The result of a pen, a stat, and the impact of a decision made without a human face.
Ms. Lawrence did not arrive at this stage by invitation.
She arrived by survival.
She is the result of a pen, a caseworker's notation. A stat a number on a welfare ledger. And the cascading impact of decisions made by people who never had to look at the face of the life they were deciding about.
She spent decades manifesting a single moment. The moment she could walk into a room with the judges, the legislators, the administrators, the officials the people whose decisions and whose silence shaped her trajectory and say what she came to say on behalf of everyone who was reduced to a statistic before they ever had a chance to become a story.
Award-winning journalist. Former State of Wisconsin Lobbyist. BET Comic View performer. Marquette University Psychology, Social Welfare & Justice, Communications. Founder & CEO of PIQSTAR INC., PBC. CEO of Exposure Plus TV. Founder of Keynote Speaker Hub.
She created THE HUMAN VERDICT™ because the systems that failed her are still operating. The people running them are still in their seats. And there are hundreds of her still waiting for someone to walk into that room and speak their name.
She is that person.
She always was.
