Freedom To Marry

The gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide

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Freedom to Marry Staff

Evan WolfsonEvan Wolfson | Executive Director
Evan Wolfson is founder and Executive Director of Freedom to Marry. Recognizing his longtime civil rights leadership in the movement for marriage equality, in 2004 TIME magazine named Evan one of the "100 most influential people in the world." Evan was co-counsel in the historic Hawaii marriage case, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, served in the Peace Corps in West Africa, and is the author of Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality and Gay People's Right to Marry.
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Scott Davenport | Managing Director
Scott's background is both as a corporate executive and as an activist for LGBT rights. Scott served as a Vice President for Oliver Wyman Consulting assisting Fortune 500 companies enhance their strategic direction. He also has worked for Capital One as Managing Vice President, Human Resources. At Capital One, he led the creation of its Enterprise Risk Management program. As an activist, Scott has served as Co-Chair of the Board of the Family Equality Council, and is the co-founder of Family Week in Provincetown, MA. He currently is the Board President for Equality Maryland. Together with his husband, Scott has two teenage children. [continues»]

Tahlib BrittonTahlib Disney-Britton | Program Director, Voices of Equality
Tahlib Disney-Britton most recently served as Director of Community Engagement at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. In that role, he had responsibility for local and national educational outreach in 16 states as well as Mazamitla, Mexico and Buxton, Canada. A member of the Freedom Center team for 10 years, Tahlib led the national communications campaign for the Freedom Center beginning in 1998 and culminating in 2004 with 200 million media impressions around the world. [continues»]

Heather JensenHeather Jensen | Senior Web Producer
Heather Jensen is Senior Web Producer for Freedom to Marry. Heather is a publications, design, and new media specialist dedicated to the nonprofit and social service sectors. Heather got her start ten years ago as Managing Editor with Essential Information, a nonprofit organization founded by Ralph Nader to provide information to the public on topics neglected by the mass media and policy makers. Her interest in social justice and belief in the importance of information-sharing has continued to this day. [continues»]

Megan KinningerMegan Kinninger | Program Manager
Megan Kinninger is the Program Manager for Freedom to Marry. She relocated to New York to join Freedom to Marry following her work as a researcher for the victorious campaign to elect U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota. Prior to working the 2006 election cycle, Megan was a research analyst at Evans McDonough Company, a public opinion research and consulting firm in Oakland, California. [continues»]

Richard LedesmaRichard Ledesma | Office Manager
Richard Ledesma is the Office Manager for Freedom to Marry. Richard's background is primarily in operations and project management but has also included sales and marketing over the past 10 years. Fluent in both Spanish and English and a proud member of the Hispanic community, he has worked in the Public Relations, Marketing, Real Estate and Hospitality Industries; where he has enjoyed working most of his career in small, entrepreneurial businesses. [continues»]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why Marriage Matters

Why Marriage Matters America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry.
By Evan Wolfson

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Sharing Our Stories

Read families’ stories about how marriage discrimination affects everyday life. These stories communicate, in concrete ways, how the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage hurts families and helps no one.

The Marriage Basics

Start in The Marriage Basics to get short answers to your big questions about the freedom to marry, and learn more about the protections and responsibilities of marriage, the historical background for this civil rights movement, why separate is not equal, and so much more.