperson on behalf of same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia, where she served as the president of D.C.’s marriage equality campaign as the district became the fifth jurisdiction/state in the country to extend marriage rights to lesbian and gay couples. She and her wife, Danielle, were among the first same-sex couples to receive a marriage license in D.C., and their wedding was the first lesbian wedding to be featured by Essence magazine online.

Moodie-Mills began her career in education policy and nonprofit management at the Center for Education Reform. She holds two degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park: a master of business administration and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She is a member of the National Black MBA Association, an organization which promotes intellectual and economic wealth in the black community.

Her work and publications have been featured in a variety of media outlets, including The Atlantic, Black Enterprise, Washington Post, Essence, POLITICO, Ebony, Huffington Post, and Uptown Magazine. She appears regularly as a political commentator on MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-­Perry Show, MSNBC Live, Jansing & Co and The Daily Rundown.


Senior Fellow, The Center for American Progress

Areas of Expertise: LGBT Policy, Race & Ethnicity, Rising American Electorate, Progressive Politics, Gender and Marriage Equality

Location: Washington, DC

Contact Information:

Mobile: (202) 251-6763

Email: amills@americanprogress.org

Twitter: @AishaMoodMills,  @threeLOL

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