Women at the Helm 2014

Meet the next wave of out leaders!

ANGELA PEOPLES
Co-Director, GetEQUAL

When asked for her greatest inspiration, Angela Peoples points to “Lesley McSpadden, Sybrina Fulton and Lucia McBath, the mothers of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis— women who are thrust into activism by horrific tragedy and become light barriers for a broader fight for systematic change.” A graduate of Western Michigan University, Peoples started her activism career in 2007 as an advocate with the United States Students Association. In that role, she empowered students by helping to keep college affordable and accessible. By 2010, she was working with Generation Progress, a politically progressive organization for youth, with campaigns in support of the DREAM Act, cheaper healthcare, and student loan reform. Over the past three years, she’s worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, again assisting those taking out student loans. All those positions were excellent training for her current gig as co-director at LGBT nonprofit GetEQUAL. “These folks put their hearts and souls into this movement,” she says. “They live every day with the impacts of homophobia, transphobia, and racism in our society, but they fight on to build a community that is empowered to make lasting change and reflects the America that they want to see.”


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