Jay W. Walker first got into activism after the murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998; and again in 2016, after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. And while his strongest calls to act have come from moments of horrific violence, the one defining thread throughout his work is joy.

Today Jay is an organizer for the groups Gays Against Guns (www.gaysagainstguns.net), Rise and Resist (www.riseandresist.org), and the Reclaim Pride Coalition (www.ReclaimPrideNYC.org). You can often hear him singing along with Sing Out Louise (and perhaps at the VERY end of this episode).

Keep up with Jay at @ jaywwalker on Instagram and @ jaywwalker1 on Twitter. And check out www.singoutlouisenyc.org for more fantastic tunes.

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