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Reverend Leslie Watson Wilson is the director of African American Religious Affairs (AARA) 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 | July 8, 2019
Reparations: A Dream Deferred and Still Worth Fighting For
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Blog Post | March 7, 2019
African American Ministers In Action Joins PFAW in Supporting the Declaration for American Democracy Coalition and the For the People Act
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Blog Post | January 9, 2019
Conservatives’ Dishonest Use of ‘Religious Bigotry’ To Deflect Attention From Nominee’s Disturbing Records
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Blog Post | January 2, 2019
We’re Learning the Truth About ‘Voter Fraud’
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Blog Post | December 14, 2018
The Progressive Happy Hour: Progressive Organizing in the African American Church
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Blog Post | November 30, 2018
African American Ministers In Action: Comments Made By Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Suggest Hostility to Religious Freedom—He Must Step Down
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Blog Post | November 29, 2018
African American Ministers In Action Urges Congress to Protect Dreamers and TPS Recipients
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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