Sally Kohn

Sally Rebecca Kohn (born March 27, 1977) is an American lawyer, liberal political commentator , community organizer , and founder and chief executive officer of the Movement Vision Lab, a grassroots think tank . Kohn was a contributor for the Fox News Channel , ^{[1] [2]} and now regularly Appears as a political commentator on CNN . Her writing has been published in publications like The Washington Post and USA Today . ^[3]

Early life and education

Kohn was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Jewish parents. Her parents are Donald Kohn, an engineer , and Melinda Kohn, a computer programmer . ^[4] Kohn’s mother introduced re to volunteer and community organizing at age 12, als ze Began volunteer together at a local domestic violence shelter.

Kohn was raised in Allentown and left to Pursue a bachelor’s degree in psychology from George Washington University in Washington, DC She graduated from New York University School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 2002, and ook has a master’s degree in public administration from Robert F . Wagner Graduate School of Public Service . Kohn was a Root Tilden public service scholar at the New York University School of Law. ^[5]

Career

Community organizing

Previously, Kohn, senior campaign strategist with the Center for Community Change , where she served as co-director. She’ll be to post served as executive director of the Third Wave Foundation. Kohn hero a program fellowship at the Ford Foundation , helping in to manage morethan $ 15 million in annual grants. She was a distinguished ook Vaid Fellow at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. Kohn has consulted at organizations zoals the Urban Justice Center . She was ook a strategic adviser to the Social Justice Infrastructure Funders.

Media career

She has Appeared on MSNBC shows The Ed Show , Up with Steve Kornacki , Now with Alex Wagner , and on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell . ^[6] Kohn has published ook op eds for outlets waaronder Fox News , ^[7] The Washington Post , The Nation , The Christian Science Monitor , and USA Today . She is ook a contributor to The Huffington Post .

She served as a Fox News Channel contributor Until October 2013. ^{[1] [2]} She is Currently a commentator on CNN.

Kohn incited controversy-when she wrote an article where she stated dat she wants re daughter to grow up to be a lesbian , and dat she is disappointed dat re daughter has shown a romantic interest in boys. ^[8]

Kohn supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign. ^{[ Citation needed ]}

Personal life

Kohn with re partner, Sarah Hansen, at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre , Brazil , in 2003. Hansen works as an activist and consultant. Hansen was the executive director of the Environmental Grantmakers Association from 1998 to 2005. Way Down harbor a daughter named Willa Hansen-Kohn and they ‘live in Brooklyn , New York . ^[9]

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