Faith: Mormonism
Katrina Lantos Swett
Katrina Lantos Swett is the chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom and president of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. She is an expert on religious freedom and human rights issues around the world.
Ordain Women
Ordain Women is a grassroots organization that works for the ordination of women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. One of its co-founders, Kate Kelly, was excommunicated in June 2014 for her activism. Ordain Women has multiple spokespersons. Contact via the website.
“I may be excommunicated from my church for asking for equal rights”
Read a June 16, 2014, column by Kelly in The Guardian about her situation.
“Temporary reprieve for Mormon activist facing disciplinary hearing”
Read a June 16, 2014, Reuters story about a postponement of the excommunication hearing for Dehlin.
Kathryn Skaggs
Kathryn Skaggs is a Southern California woman who helped found Mormon Women Stand. She has a popular blog called A Well-Behaved Mormon Woman, on which she has been critical of Ordain Women. Contact via Twitter, @LDSNana.
Angela Fallentine
Angela Fallentine is a co-founder of Mormon Women Stand, a group that does not favor women’s ordination. Contact via the organization’s media contact page.