Urvashi vaid biography of abraham

            Urvashi Vaid () was a force of nature and a force for good. Born in New Delhi, India, she migrated to the United States to join her parents and sisters in Potsdam, New York, in She earned a B.A.

from Vassar College in and a J.D. from Northeastern University in At Vassar and in Boston, she was active in feminist, LGBTQ, and other social justice struggles. In Boston, Urvashi served on the boards of directors of the Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance and Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders; she also was an active collective, board, and staff member at Gay Community News.

In , she moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project () and as the media director (), executive director (), and Policy Institute director () of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. She later worked at the Ford Foundation (), the Arcus Foundation ()