Rebecca Marques

Human Rights Campaign

Prior to joining HRC's Project One America as the Texas State Director, Rebecca Marques served as a Political Strategist for the ACLU of Texas. In that role, she led the organization’s LGBTQ and reproductive rights work at the Texas state legislature and in advocacy efforts across the state. During her time with the ACLU, Rebecca worked closely with HRC and the allied organizations working to promote LGBTQ equality. Previously, she served as the Florida campaign organizer for Oceana’s Climate and Energy Campaign, where she successfully led bipartisan local and statewide initiatives to prevent the expansion of offshore drilling to the Atlantic. Marques holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Central Florida, which is where she got her first taste of political organizing -- and has never looked back!

Panel Information

Saturday, April 24

11:30 AM EST

Session One: The Equality Act

Session will provide a quick overview of the Equality Act, followed by a discussion of its current state in Congress, the amount of support in the House and Senate, which congress members need to be targeted, what parts of the Equality Act need to be protected, and best ways locally to support its passage.