Sherra Bennett

About

<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">Sherra is a daughter of the South, born in the Arkansas Delta region. She firmly believes that intentional equity focused practices that challenge the status quo with the future in mind will create sustainable transformation for all. She is a social worker, community organizer, servant leader, and difference maker at her very core, and it's that foundation that drives her commitment to public service and the greater good.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">She is a two-time graduate of the University of Michigan, earning both a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a Master's Degree in Social Work. Her communications background, combined with the ethical framework of social work, creates the catalyst that propels her to advocate and serve as a voice and vessel against injustice. Sherra currently serves as an Equity Program Officer working at the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, where she leads the Movement Building &amp; Leadership Development portfolio. Before joining the WRF team, her mission-focused career allowed her to serve non-profit organizations, engage in social justice research, and work across the United States, Africa, Germany, Italy, and The Netherlands.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">Sherra has served as a Non-Profit Founder, Executive Director, Director of Operations, Program Director, and Principal Consultant for human service organizations. Her impact-led career started as a Field Organizer with President Barack Obama's campaign, and she credits this opportunity as what propelled her community-centered career focus.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">Sherra's favorite quote is from Civil Rights Leader and Minister Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and it reads: "On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it political?" And Vanity asks the question, "Is it popular?" But Conscience asks the question, "Is it right?" And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor political, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right. And that is where I stand today."</span></p> <p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.</span></p>