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Dear John,
We are thrilled to announce Raquel Willis as the new Director of Communications at the Ms. Foundation for Women!
Raquel is a revolutionary voice who is moving us all forward and I am proud to welcome her to the Ms. Foundation team. A lifelong activist, Raquel has used her platform to lift up women, especially Black transgender women, and others on the margins of social justice moveme nts.
You may know Raquel as the former Executive Editor of Out Magazine, a leading LGBTQIA publication where she published the Trans Obituaries Project to highlight the epidemic of violence against trans women of color.
A former national organizer for Transgender Law Center (TLC), she began her activism in Atlanta, working on behalf of the Solutions Not Punishments Collaborative to end police profiling of transgender women of color and mass incarceration and with others on a campaign to implement a pre-arrest diversion program. She also successfully led the Atlanta Trans Liberation Tuesday mobilization effort in conjunction with the larger Black Lives Matter network.
In her new role, Willis will plan and execute the Ms. Foundation’s communications strategy and position the organization with diverse audiences in alignment with its mission, vision, and strategic goals. We are incredibly fortunate to have her vision for the future shaping our communications strategy as we continue to fight for gender equity and racial justice.
Learn more about Raquel on our press release.
Sincerely,
Ruth McFarlane
Vice President, Advancement
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