Black women never cease to amaze and inspire me, and this week we had the honor of connecting with a phenomenal and wonderfully-made Black woman, lawyer, educator, advocate, mother, community member, and all around bad ass, Ra’Shya Ghee (pronounced Ruh-Shy-Uh G):

Attorney Ra’Shya Ghee practiced criminal defense and family law in Ohio at the municipal, state, and appellate levels for several years. She has tried both misdemeanor and felony cases to verdict in jury and bench trials and successfully briefed and argued appellate cases. In addition to private practice, she has worked as a part-time law professor since 2017. Her work considers the tangible ways in which the law legitimizes identity as a social reality and as a hierarchal system. After private practice, attorney Ghee worked as a senior staff attorney for a non-profit law firm, Advocating Opportunity, representing human trafficking survivors and operationalized their anti-racism commitment. Since disengaging practice entirely, she facilitates cross-racial coaching and helps organizations center racial equity and operationalize anti-racism frameworks. She’s been an expert witness on cultural competency in custody proceedings, frequently provides media commentary on race, and regularly publishes and lectures about race in America. Attorney Ghee attended college and graduate school at University of Toledo, earning her BA in Political Science and an MBA in Finance. After earning her master’s degree, she moved to Minneapolis, MN where she graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School