Archives for January 2008

Christine Ahn is one smart cookie.

As an analyst with the Korean Policy and Oakland institutes, Ahn is regularly called upon to inform the public conversation on human rights, militarism, globalization. Having edited the book on free trade (Shafted: Free Trade and America’s Working Poor), with a masters degree in public policy from Georgetown, and her experience growing up in a working class Korean family in California, Ahn’s insight has diverse roots.

But don’t let her hefty resume intimidate; Ahn’s humor and imagination abounds. Wait’ll you hear about an unusual outfit she made for an unusual Tuesday night in Oakland…

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You can call her Dr. Sharon.

That fusion of professional and personable is the most appropriate moniker for this M.D. whose made her life work in popular health education tailored to the lives of women.

Dr. Sharon’s resume is impressive: she’s the executive director of The COSHAR Foundation, a community health nonprofit. Via residencies and fellowships, she studied internal and geriatric medicine. She pocketed her medical degree from East Carolina University, after earning an undersgraduate degree with two majors and three minors. Today, she continues her policy work as an advocate for the elimination of health disparities fixed by race, gender, and socioeconomics.

Despite a background in research, Dr. Sharon draws her energy from frank conversations with women that leave the jargon behind. She travels the country as a motivational speaker on practical health and self-esteem. Her contagious charisma has built her a loyal following in Dr. Sharon’s online community.

Dr. Sharon is also a writer, which she sees as another popular education venue—she calls it “fiction with a purpose.” This year, she’s releasing a nonfiction book that focuses on healthy eating, as well as the sequel to her first novel.

After all, this is one Southern gal with a lot to say.

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Who’s Anita L. Allen? She’s only one of the nation’s foremost experts on how privacy and ethics intersect with the law. Whether she’s writing articles, books, or her popular column in the Newark Star Ledger (called “The Moralist,” no less), Allen speaks her feminism plainly and widely.

It’s no wonder this super-smart lady (a J.D. from Harvard; philosophy Ph.D. from the University of Michigan) has not only taught at universities around the country, but she’s frequently consulted as an expert source on television and in print. These days, she’s based at the University of Pennsylvania. Allen is also a board member for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the West Philadelphia Alliance for Children, and the Hastings Center for Bioethics.

In her spare time, this former “military brat” is an active elder in the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church.

Allen was one of the first three Black women to achieve a Ph.D. in philosophy; and she’s the very first Black woman hold both a Ph.D. in philosophy and a law degree.

Now, if you’d kindly remove your jaws from the floor, here’s Anita L. Allen’s insights on law and feminism:

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