Joanna Solmonsohn is Long Island Program Oraganizer at the Empire State Pride Agenda. Joanna leads  the Pride Agenda’s community campaign for LGBT equality and justice on Long Island.

Joanna is a life-long resident of Long Island. She has been deeply involved in issues affecting the LGBTQ community for many years. She was the LGBT Program Supervisor at Pride for Youth in Bellmore where she was responsible for designing and implementing programming for over 100 youth including organizing young people to become involved in the Dignity for All Students, GENDA and marriage equality campaigns. Most recently, she volunteered with the organizing and advocacy department of the New York Civil Liberties Union where she worked with the DASA in Action Coalition.

As a community organizing student at the Hunter College School of Social Work Joanna worked at the NYC Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project where she facilitated the NYS LGBTQ Domestic Violence Network and provided support to the Fair Access to Family Court Ad Hoc group.

After graduation, Joanna worked in the research and organizing departments of SEIU 32BJ as part of the “Stand for Security” campaign team. She worked towards obtaining a living wage, healthcare and training for workers in the private security industry.

Joanna is passionate about the political process and was involved in several electoral campaigns on Long Island during the last few election cycles.