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Reverend Leslie Watson Wilson is the National Director of Religious Affairs at People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation. Representing 2,200 women and men from various Christian traditions across the country, AARA endeavors to build a strong association of progressive clergy, theologians, seminarians and ministry lay leaders who encourage African American churches and communities to become more civically engaged and promote social justice programs and policies.
Recognized by the Center For American Progress as one of “15 Faith Leaders to Watch in 2015,” Reverend Wilson is the former national policy director for Balm In Gilead and served for nine years as the director of the Multicultural Programs Department of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. She also served as the national coordinator and field director for the National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Reverend Wilson is a master trainer, and has provided training to over 25,000 leaders within the African American faith community for over 28 years.
Reverend Wilson’s work has been featured in a number of national outlets, including NBC, Cosmopolitan, and The Huffington Post.
Leslie Watson Wilson's Areas of Expertise
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Blog Post | August 28, 2018
African American Ministers In Action Urges Senators to Ask Hard Questions of SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh
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Blog Post | August 7, 2018
Youth Sentencing Reform Bill Recognizes There Is No Such Thing as a “Throwaway” Child
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Blog Post | May 3, 2018
Faith Leaders to Kansas Legislators: Do Not Allow Child Welfare Agencies to Discriminate
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Blog Post | April 26, 2018
Raising the Rent on the Lowest-Income Families? Not On Our Watch.
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Blog Post | April 17, 2018
NRA Smear of Teachers Union is Part of a Larger Right-Wing Attack on Education
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Blog Post | December 12, 2017
African American Ministers In Action Opposes Judicial Nominee Talley, Cites Anti-Muslim Views
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Blog Post | November 14, 2017
Hate Doesn’t Belong in Texas Courts—Or Anywhere Else
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Blog Post | June 21, 2017
As Russia Consumes Attention, Trump Budget Threatens to Upend the Lives of Marginalized Women
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Blog Post | April 26, 2017
Women’s Health Is on the Chopping Block, Again
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Blog Post | April 7, 2017
AAMLC Volunteers Deliver Hundreds of Bags of Donations to Flint Residents