Donna Smith
Director - Social Justice Resource Center, Center of Life
2023
Donna Smith is a dedicated advocate for social justice and community empowerment. Serving as the director of the Social Justice Resource Center at the Center of Life, she has devoted her career to effecting positive change in underserved communities. She holds a master’s degree in public management and leverages her education to drive meaningful policy changes, creating lasting improvements in the lives of children and families.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
