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Lawyer and Policy Shaper Audra Wilson ’94 Is Bucknell’s 2021 Commencement Speaker
February 22, 2021
by Brooke Thames
Audra Wilson 94 s nearly 20-year career has been one of leadership in political advocacy and community mobilization to amplify the voices of those most impacted by injustice. Photo by Andrew Collings
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Career-long public policy shaper Audra Wilson 94, president and chief executive officer of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, will be Bucknell University s 2021 Commencement speaker.
Following a successful career in law, politics and community development, Wilson was named the Shriver Center s new head in spring 2020. The organization works to bolster equal justice and economic opportunity in communities across Illinois. It s also where Wilson began her legal career after graduating from Bucknell with degrees in international relations and Spanish, and attending law school at Valparaiso University.
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