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United States Attorney and in the Department of Justice , leveraging these experiences to work on Capitol Hill in the United States Senate on the Senate Judiciary Committee staff .
People are often curious to learn that I am both an attorney and an ordained minister . I have always seen these as different aspects of my life ’ s purpose – advocacy and bringing hope . As a child of the Civil Rights Movement , I saw religious leaders like my parents leading the charge for equal treatment under the law for Blacks . The notion of “ separate but equal ” was the law until passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act . Thirty-eight years later , we find ourselves still wrestling with systems that do not recognize all men and women as having been created equal ; no matter what you measure , whether it is educational , financial , health and wellbeing , etc ., there is still significant inequality .
The same is true for people with disabilities . It is time for a revival – for us to wake up from the slumber of status quo . I am an advocate for reviving the soul of a nation and its citizens such that righteousness and justice are equally accessed and applied to all !
“ At Easterseals , our purpose is to change the way the world defines and views disability , by making profound , positive differences in people ’ s lives every day .“