Desmond Meade: Civil Rights Restored
<p style="color: navy;"><i><b>"</b>And as he is our son, we are his sister and brother. Like him, we, too, are stronger at the broken places, striving, as family do, for that fuller cup of justice, each day scraping away at daily indignity, ‘til our wounds debride and the fresh flesh of tomorrow reveals the bridge -- ever there -- beckoning that we rise, gather, and cross, together.<b>" H. Scott Fingerhut</b></i></p>
Desmond Meade JD ’14, president of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, shares how the opportunity to earn a law degree from FIU shaped his journey as a returning citizen and in the fight to restore the right to vote for 1.4 million Floridians.
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Desmond Meade JD’14 & 2021 MacArthur Fellow</h4>
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