Election Insights: Impact on LGBTQIA2S+ Communities | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Type: Public event
Series: Election issues

Election Insights: Impact on LGBTQIA2S+ Communities

Spectrum Center Lunch and Learn

Speaker

Naomi Goldberg

Date & time

Oct 17, 2024, 11:30 am-1:00 pm EDT

Location

Michigan Union Pond Room
530 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Join us for a lunch and learn with Naomi Goldberg (MPP '08), executive director of the Movement Advancement Project. Explore the political landscape and current state of LGBTQIA2S+ civil rights, understand the stakes for queer and trans people in the upcoming election, and learn about safety at the polls. Empower yourself with knowledge, connect with others, and enjoy lunch (on us!) as you look ahead to making your own informed decisions.

Speaker bio:
Naomi Goldberg became Movement Advancement Project's new executive director on March 1. Naomi started at MAP in 2010 as a junior policy researcher, directed the policy department and then the LGBTQ program, and most recently served as MAP’s deputy director. She is a trusted expert on the topics of LGBTQ data inclusion, laws impacting LGBTQ parents, and various federal policy issues. She’s published reports on LGBTQ families, the criminal justice system, economic security, and served as a co-author on several papers with data from the longest running longitudinal study of planned lesbian families. Naomi attended Mount Holyoke College and received a Master of Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She completed a public policy fellowship at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Naomi lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her wife and son.