Political Organizing in the Secular Community with Marisa Richmond

Dr. Marisa Richmond is a member of the Metro Nashville Historical Commission. She previously served as a member of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Excellence, Equity, and Economic Opportunities for Black Americans, as a Chair of the Metro Human Relations Commission, and as a member of the ad hoc Nashville Mayor’s Council on the Status of Women and the Davidson County General Sessions Court Judicial Equity Collective. She also served many years as the President and Lobbyist for the Tennessee Transgender Political Coalition.
In 2024, she served as a Tennessee Delegate to the Democratic National Convention for the fourth time, having been a delegate in 2008, 2012, and 2020. She is a Co-Chair of the Transgender Advisory Committee of the Democratic National Committee, and was a Member of the Out for Harris National Working Group. She previously served as the first, and only, Transgender Person of Color on the Democratic National Committee, and is a Past President of the Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women.
She is a prolific author and speaker on transgender rights, and has served on many boards at the Local, State, and National levels. She has been recognized for her work with many awards.
She recently retired from teaching history and women’s and gender studies at Middle Tennessee State University, and she has three degrees, all in U.S. History. Her A.B. is from Harvard University, her M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D. from George Washington University.