Connie Rice

Connie Rice is a renowned civil rights attorney and co-founder of the Advancement Project who brings transformative leadership to The Difference Engine's Advisory Board. A Harvard College and NYU Law School graduate, Rice has led multiracial coalitions to win over $10 billion in damages and policy changes through groundbreaking litigation addressing police misconduct, transportation equity, and housing discrimination. Her landmark Bus Riders Union case mandated $2 billion in improvements to Los Angeles' public transit system. Rice served on President Obama's White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing and has received more than 50 major awards for advancing multiracial democracy and expanding opportunity nationwide.