Bertha Lewis (activist)
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Bertha Lewis was the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Organizer of ACORN
, which used to be a non-profit social justice organization with national headquarters in New York, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. United States
until it disbanded in 2010.
She graduated from Hanover College
.
Appointed in May 2008, Ms. Lewis oversees the operations of its 400,000 strong membership, which is active in over 110 cities across the country. A 16 year veteran of the organization, Ms. Lewis was most recently the Executive Director of ACORN’s New York affiliate and is a founding Co-Chair of the New York Working Families Party
.
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now was a collection of community-based organizations in the United States that advocated for low- and moderate-income families by working on neighborhood safety, voter registration, health care, affordable housing, and other social issues...
, which used to be a non-profit social justice organization with national headquarters in New York, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
until it disbanded in 2010.
She graduated from Hanover College
Hanover College
Hanover College is a private liberal arts college, located in Hanover, Indiana, near the banks of the Ohio River. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church . The college was founded in 1827 by the Rev. John Finley Crowe, making it the oldest private college in Indiana. The Hanover...
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Appointed in May 2008, Ms. Lewis oversees the operations of its 400,000 strong membership, which is active in over 110 cities across the country. A 16 year veteran of the organization, Ms. Lewis was most recently the Executive Director of ACORN’s New York affiliate and is a founding Co-Chair of the New York Working Families Party
Working Families Party
The Working Families Party is a minor political party in the United States founded in New York in 1998. There are "sister" parties to the New York WFP in Connecticut, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Oregon, but there is as yet no national WFP...
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Awards
- 2004 Citizen Activist Award of the Gleitsman Foundation for her work in public education reform.
- 2005 Leon Bogues award for community and political activism, by New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, Inc.
- 2007 100 Most Influential Women of New York, by Crain’s magazine
- 2006 “Influentials” in politics by New York magazine
External links
- "CEO Says ACORN 'Isn't Dead Yet'", NPR, Deborah Tedford, March 23, 2010
- "ACORN CEO Reflects On The Group's Hard Times", NPR, March 23, 2010
- "Bertha Lewis", Huffington Post
- "TIME Least Influential People of 2010"