1. Maya D Wiley was born on January 2,1964 and is an American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist.
11 Facts About Maya Wiley
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Maya Wiley has served as president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights since May 2022.
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Maya Wiley chaired the Civilian Complaint Review Board from 2016 to 2017.
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Maya Wiley was an MSNBC legal analyst from August 2018 to January 2021.
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Maya Wiley ran in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary, placing third.
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Maya Wiley was born on January 2,1964, in Syracuse, New York, and raised in Washington, DC Her father was civil rights leader, chemist and academic George Maya Wiley.
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Maya Wiley earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Dartmouth College in 1986 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School.
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In 2013, Maya Wiley was mentioned as a potential president of the NAACP, but the post went instead to Cornell William Brooks.
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In November 2023, Wiley was named the District of Columbia School of Law Foundation's Joseph L Rauh, Jr.
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Maya Wiley ran in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City in 2021.
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In June 2021, Maya Wiley was endorsed by US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and former presidential candidates Julian Castro and Elizabeth Warren, as well as Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union, the largest union in New York City.