Carolyn Harding with Cynthia Brown, Sabrina Jordan and Donald Wiggins, organizers and legal advisor for the newly submitted state-wide ballot initiative to End Qualified Immunity in Ohio.
Cynthia Brown is a Political Humanitarian, Advocate, Organizer, Strategist, Visionary. She is from Youngstown, Oh, where she
studied Media @ Communication, & Africans Americans Studies at Youngstown, Ohio, and continued her studies in Public Policy at Mesa Community College. She received the Slanczka Achievement Certificate for Diplomacy and the Distinguished Diplomate award for The Model United Conference 65th Far West in San Francisco. She is the Executive Director @ CEO of Heartbeat Movement Inc, and Committee Chair for Accountability Now Ohio.
Sabrina Jordan is the founder/chair of Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality, Inc. OFUAPB. She is the proud mother of Jamal Mcshann who was 22 years old when he was killed on October 15, 2013 due to gun violence, and Jamarco Mcshann who was killed when he was 23 years old on October 20th 2017 by the hands of Moraine, Ohio police officers. In February 2018, she had no choice but to stand up, and speak up about gun violence and police brutality, so she began building OFUAPB, “to fight against police brutality and make legislative changes in order to save lives, and to support our extended families, who, while not related by blood, are bonded to us through the needless bloodshed of our loved ones.”
Donald Wiggins began his career in local government and politics in New York City working on public housing and public safety matters. He relocated to Columbus, OH to pursue a Master of Public Administration degree at The Ohio State University—John Glenn College of Public Affairs. He went on to obtain a Juris Doctorate, from Capital University, to further his ability to assist a diverse range of communities and individuals in their quest to remedy challenges caused by ineffective, or nonexistent government policy. After completing law school, he pursued his passion for environmental law and policy, and worked to improve Ohio’s, and the Nation’s, safety net surrounding drinking water sources.
In January 2019 he began to practice law with a focus on appellate law and constitutional law, and in 2020, Donald founded a Civic-Tech company, Initiate Change, LLC., with a vision to develop the software and tools which help free societies flourish by improving citizens civic understanding and access to the levers of legislative and policy change.
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