WAND Women Speakers' Bureau
Speaker: Tanya Wallace Hargro

Region Atlanta, GA and outward Honorarium None Expenses to be covered Travel, lodging, meals (if applicable) Topics of focus Federal budget priorities’ impact on states, women’s political empowerment, unmet human needs, impact of federal policies and budget priorities on the states

Currently serving as National Field Director of Women’s Action For New Directions (WAND), Tanya Wallace-Hargro moved to the deep south in 1991 to launch a career of empowering people of color. Her professional experience includes work with UNITE HERE (formerly the Union of Needletrades, Textiles and Industrial Employees), the AFL-CIO, the U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau, and the Association of Flight Attendants.

She has an advanced knowledge of community and political structures, a successful record of coordinating grassroots organizations, and coalition development. Her opinions and contributions have been featured in YSB magazine, The Los Angeles Times and on ABC Nightly News. She is an active member of her community and currently serves as the Program Chair for the National Council of Negro Women Greater Atlanta Millennium Section, and Vice President of Membership with the League of Women Voters Atlanta/Fulton County.