Shay Franco-Clausen said she has been waiting a long time for someone like Laphonza Butler to rise to one of the highest positions in US government.
As a California native and a gay Afro-Latina woman, Franco-Clausen said she is happy to see someone who understands the struggles of her communities take up the mantle from the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. “It’s about time,” Franco-Clausen, co-chair of the National Black Justice Coalition’s Good Trouble Network, an initiative that aims to advance policies that benefit the Black LGBTQ+ community, told CNN. “Someone like Senator Butler is going to make space at the table for others.
In 2021, Butler made history by becoming the first woman of color to lead the organization. She has also served as a board member of the National Children’s Defense Fund. Butler was an adviser on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and also served as a senior adviser on then-Sen. Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign.
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