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Dr. Jessica is dedicated to using her knowledge and skills to stand against social injustice while empowering not only oppressed populations, but all populations, through ending the domination of money in politics.

“Every year large corporations, industries, and wealthy donors pour money into lobbying and campaigns….Money provides these individuals with power to facilitate and implement policies that shape the economy to work in their favor. The pandemic has further accentuated the fact that this political system in which only the rich have a voice is not a system that works for all.”

With a Doctor of Social Work degree from the University of Southern California, Dr. Jessica’s 13-plus years of professional experience includes child welfare, and military, medical and school social work. Dr. Jessica is committed to the empowerment of black women and girls, advocating on their behalf to promote leadership development and gender equity in the areas of health, education, and economic empowerment. She is an active member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and serves as a designated speaker for the Domestic Violence Speaker’s Bureau.

Dr. Jessica brings expertise and a deep base of experience and knowledge to areas including:

• how the use of amassed money in politics is intrinsically linked to issues of social justice, economic equity, representation, and more;
• why advocates for systems change should be concerned with ending the domination of big money in our electoral and political systems;
• why no problem affects so many people and so many aspects of the social and emotional needs of Americans—or wrongly concentrates power for the few—than the concentration of massive money in our political system.