Nicole Armbruster is
Associate Director of
Membership Outreach
at the Human Rights
Campaign in Washington,
D.C.
The Work We Do: The Human Rights Campaign
June 30, 2017
The Human
Rights
Campaign & the
National LGBTQ
Task Force
1199SEIU represents
workers at the
Human Rights
Campaign (HRC)
and the National
LGBTQ Task Force.
The Task Force was
founded in 1973 in
New York City as the
National Gay Task
Force. The Human
Rights Campaign
was founded in 1980
as the first gay and
lesbian political
action committee in
the United States.
Task Force and HRC
workers are on the front lines of the
fight against anti-
LGBTQI hate crime,
ensuring funding for
healthcare and the
treatment HIV/AIDS
and advocating
for rights and
fairness in the
workplace. Their
jobs are dedicated
to advancing the
LGBTQI struggle
for equality at work,
home and in the
community.
Right side: Human Rights
Campaign Membership
Outreach Coordinator
Catherine Rattelle and
Zack Hasychak, Associate
Director of Membership
Outreach, update a Pride
staff training PowerPoint
presentation. HRC
sends staff to 40+ events
nationwide throughout
Pride season.
Left side: Victoria Kirby York,
National Campaigns
Director, Religious
Exemptions and Welcoming
Movements at the Task
Force in Washington, D.C.
Kirby York is responsible
for organizing faith leaders
and people of faith against
“Religious Freedom
Restration Acts” that
seek to provide a license
to discriminate against
LGBTQ persons.
Right side: Kayley Whalen is
Digital Strategies and
Social Media Manager
at the National LGBTQ
Task Force and on the
Leadership Committee of
the Trans United Fund. She
works on the intersections
of racial justice, disability
advocacy, LGBTQ issues
and immigration and drug
policy reform.
Left side: Camden Hargrove is
a Field Organizer at the LGBTQ Task Force.
Shanequa Davis is a
Field Organizer at the
National LGBTQ Task Force.
