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Public advocate tells her story at ‘Unrig the System Summit’
Brooklyn made its presence felt at the first-ever Unrig the System Summit when New York City Public Advocate Letitia James served as one of the featured speakers at an event to kick off the conference’s second day and later appeared at a panel discussion on the role played by government watchdogs. Another Brooklyn resident, Jennifer Rodgers, served as the panel’s moderator.
James is a former City Council member who represented a district that included Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. James, who is an African-American, is the first woman of color to be elected public advocate.
Unrig the System, which took place at Tulane University in New Orleans on Feb. 2-4, was organized by the Represent.Us, a nationwide group seeking bipartisan ways to change the country’s political system.