Artist, Organizer, Radical Dreamer, Creatrix, Strategic Thinker, Abolitionist, Healer
Rae Leiner is a black-identified multi-racial queer organizer, activist and parent living in the Hudson Valley. Rae’s professional trajectory is primarily focused on social justice and movements for transformative change. Rae is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Newburgh LGBTQ+ center and is the former director of the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative in the city of Newburgh. Rae was also a Community Voices Heard organizer in Orange County and brings 15+ years of professional experience in the not-for-profit field and social justice work.
As an experienced facilitator, organizer, strategic thinker, embodied practitioner, and relationship builder, Rae’s creative thinking, radical dreaming and informative analysis work toward creating an equitable society.