All posts tagged "national black justice coalition"
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Je-Shawna Wholley
Thanks, in part, to high school years in the Junior ROTC in Forrestville, Md. – where she rose to the leadership rank of regiment commander...
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Transgender Homicides in Baltimore and Elsewhere Raise Alarm
The New York-based National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP) and the D.C.-based National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) are calling for action after recent killings of...
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Praise for HRC's Donna Payne
Donna Payne, the D.C.-based associate director of diversity for the Human Rights Campaign, as well as a founding board member of the National Black Justice...
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Violent Words, Violent Acts
CNN commentator Roland Martin was just having a little fun with his now-infamous Super Bowl tweets: ''If a dude at your Super Bowl party is...
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Straight Sister of the LGBT Movement
At first glance, Sharon Lettman-Hicks doesn't seem like your typical LGBT activist. For starters, she's a straight woman. She's married to a military husband. She...
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Lobby Days Are Here Again
While questions remain about the scope of advances to be made on LGBT equality issues in the waning months of the 111th Congress, at least...
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Incoming Ally
Sharon J. Lettman has plenty to say. And as the newly appointed executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC), Lettman, who is straight,...
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NBJC Transitions
Since 2003, the National Black Justice Coalition has served as the sole national group whose primary mission is to advocate on behalf of GLBT African...
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Poison Pews
African-American leaders, students and activists gathered for nearly two hours inside Howard University's Howard Thurman Chapel in Northeast D.C. recently to discuss homophobia in African-American...
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H. Alexander Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, National Black Justice Coalition
METRO WEEKLY: From your -- or your organization's -- perspective, what is the most immediate effect of the presidential election on the LGBT community? H....
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Exit, Stage West
Locals might wish they had more time to get to know Earl Plante, who came to Washington just shy of four years ago. But during...
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