Keith Rushing, Communications Manager

Keith Rushing, communications manager at the Rights Working Group, coordinates the organization's media outreach, social media and communications strategies to advance RWG’s policy goals. Prior to joining RWG, Rushing worked as the communications manager at Appleseed, a national organization that works to remove structural barriers to opportunity and equality. He previously worked as the writer-editor at Advancement Project, a national civil rights organization, where he wrote and edited a variety of publications. Rushing is a graduate of Carleton College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He worked as a reporter at daily newspapers in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Virginia and California. At daily newspapers, Rushing covered crime, education, local government and has written in-depth stories about a wide variety of topics including police brutality, racial discrimination and working conditions in meatpacking plants.