Ann Moss Joyner

Ann Moss Joyner

President


Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities

Milestones

My road in life has taken me all over.
Born to parents who were educated, outgoing and involved with civil rights.
Pursued my other interests on the side.
Joined a club in HS that worked with minority kids (not my neighborhood).
Realized I didn't have the skills I needed to make a community-wide difference so went to MBA school.
Went to a college that challenged me and valued independent thought and work.
Wrote a lot of reports as a management consultant.
Did whatever to put food in my mouth and let me live where I wanted to live.
Was asked to help a local group fight for their rights. I formed a non-profit & marketed to lawyers.
Keep following my journey

Career

President

Research to illuminate institutionalized discrimination in government policies and practices.

Career Roadmap

Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Non-Profit Organizations
Writing
Upholding a Cause and Belief

Day to Day

I go to work anywhere from 6 a.m. to 10, depending upon my deadlines. I walk (usually accompanied by the dogs) to the office and boot up my computer. I am usually looking for data or analyzing data or writing up results to answer questions like "What has x government done to violate the civil rights of x group?" I work with a demographer (for statistical analysis that is beyond my scope) and a geographer (for GIS analysis) and an editor (when I need a second eye on my writing).

Advice for Getting Started

Here's the first step for high school students

Start where you are. Talk to everyone you know (or can get to talk to you) who does anything remotely similar or anyone who might be in a position to observe civil rights violations. Law enforcement, planners, lawyers, city council persons. Most people think that what is happening where they live is unimportant and on such a small scale it's unimportant, but it affects people's abilities to live in safe, decent affordable housing, to hold a job, to raise their children to be safe and healthy.

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took: