Leah Greenberg

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leah Greenberg (born 1987 in Chevy Chase , Maryland ) is an American political activist and co-founder of the non-profit organization Indivisible . Along with Ezra Levin was it for authorship of the book We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy After Trump by the magazine Time to time 100 counted.

Life

Greenberg grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She graduated from Carleton College and received a Bachelor of Arts . She then received her Masters in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University .

After graduating, she first worked for the philanthropic organization Humanity United . There she organized projects against human trafficking and slavery . She has been contacted by the United States Department of State and the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review as an advisor on issues relating to human trafficking . She also worked as an assistant to Tom Perriello , Virginia Congressman . Greenberg also led the campaign team in Perriello's 2017 gubernatorial campaign .

Together with her husband Ezra Levin and Jeremy Haile and Angel Padilla, all of whom are former members of Congress, she founded the online publication Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda in 2016 after Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the United States . The website went viral and became a progressive movement . Levin and Greenberg started a website and encouraged supporters to start their own local chapters. In 2017, the work of Indivisible as a 501 (c) organization was finally continued with Levin as President and Greenberg as Vice-President. In 2019 Greenberg and Levin published the book We Are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy after Trump . In the same year, she and her husband were named one of Time Magazine's One Hundred Most Influential People of the Year.

Awards

  • 2017: # 2 of the 50 top thinkers and visionaries transforming American politics according to Politico
  • 2018: one of the 50 most influential figures in Trump's Washington by GQ
  • 2019: Time 100

Works

  • We are Indivisible: A Blueprint for Democracy after Trump . Together with Ezra Levin. Atria / One Signal Publishers 2019. ISBN 978-1982129972 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leah Greenberg '08, Ezra Levin '07 named to Time 100 list. In: Carleton Now. Retrieved February 20, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ a b Leah Greenberg. In: Concordia.net. Retrieved February 20, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ Josefin Dolsten: Meet the Jewish couple leading the Trump resistance. In: timesofisrael.com. Retrieved February 20, 2020 (American English).
  4. ↑ Meet the husband-wife duo who are sparking a liberal Tea Party movement. In: The Mercury News. May 13, 2017, Retrieved February 20, 2020 (American English).
  5. ^ Elana Schor, Rachael Bade: Inside the protest movement that has Republicans reeling. In: Politi.co. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin: The 100 Most Influential People of 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2020 (American English).
  7. ↑ POLITICO 50 - Our annual list for 2017. Accessed on February 20, 2020 .
  8. ↑ The Editors of GQ: The 50 Most Powerful People In Trump's Washington *. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Greenberg, Leah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Chevy Chase , Maryland