Nadia Aziz
Member, Board of Directors, 2nd Lt Richard W. Collins III Foundation; Civil Rights Attorney
2025
Nadia Aziz is a civil rights attorney whose work has focused on centering those most directly impacted by hate crimes including ensuring survivor-informed best practices are implemented at state and local levels. She has served as Senior Director of the Fighting Hate and Bias Program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Associate Director of the James Byrd, Jr. Center to Stop Hate at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Deputy Director of the Arab American Institute. Nadia is licensed to practice law in North Carolina.
The effort to eradicate hate requires the active participation of every component of our society, to include governments, the private sector, communities of faith and indeed every aspect of civil society. There is no more urgent task in front of us. The organizers of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit are doing the United States and the world an enormous service by tackling hatred and extremism with a focus on honest dialogue and conversation, genuine learning and practical solutions. This will not happen overnight, but the Pittsburgh community’s leadership in this effort is genuinely inspiring and motivating.
