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| ⚫ | '''Esmeralda Simmons''' is a civil rights attorney and |
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| ⚫ | '''Esmeralda Simmons''' is a civil rights attorney and executive director of the [[Center for Law and Social Justice]] at [[Medgar Evers College]] in [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Staff |url=http://www.clsj.org/staff/#simmons |website=Center for Law and Social Justice |accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref> Simmons founded the center in 1986.<ref name="bkreader30">{{cite news |title=Civil Rights Attorney Esmerelda Simmons Looks Back on 3 Decades of Groundbreaking Work for Social Justice |url=https://www.bkreader.com/2016/09/22/civil-rights-attorney-esmerelda-simmons-looks-back-3-decades-groundbreaking-work-social-justice/ |accessdate=16 February 2019 |work=BKReader |date=22 September 2016}}</ref> In 2014, she was named a New York State Woman Of Distinction,<ref name="heroaward">{{cite web |title=Esmeralda Simmons |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/velmanette-montgomery/esmeralda-simmons |website=The New York State Senate |accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref> and in 2018 she received the Haywood Burns Award from the New York State Bar Association.<ref name="haywoodburnseagle">{{cite news |last1=Abruzzese |first1=Rob |title=Attorney honored for work with Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers |url=https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/12/06/attorney-honored-for-work-with-center-for-law-and-social-justice-at-medgar-evers/ |accessdate=16 February 2019 |work=Brooklyn Eagle |date=6 December 2018}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Simmons has served in public |
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| ⚫ | Simmons has served in "public services" at the city, state, and federal levels: in the [[Office for Civil Rights]] in the [[U.S. Department of Education]], as an assistant Attorney General for the state of New York, as the first deputy state commissioner of human rights for New York state, and as the vice chairman of a New York city commission for redrawing city council district lines. In 1993, she was appointed to the [[New York City Board of Education]] by mayor [[David Dinkins]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barbanel |first1=Josh |title=Dinkins Names Civil Rights Lawyer to Fill Out Gotbaum Term on Board of Education |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/30/nyregion/city-dinkins-names-civil-rights-lawyer-fill-gotbaum-term-board-education.html |accessdate=16 February 2019 |work=New York Times |date=30 November 1993 |ref=nytboeappt}}</ref> |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Raised in Brooklyn by parents who had immigrated from [[St. Croix]] in the [[Virgin Islands]], Simmons cites the "culture shock" of moving from public housing in a |
Raised in Brooklyn by parents who had immigrated from [[St. Croix]] in the [[Virgin Islands]], Simmons cites the "culture shock" of moving from public housing in a predominantly Black neighborhood to a majority white area as an influence in her pursuit of civil and racial justice work.<ref name="amsterdamprofile">{{cite news |last1=Abdul-Aleem |first1=Maryam |title=Esmeralda Simmons: 'Staying on course for freedom and justice' for her community |url=http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2011/apr/12/esmeralda-simmons-staying-on-course-for-freedom/ |accessdate=16 February 2019 |work=New York Amsterdam News |date=12 April 2011}}</ref> |
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She is a graduate of [[Hunter College]] |
She is a graduate of [[Hunter College]] of the [[CUNY|City University of New York]], and [[Brooklyn Law School]], and was a Revson Fellow at [[Columbia University]]. She now teaches law and how to identify human rights violations.<ref name="bkreader30" /><ref>{{cite web |title=CLSJ 30th Anniversary Celebration Honoree: Esmeralda Simmons, Esq. |url=http://www.clsj.org/anniversary-gala/30th-anniversary-honoree-esmeralda-simmons/ |website=Center for Law and Social Justice |accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Latest revision as of 04:12, 1 March 2023
Esmeralda Simmons is a civil rights attorney and executive director of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York.[1] Simmons founded the center in 1986.[2] In 2014, she was named a New York State Woman Of Distinction,[3] and in 2018 she received the Haywood Burns Award from the New York State Bar Association.[4]
Simmons has served in "public services" at the city, state, and federal levels: in the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education, as an assistant Attorney General for the state of New York, as the first deputy state commissioner of human rights for New York state, and as the vice chairman of a New York city commission for redrawing city council district lines. In 1993, she was appointed to the New York City Board of Education by mayor David Dinkins.[5]
Early life and education
[edit]Raised in Brooklyn by parents who had immigrated from St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, Simmons cites the "culture shock" of moving from public housing in a predominantly Black neighborhood to a majority white area as an influence in her pursuit of civil and racial justice work.[6]
She is a graduate of Hunter College of the City University of New York, and Brooklyn Law School, and was a Revson Fellow at Columbia University. She now teaches law and how to identify human rights violations.[2][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Staff". Center for Law and Social Justice. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Civil Rights Attorney Esmerelda Simmons Looks Back on 3 Decades of Groundbreaking Work for Social Justice". BKReader. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "Esmeralda Simmons". The New York State Senate. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Abruzzese, Rob (6 December 2018). "Attorney honored for work with Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers". Brooklyn Eagle. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Barbanel, Josh (30 November 1993). "Dinkins Names Civil Rights Lawyer to Fill Out Gotbaum Term on Board of Education". New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ Abdul-Aleem, Maryam (12 April 2011). "Esmeralda Simmons: 'Staying on course for freedom and justice' for her community". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ "CLSJ 30th Anniversary Celebration Honoree: Esmeralda Simmons, Esq". Center for Law and Social Justice. Retrieved 16 February 2019.