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| Jennifer Fiore |
The Human Rights Campaign, the LGBTQ advocacy group, has hired Jennifer Fiore as senior VP of communications and marketing.
Most recently, she served as a senior advisor for communications and digital on Julián Castro’s presidential campaign.
Fiore previously worked as deputy assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and was executive director of Campaign to Unload, which promotes disinvestment from the gun industry.
“Jennifer brings significant political and advocacy experience to this role, as well as a true passion for fighting for what is right,” said HRC President Alphonso David, “Her talent and vision will greatly enhance HRC’s ability to tell our story and show why our work remains more critical than ever.”
Olivia Alair Dalton, who was senior VP for communications & marketing at the Human Rights Campaign, exited last year to open Dalton Strategies in DC. She joined the civil rights group in 2015.
Many brands have scaled back their Pride marketing due to a fear of consumer backlash as well as reputational and financial risk. However, this is far from the end of brands celebrating Pride, and those that continue to do so are showing their true colors. 
As communicators, we must be both cognizant of the challenges of educating the public about LGBTQ lives and focused on the reality of what Pride really is, what it means and why it’s more important than ever in times of increasing difficulty and discord.
The current assaults on LGBTQ rights make it essential that communicators ensure they are fluent in the fight against those assaults. LGBTQ people—including the people you work with and your friends—need to step up the fight for our rights. And your clients—companies, organizations, nonprofits, advocates, and others—are going to be thrust into the middle of this fight whether they want to be or not.
Now more than ever, companies must recognize that allyship can’t be seasonal. Backing away from LGBTQ+ inclusion during Pride Month can cause more long-term damage than any short-term political blowback.
Media coverage is always a good way to shine a light on how our nation's resources are being used to persecute people abroad.
