Human Rights Advocacy

“Fighting for Family” Screening & Teach-In on Southeast Asian Deportations (2020): Panelist

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I am excited to have been  elected to the CMS Community Equity Committee (2020-2022)

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) Community Equity Committee Charge “The CMS Board will convene a Community Equity Committee as a partner in dialogue regarding equity. Members of the Community Equity Committee will review and discuss CMS data and programs in order to monitor progress toward equity. Equity Committee members will represent members of parent, student, educational, faith, and community groups with the expectation that they will become both thought partners in, and community advocates for equity.  The diverse nature of the group will provide staff with a sounding board for future initiatives.”

Doctors Without Borders interactive exhibit “Forced From Home”  (Fall 2018)

  Encouraging & Taking College Students to Vote (November 2018

“Activism is my rent for living on the planet.” -Alice Walker
ACTIVISM
PRESS CONFERENCE: SUPREME COURT RULING OF ARIZONA’S SB1070 (JUNE 2012)
 BECAUSE OF THEM WE CAN!

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: MY STUDENTS & I VOTE IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONvoting_2016

I served as the NAACP Collegiate Faculty Advisor (2018-2019)

Students met the first African American woman Mayor of Charlotte, Vi Alexander Lyles

UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITIES: THE 21ST CENTURY CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT nyu-2016-pic

DO YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
CHECK OUT ONE OF THE LOCAL CHARLOTTE ORGANIZATIONS THAT CELEBRATE & ADVOCATE FOR IMMIGRANTS BELOW:
Immigrant Solidarity Committee (ISC) of Charlotte
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)- Immigrant Rights in NC
SOUTHEAST ASIAN COALITION OF NORTH CAROLINA

Neighborhood Good Samaritan Center (NGSC)

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)- Charlotte Immigrants Rights Team

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