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April 13, 2015
Experts on Hillary Clinton, Equal Pay Day, #March2Justice, Sudan, Tax Day
This week we feature experts on Hillary Clinton's presidential bid announcement, Equal Pay Day, #March2Justice to protest police brutality, elections in Sudan, and Tax Day.
Expert Spotlight
Kelly Dittmar
Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers-Camden
Scholar, Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers University
For interviews on Hillary Clinton.
Following Hillary Clinton's announcement that she will seek the presidency for the second time, we SPOTLIGHT Kelly Dittmar. Dittmar is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, Camden, and Scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. She has authored research reports on gender and politics, the status of Black women in American politics, and the challenges facing Republican women candidates. Dittmar has appeared on Melissa Harris Perry, Huffington Post Live, Ohio Public Radio and Illinois Radio. She has been quoted by various news outlets and has contributed to Feministing.com and e-International Relations.
Areas of Expertise:
Elections, Labor and Employment, Politics, Social justice, Women, Women and Politics, Women's leadership
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Featured Expert
Linda Sarsour
Co-founder, Former Executive Director, Racial Justice and Civil Rights Activist
MPower Change, Arab American Association of New York
For interviews on #march2justice.
As demonstrators begin to march from New York to Washington, D.C. to protest police brutality, we FEATURE Linda Sarsour, the National Advocacy Director for the National Network for Arab Communities. Sarsour is a a Palestinian Muslim American and racial justice and civil rights activist, who continues to shatter stereotypes of Muslim women. She is an alumna of NYU Women of Color Policy Network's Women Leading the Way and has been profiled by PBS, Yahoo News, NY1's One on One with Budd Mishkin and the Guardian. In addition, she has been featured by New York Times, WNYC - NPR radio shows, and the Associated Press.
Featured Expert
Elise Keppler
Executive Director
Global Justice Center
For interviews on Sudan.
With elections beginning in Sudan today, we FEATURE Elise Keppler, senior counsel with the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch. Ms. Keppler works closely with civil society across Africa to combat unprincipled backlash to the International Criminal Court following arrest warrants for the Sudanese president for Darfur crimes. She is regularly quoted by international and African media, including Associated Press, British Broadcasting Corportation, Al Jazeera, National Public Radio, New York Times, American Lawyer, Guardian (Nigeria), Daily Times (Malawi), the Monitor (Uganda), and the Mail and Guardian (South Africa).
Featured Expert
Anita R. Johnson
Founder, Financial Psychologist
Money Wisdom for Women
For interviews on tax day.
As the deadline for filing 2014 tax returns nears, we FEATURE Anita R. Johnson, founder of Money Wisdom for Women. For over 30 years, Ms. Johnson has been an advocate for women's finance by designing, managing, and implementing financial spending plans for women of all income levels. She is the author of Big girls Don't Cry-Taking the Emotions out of Finance and the Founder and Co-Hoset of Money Wisdom for Women Radio Broadcast with Anita R. Johnson & Dr. Irvin Cohen. She has been featured by Essences Online, Fox TV40, Eton Magazine, Sac Hub, and Sacramento Parent,
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Liz Theran
Senior Director of Litigation for Education & Workplace Justice
National Women’s Law Center
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