For nearly two decades, R. Ashley Jackson's work has focused on issues of Equal Pay, Racial Justice, Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice and issues facing the LGBTQ+ community in the South. An activist, advocate, fiber artist, and program management consultant, Ashley served as the Senior Associate of Reproductive Rights for State Innovation Exchange, the first Alabama State Director for the Human Rights Campaign, and the first LGBT Community Advocate for the Southern Poverty Law Center.