First Lady Michelle Obama is a lawyer, writer, and the wife of the 44th President, Barack Obama. She is the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Through her four main initiatives, she became a role model for women and an advocate for healthy families, service members and their families, higher education, and international…
Ketanji Brown Jackson was introduced and confirmed by President Biden as his pick for the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s high court. He called her “an exceptionally qualified and historic nominee.” for the Supreme Court. A Harvard Law School graduate, and now a federal appeals court judge, Ketanji, despite her professional and…
VALARIE KAUR is a renowned civil rights leader and celebrated prophetic voice “at the forefront of progressive change” (Center for American Progress). Valarie burst into American consciousness in the wake of the 2016 election when her Watch Night Service address went viral with 40 million views worldwide. Her question “Is this the darkness of the…
Kamala D. Harris accepted the nomination for Vice President of the United States to be Joe Biden’s running mate. They will open the 2020 Democratic National Campaign online on August 16, 2020. In 2017, Kamala was sworn in as a United States Senator for California, the second African-American woman and first South Asian-American senator in…
Kimberley Motley is an American International Attorney of African American and Korean descent. She is a former Mrs. Wisconsin-America 2004, who is known for being the first foreign attorney to litigate in Afghanistan since 2008.
Haben Girma is the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. She is a consultant and speaker who advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities.
Letitia A. “Tish” James is a lawyer, activist, and politician in the Democratic Party. She is the current and fourth New York City Public Advocate and first African American woman to hold citywide office.
Lynda Hinkle of Law Offices of Lynda Hinkle is the 2018 Women’s Advocate of the Year. The award was presented at the 15th Annual Beyond the Glass Ceiling Awards.
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is an American attorney and politician serving since 2009 as a United States Senator from New York. She is leading a crusade against sexual misconduct and has called on Trump to resign.
Sally Yates, who was until Monday the acting U.S. Attorney General, sent a letter to Justice Department lawyers telling them not to defend Trump’s executive order. She is a woman of great integrity who acted at the risk of her own peril.
