City announces leadership team for Women’s Initiative

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The city of Birmingham has chosen 33 women who will serve on the inaugural core leadership team for the Women’s Initiative, a program created by the Office of PEACE and Policy at the direction of Mayor Randall L. Woodfin to improve the lives of women and children in Birmingham, according to a city news release.

The leadership team will work with the city’s Division of Social Justice and Racial Equity to address such issues in the community as poverty, healthcare, domestic violence and police relations. They will then make recommendations to Woodfin.

“The City of Birmingham is committed to creating opportunities to elevate the quality of life and justice for all women and girls,” Woodfin said in the release. “I am excited and confident that through the work of the Women’s Initiative core leadership team, we will be able to work together as a community to make a difference in the lives of all women and girls.”

This group consists of young women, nonprofit youth representatives, elected officials and community members representing the following groups: African American, American Indian, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Disability, Latinx, LGBTQ+ and White.

“Having a diverse group of women representing the Women’s Initiative core leadership team plays a vital role in ensuring that we solve issues with an equitable lens,” said Uche Bean, administrator of the Division of Social Justice and Racial Equity.

The 33 women chosen are are follows:

  • Adrianne Marbury
  • Alexandria Cobb
  • Alexandria Means
  • Amber Sutton
  • Averie L. Armstead
  • Bridget Rudolph Roscoe
  • Connie Hill
  • Cynthia Moore
  • Dalia Abrams
  • Debra Pettit Bruns
  • Emily Herring
  • Jacqueline Joyce Cockrell
  • Jacqueline Perry
  • Kelly Klehm
  • Kimberly Hannon
  • Knetta Adkins
  • Kristie Marie Williams
  • Kristin E. Garrett
  • La'Toya Lee
  • Leila Lewis
  • Lonnie Finley Pressley
  • Maani Kamal
  • Mandy Parente
  • Miya Angele Moore
  • Morgan Johnson
  • Nan Wagner
  • Nancy Sailer
  • Sarah Estopinal
  • Sarah Hale
  • Tawanna Morton
  • Toni Leeth
  • Tynice Shavon Smiley
  • Yvette Burt

For more information, go to peaceandpolicy.com/womens-initiative.