When National Youth Pride Services went from regional to national black LGBT youth advocacy, who was the first person to put them on the map to the national media? It was the lovely Kimberley McLeod, now of the National Black Justice Coalition.
Now NYPS is covered almost daily by 61 local and national media outlets and 12 international sites. It also has an application for content provider for Wiki Queer. You can trace all that back to Kimberley.
The stats:
Director of Communications
National Black Justice Coalition
• Oversees and coordinates media relations, communication strategies and social media networks
• Leads strategic communications planning around key events and opportunities to advance LGBT equality, especially in the African American community
• Remains abreast of current national legislative, policy and social justice issues related to LGBT equality and African American civil rights issues
Communities of African Descent Media Field Strategist
GLAAD
• Responsible for the organization’s outreach efforts and media strategy with statewide and local LGBT advocacy organizations and local and regional media outlets
• Work to build and sustain relationships with local LGBT and allied organizations to help enhance their work through media relations and media activism while furthering GLAAD’s mission and presence throughout the country
• Conduct media outreach, train spokespeople – particularly spokespeople of faith – and work hand-in-hand with African American LGBT organizations to bring visibility and media attention to issues facing the community.
And we are most excited about her latest project Elixher.
ELIXHER is an award-winning online magazine. It is your go-to resource for all things empowering, thought-provoking, and pertinent to the Black female queer community and experience. You’ll find news, uplifting profiles, local events, political commentary, personal reflections, and more.
If you are a female in NYPS, or have our app, you should already be familiar with Elixher as many of the posts in our Women of Worth program come from this site. (www.elixher.com)
Kim has a degree from Georgetown University.
Get to know the woman who single handedly built the foundation our our media capacity, Kim McLeod!
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