Activism and Civil Society

An Interview with Lecia Brooks of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Abstract

On November 26, 2021, Lecia Brooks, the Chief of Staff and Culture of the Southern Poverty Law Center, visited Go?ttingen on a lecture tour initiated by the Georg-August-Universita?t and sponsored, in large part, by the United States Embassy. I interviewed Brooks before her talk. What follows is a condensed ver- sion of our conversation, edited and reorganized for readability.