Attorneys & Staff:


Savonala "Savi" Horne

Executive Director ( )

  • B.A., City College, City University of New York, 1982 (Urban Legal Studies)
  • J.D., Rutgers University, 1990

Dawn Battiste

Deputy Director ( )

  • B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982 (English)
  • M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989 (English)
  • J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993

Dania Davy

Skadden Public Interest Fellow ( )

  • B.A., Brown University, 2005 (Africana Studies and Community Health)
  • J.D., University of Virginia, 2008

Kimberly Griffin

Staff Attorney ( )

  • B.A., Guilford College, 1994 (Geology)
  • J.D., North Carolina Central University, 2008

Mary Henderson

Senior Staff Attorney ( )

  • B.A., Brigham Young University, 1998 (Comparative Literature)
  • J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2004

Jeffrey Jandura

Senior Staff Attorney ( )

  • B.A., University of North Dakota, 1971 (History)
  • J.D., Drake University, 1976

Crystal Matthews

Staff Attorney ( )

  • B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004 (Business Administration)
  • J.D., University of Maryland, 2008

Gayle Shepherd

Paralegal ( )

Omari Wilson

Staff Attorney ( )

  • B.S., Appalachian State University, 2001 (Psychology)
  • J.D., Capital University, 2005

Berlinda Durant

Administrative Director ( )


Andrea Foushee

Administrative Assistant ( )



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