Ricci Joy Levy

Ricci Levy (she/her) has been engaged in sexual freedom activism for several decades. In 2003, she helped found the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit human rights organization dedicated to defending the personal autonomy of all individuals. As the Executive Director, then President and CEO of the Foundation, Ricci has led Woodhull for more than twenty years.

Ricci has traveled around the country offering testimony and speaking at conferences, often presenting contentious issues in a way that allows for collaborative dialog to build bridges and foster alliances. Whether focused on censorship, the decriminalization of sex work, the shackling of incarcerated women in labor, or the right to family and reproductive justice, you can find Ricci at the forefront, bringing human rights to the conversation.

Mrs. Levy has been a professional member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors and Therapists (AASECT), the Sexuality and Aging Consortium at Widener University, the US Human Rights Network, the Free Expression Network (FEN), and the Council on Contemporary Families. She currently serves on the Steering Committee of the Free Expression Network (FEN).