Gay and Lesbian Rights Organizing Community-Based Strategies

Yolanda C. Padilla, PhD, LMSW-AP, is Associate Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin. John Bonelli, MSW, is currently Director of Policy and Community Organizing for the Connecticut Positive Action Coalition, an AIDS advocacy organization Sean Cahill, PhD, is Director of the Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Audrey Olsen Faulkner, ACSW, MSW, PhD, is Faculty Emerita from Rutgers University School of Social Work and is presently a faculty member at The Union Institute and University. Geoffrey Greif is Associate Dean and Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work Erlene Grise-Owens, EdD, LCSW, is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Spalding University Nova Gutierrez, MA, is a Chicana feminist educator, artist, activist, writer, and scholar who lives in West Harlem David A. Jenkins, BS, MSW, PhD, LMSW-ACP, is Associate Professor of Social Work at Texas Christian University Lon B. Johnston, BA, MSSW, PhD, LMSW-ACP, is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Texas at Arlington Bev Lepischak, MSW, is a Program Coordinator in the Pride & Prejudice program at Central Toronto Youth Services in Toronto, Canada Ann Lindsey, MSW, has been in social work practice since 1983 in a range of fields: public assistance, child protection, juvenile probation, developmental disabilities Daphne McClellan, PhD, is Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Mirka J. Negroni, MA, currently works as an Associate Researcher at the National Institute for Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico Melanie D. Otis, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the College of Social Work, University of Kentucky, Lexington Larry W. Owens, MSW, CSW, has 20 years of social work experience, primarily in child welfare. Currently, he is the Associate Director of Residential Services at Home of the Innocents in Louisville Bjorg Sandkjaer is a project manager in Kontekst Kommunikasjon Kristen Schilt, MA, is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles Eve Shapiro, MA, is currently a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of California at Santa Barbara Louise Simmons, PhD, is Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work Carol A. Snively, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Berge-Andreas Steinsvag, MA, is the manager of Kontekst Kommunikasjon Ingvill Storksen is a project manager in Kontekst Kommunikasjon Urvashi Vaid is a longtime activist in the LGBT movement and former Director of the Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Jeff Vessels, MSW, is a graduate of the Kent School of Social Work, University of LouisvillePadilla, Yolanda C. is the author of 'Gay and Lesbian Rights Organizing Community-Based Strategies' with ISBN 9781560232759 and ISBN 1560232757.