From the 'Inside Out': SPLC's Lecia Brooks named
2022 Rockwood Fellow
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Liz Vinson, SPLC Staff Writer | Read the full piece here
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Friend,
Advancing equity and racial justice has been the Southern Poverty Law
Center's mission throughout the past 50 years, and one of the
leaders who has been at the forefront of that effort is the
SPLC's chief of staff, Lecia Brooks, who was recently named a
2022 fellow for the Rockwood Leadership Institute
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The selection places her on a prestigious list of social change
pioneers across the country who work for justice in American society.
As part of the fellowship, Brooks will work alongside other
accomplished leaders to create and sustain a powerful vision of the
work the SPLC does to advance civil rights for all in the Deep South
and beyond.
"It is a tremendous honor to have been selected to join the
Rockwood Institute's 2022 National Leading from the Inside Out
Yearlong Fellowship," Brooks said. "I look forward to
Rockwood's transformative leadership development work and to
connecting with and learning from committed social change leaders from
across the country."
Being selected as a Leading from the Inside Out
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fellow requires a rigorous nomination and application process. It
takes nationally recognized leaders through an intensive,
transformative and advanced learning program designed to create a
dramatic shift in their capacity to lead organizations effectively. It
trains them to collaborate across the boundaries of issue areas,
political and organizational orientation, geography and background.
Since its inception in 2003, this executive leadership program has
become one of the nation's leading learning centers for
experienced social change trailblazers like Brooks.
Before becoming chief of staff, Brooks served as the SPLC's
chief workplace transformation officer, supporting leadership and
staff efforts to build a culture of inclusiveness and ensure a
continued focus on diversity and equity. She has also served as the
SPLC's outreach director, traveling across the country and
abroad to speak about hate and extremism. She has testified before
Congress about the SPLC's efforts to fight hate and extremism,
too.
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strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of
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