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Judge Mary Jane Trapp. (Submitted photos) Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart. Karen E. Rubin. • • • • On Friday, May 14, the Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) recognized excellence in the legal profession at its 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting.
The event included the presentation of the Ohio Bar Medal – the OSBA’s highest honor – to Judge Mary Jane Trapp of the 11th District Court of Appeals.
In addition, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Melody Stewart received the OSBA Women in the Profession Section’s Nettie Cronise Lutes Award. The OSBA’s Eugene Weir Award for Ethics and Professionalism went to Cleveland attorney Karen E. Rubin, and the Ohio Access to Justice Foundat
Dallas Examiner
President Biden’s cabinet reflects a more just and inclusive United States of America
This year’s Women’s History Month sees our nation moving forward and including women at all levels of authority including Kamala Harris as our vice president. President Biden has nominated other extraordinary women for cabinet and sub-cabinet positions.
Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, former Congressional Black Caucus chair, has been nominated to become the second Black woman Secretary of Housing and Urban Development following Patricia Roberts Harris. Isabel Guzman has been nominated to lead the Small Business Administration at a critical time when businesses led by women and people of color have been disproportionally hurt by the pandemic. Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress, is President Biden’s nominee to lead the Interior Department. She would be the first Native American cabinet secretary to oversee the department t
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Marcia L. Fudge was sworn in as the 18th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday after the U.S. Senate confirmed her on a bipartisan 66-34 vote.
Fudge has represented northeastern Ohio’s 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2008. Before that she had been the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, since 2000.
She is the second Black woman to serve as HUD secretary and the first in more than 40 years. The first was Patricia Roberts Harris, who was appointed under President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
Fudge is taking on the job as the nation struggles with a housing crisis. The pandemic has resulted in billions of dollars in back rent, an uncertain future for tenants and landlords and housing supply is so low that lawmakers and economists are worried that the resulting home price increases will “choke off” buyers.
The first was Patricia Roberts Harris under President Jimmy Carter.
Fudge s identity as a Black woman and former chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus helps the Biden Administration underline its priority of protecting civil rights in housing and urban planning for Blacks and Brown people, and other minorities like the LGBT community.
As congresswoman from Ohio since 2008, Fudge voted last month to pass the latest iteration of the Equality Act a sweeping civil rights law that would finally give LGBT persons federal protections when it comes to renting an apartment, buying a house, applying for credit or mortgage, purchasing insurance, among other things in the realm of HUD to protect.