Prominent marriage equality activist and LGBT-rights advocate Arline Isaacson is receiving some major well-deserved recognition when Boston Women Communicators honors her with its 21st Annual Lifetime Legacy Award on Wednesday, October 21.
The award ceremony takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. at The College Club of Boston in the Back Bay, 44 Commonwealth Avenue (between Arlington and Berkeley streets). On the program is a reception and dinner featuring a fall menu created by Chef Remy, plenty of time for networking, a meet-and-greet, door prizes and a business meeting. Tickets are $50 for members, $60 for non-members. To make a reservation, call (617) 723-5642 or visit the event’s web page.
“In the battle for Marriage Equality in Massachusetts, [Isaacson’s] efforts made ours the first state in the nation to defeat an anti-gay marriage DOMA,” stated a recent Boston Women Communicators’ press release, which went on to describe its honoree:
As President of Isaacson Political Consultants, she serves as PR director, lead strategist, lobbyist and spokesperson for businesses and nonprofits. Before opening IPC in 2010, she lobbied for the Massachusetts Teachers Association; served as Director of Governmental Services for the MTA; was President of TEAM (Tax Equity Alliance for MA), and Director of Governmental Affairs for the City of Boston.
Isaacson holds a seat on the Boston Women’s Commission. She has taught at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and is a frequent lecturer, inspiring students at Boston University, Babson, Tufts, Brandeis, Northeastern, Suffolk Law and New England Law|Boston. She is a sought-after interviewee, and a frequent commentator on WBUR’s Radio Boston. …
Isaacson has been listed in Boston Magazine’s “50 Most Powerful” residents and has received, among many other honors, the Lawyer’s Weekly “Women of Justice” award and Mass Women’s Political Caucus “Abigail Adams” award. A graduate of Tufts University, she is a Boston resident with daughters in high school and college.
