2021 International Women's Day for Women of African Descent Virtual Conference
Promoting Women of African Descent
Fartun Weli, MPH, MAPP
Founder & Executive Director, Isuroon
Judge LaJune Thomas Lange (ret.)
Fourth Judicial District Court, Minnesota
Honorary Consul of South Africa in Minnesota
President, International Leadership Institute
Kellis Houston
Founder, Village Arms
Marisol Chiclana-Ayala, MPA
Deputy Director, Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 Response
Adjunct Professor, St. Catherine University
Personal/Global Consultant, LLC
Sonja Davila-Williams, MSW, LISW
Associate Professor
Chair, Social Work Department,
Metropolitan State University
Antonia Wilcoxon, Ed.D.
Principal Consultant, Equity Strategies, LLC
Chrissy Mignogna
Leslie Wright
Vice President, Development & Alumni Relations,
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Mary Turner, RN
Member of the Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force
President, Minnesota Nurses Association
Board Chair, Isuroon
Lia Roberts, DNP, PHN, RN
Emergency Preparedness Program Coordinator,
Dakota County Public Health
Dawn Bennett
Founder, Touch Remedies
Ramla Elmi
Refugee Savings Program Coordinator, Isuroon
Hanan Adam, LGSW
Social Worker, Isuroon
Elizabeth Ruskin, LICSW
Co-clinical Director, Isuroon
Sadie Clark
Social Work Intern, Isuroon
Elizabeth Fromholz
Social Work Intern, Isuroon
Nasra Suleiman, LSW
Social Services Coordinator
Michael Luseni, M.Ed.
Principal, Heritage Academy
Nasra Hasen
Community and School Liaison, Isuroon
Michael Birchard
Associate Vice President of Equity & Inclusion,
Inver Hills Community College
Dakota County Technical College
Sheila Nezhad
City Policy Organizer, Reclaim the Block