The Stand For Justice

The Stand For Justice

Dr. Nicole Norfles | Education Nonprofit | More about Nicole

This transcript is excerpted from a conversation between BlackFemaleProject Founder, Precious J. Stroud, and Nicole Norfles in Washington, DC. We join them at the top of their exchange. Stroud: What about your work inspires you?

Norfles: What inspires me about my work is the justice side of it. When I was younger, I was part of student organizing. I was kind of a militant, but it was less nationalist politics and more economics. My work with the Council for Opportunity in Education inspires me because it has taken that to a national level in the day and time we live in. It’s the connection of how educational opportunity can provide the outlet for others to achieve whatever their dreams are; it’s this practice of social justice in education and justice for disadvantaged people, people that have been disenfranchised.

Stroud: Why is that important to you?

Norfles: It’s important because I’m less materialistic—I mean, everybody wants nice things—but I’m really much more focused on how we can all come up together. That’s been kind of my history.

Stroud: What does it mean to you to thrive professionally? What does it feel like? What does it look like when you’re thriving?

Norfles: When I thrive professionally it means that I’m able to create synergies between people, places, and things; that I’m able to connect people, connect the things that they’re doing, and do it in locations that are not just “my own,” but that I have the support of whoever’s local, that they see me, and that we have a shared vision in terms of understanding how we can move this project and the goals that we have in this particular location with more people, more collaborators.
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