About Lee Farris

LEE FARRIS, Senior Organizer on Estate Tax Policy

ext. 133, lfarris@faireconomy.org

Lee organizes individuals and organizations to win permanent and responsible reform of the estate tax, which is the most progressive tax in the U.S. She develops actions to support the estate tax. Lee identifies and builds connections with key partner organizations, activists, and spokespeople, and frequently speaks with the media about federal tax issues. Lee is a co-author of the report Spending Millions to Save Billions: The Campaign of the Super-Wealthy to Kill the Estate Tax and Safe, Fair and Sustainable: Do Obama’s Tax Proposals Measure Up?.

Lee has more than 20 years of experience in organizing. In the 1980s, Lee worked as Southern Africa Coordinator for Boston Mobilization for Survival, winning passage of anti-apartheid state pension divestment and purchasing legislation. In the early 1990s, Lee worked for the Women's Statewide Legislative Network, which won passage of state legislation to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Lee then worked as Director of Community Organizing for the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation, where she organized tenants on housing legislation and funding, and coordinated a participatory economic development planning process.

Lee has been active in the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, the Cambridge Community Preservation Act Board, and the Area 4 Coalition in her Cambridge neighborhood. She was raised in Gainesville, Florida.

Lee graduated from Yale University with a degree in Political Science.

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