From a young age, Alesha Brown felt called to fight for social justice.
“It’s always been a part of me,” said Brown, who now runs her own law firm, the Justice in Action Law Center, in Charlotte. “I don’t know where it came from, but it always felt like it was my responsibility.”
It started with organizing voter registration drives as a teenager, and eventually led to a career as a civil rights attorney in New York City, where she worked with city government and nonprofits. In those meetings with local leaders, she’d often notice something missing.
