17 Facts About Sally Kohn

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Sally Rebecca Kohn was born on March 27,1977 and is an American liberal political commentator, community organizer, and founder and chief executive officer of the Movement Vision Lab, a grassroots think tank that focuses on liberal and progressive ideas and positions.

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Sally Kohn's writing is published in publications like The Washington Post and USA Today.

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Sally Kohn was raised in Allentown, and attended Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Sally Kohn was a Root Tilden public service scholar at the New York University School of Law.

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Previously, Sally Kohn was senior campaign strategist with the Center for Community Change, where she served as co-director.

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Sally Kohn previously served as executive director of the Third Wave Foundation.

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Sally Kohn held a program fellowship at the Ford Foundation, helping to manage more than $15 million in annual grants.

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Sally Kohn was a distinguished fellow at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute.

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Sally Kohn has consulted at organizations such as the Urban Justice Center.

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Sally Kohn was a strategic adviser to the Social Justice Infrastructure Funders.

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Sally Kohn was recruited into TV by former TV executive Geraldine Laybourne.

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Sally Kohn has appeared on MSNBC shows The Ed Show, Up with Steve Kornacki, Now with Alex Wagner, and on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell.

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Sally Kohn has published op-eds for outlets including Fox News, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Christian Science Monitor, and USA Today.

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Sally Kohn served as a Fox News contributor until October 2013.

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Sally Kohn supported Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries and then Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election.

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On February 19,2017, New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz wrote, in response to a recent tweet by Kohn, the following: "Last week, cable news personality Sally Kohn tweeted what she called a "straightforward" plan that would eject Donald Trump and install Hillary Clinton into the presidency: "1.

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Sally Kohn met her wife, Sarah Hansen, at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2003.