Sandra Lawson is a second year rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Prior to moving to Philadelphia she worked as a personal trainer, an Adjunct Professor, and served as the Investigative Researcher for the Anti-Defamation League’s Southeast Region, becoming the go-to person when Law Enforcement in the South needed information on hate groups. As a black queer Jew she hopes to use her Rabbinic training to bring attention to Jewish diversity, environmental issues and poverty. Sandra also holds a Masters degree in Sociology from Clark Atlanta University.
Sandra is spending this summer at Community Voices Heard, an organization of low-income people, predominantly women with experience on welfare, working to build power in New York City and State to improve the lives of their families and communities. She is contributing her expertise in social media and also working on several of their campaigns.
