Learn all about the years-long fight to se cure voting rights for all Americans in this talkback session with Karen N elson and members of the League of Women Voters Milwaukee County. \;Th e Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a turning point in U.S. history\; legislat ion born from determination\, protest\, and the demand for justice. It out lawed discriminatory voting practices that kept generations of Black and b rown Americans from the ballot box.
\nKaren Nelson is Co Founder of NelStar Enterprises LLC with her husband Stanford Nelson. She serves as th e CIEO\, Chief Inclusion &\; Equity Officer. Most recently she served a s the first African-American Vice President reporting to the President of Herzing University. Previously\, she served as the Inaugural Diversity lea der at Rogers Behavioral Health\, the 7th at the City of Appleton\, 1st at Shaw Industries\, and the 1st Corporate Diversity Manager for GE Healthca re in Waukesha for all of the United States\, Latin America and Canada. Na med one of Wisconsin's Top 35 Black Leaders\, she serves on Wisconsin's Go vernor's State Council on Affirmative Action\, the League of Women Voters Milwaukee County Board of Directors where she serves as the DEI Committee Co-Chair and a member of the State Board's Impartial Justice Committee (IJ C). She holds a chemistry degree from Bennett College\, an HBCU and an Exe cutive MBA from UW-Milwaukee. \; \;
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