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Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Cathy Renna, NGLTF Communications Director

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Cathy Renna has been a voice in the LGBTQ+ community for many years working with countless organizations of all sizes to ensure a variety of voices in the LGBTQ+ community are heard.
She worked with the Matthew Shephard foundation for years.
She spent 14 years at GLAAD. She also helped coordinate the coverage of the World Pride celebration in New York City. In 2020 she became th Communications Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force. She is not new to the Task Force having worked as a consultant for the Creating Change conferences for many years and as interim Communications Director.
Renna shares how the organization has pivoted to continue to represent the LGBTQ+ during these challenging times not only with the Conference but internally as it prepares for a leadership transition as Kierra Johnson succeeds current Executive Director Rea Carey. it is also preparing for its first virtual conference with Creating Change 2021. The Conference will be held virtually from January 28th – 31st. The theme of this year’s conference is “The Power of You” and features 16 day-long institutes, 48 workshops and caucus session.

The opening keynote address will be delivered by activist and actress Dominique Jackson. The closing address will be by author, Black-feminist and women’s rights activist Adrienne Maire Brown. Performances by Big Freedia “The Queen of Bounce” and Latina comic Sandra Valls are just part of the scheduled entertainment

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