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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.
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 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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In solidarity,
Your friends at the Southern Poverty Law Center
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