2021 Chapel Hill - Carrboro NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet Program Book Print - Flipbook - Page 38
New Life Members of
Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP!
Sue
Hunter
Sue Hunter is a long time resident of Chapel Hill, a member of the NAACP Housing
Committee and Chair of the Town of Chapel Hill Housing Advisory Board.
Michelle
Laws
Dr. Michelle Laws is the Assistant Director of Consumer Support Services and
Community Engagement and the DEI Chair for the NC Department of Health and Human
Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse
Services. Currently, she serves on DHHS’ COVID19 Emergency Response Team helping
to guide work related to improving health outcomes for historically marginalized
populations including serving as the co-lead for the Historically Marginalized Populations
workgroup, and as a team member on the data metrics and testing and tracing
communications team. Dr. Laws’ distinguished professional career also includes serving
as the former Executive Director of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP.
James
Williams
James E. Williams, Jr. received a B.A. in Political Science and J.D. from Duke
University. He was Chief Public Defender for Orange and Chatham Counties from
1990-2017 and has received numerous awards, including the N.C. Advocates
for Justice Thurgood Marshall Award, the MLK University/Community Planning
Inc. MLK Jr. Citizenship Award, the N.C. ACLU Champion of Justice Award, and
the North Carolina Bar Association James McNeil Smith Jr. Award. He previously
served as 1st Vice President of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP.
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