Constitutional lawyer Daniel A. Horwitz has been appointed to a four-year term on the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
State Advisory Committee members conduct reviews and produce reports and recommendations concerning state and local civil rights issues, including justice, voting, discrimination, housing, and education. By Congressional mandate, the Commission establishes Advisory Committees in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Appointees to State Advisory Committees serve renewable four-year terms.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is an independent, bipartisan agency charged with advising the President and Congress on civil rights matters and issuing a federal civil rights enforcement report. For information about the Commission and its State Advisory Committees, please visit http://www.usccr.gov.
The Commission appointed:
- Ms. Diane Di Ianni of Nashville, Chair
- Ms. Tiffany Cox of Cane Ridge
- Ms. Amy Sayward of Murfreesboro
- Mr. Daniel Horwitz of Nashville
- Dr. Frank Meeuwis of Madison
- Mr. John Pointer of Cane Ridge
- Ms. Katrina Donaldson of Mt. Pleasant
- Dr. Sekou Franklin of Nashville
- Mr. Justin Owen of Nashville
- Mr. Shaka Mitchell of Nashville
- Ms. Valorie Vojdik of Knoxville
- Mr. Eliud Trevino of Antioch
- Mr. Greg Grisham of Nashville
- Ms. Gail Seavey of Nashville
- Ms. Yesha Yadav of Nashville
- Mr. Brian Krumm of Knoxville