Lenice C. Emanuel, MLA, is a speaker, writer, and race & gender equity activist. She has over 25 years of record leadership in nonprofit management, government, fund development, and community relations. She is a Climate Reality Leader and part of a corps of advocates and influencers in 152 countries, trained by former Vice President Al Gore. She holds certification in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University, a Master of Liberal Arts degree in leadership and ethics from Spring Hill College, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Auburn University at Montgomery. As Executive Director of the Alabama Institute for Social Justice (AISJ), she works to empower women, and people of color, and address poverty in marginalized communities through childcare advocacy, voter engagement, gender equity, grassroots organizing, environmental justice, and racial healing & reconciliation. In this capacity, she leads The Alabama Movement for Child Care™ (TAMCC™), where she works to organize childcare providers across Alabama’s Black Belt region, to ensure a more equitable childcare system for minorities and women. She has facilitated racial healing & reconciliation community learning forums for thousands in Alabama and is dedicated to bringing diverse groups together to advance a more just society.