Roberta Achtenberg

thumb|Roberta Achtenberg Roberta Achtenberg (born July 20, 1950) is an American attorney and civil rights advocate who served as a commissioner on the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Quotes I think that people who don’t remember when it was any other way may not understand how extraordinary this is. It’s my fond hope that we won’t be going back to the way it use to be (laughing). Or else people would get a rude reminder of an era that I hope is gone for good. Well, I loved being a County Supervisor, and I love the challenge to deal, locally, with the issues that are of greatest concern. I mean urban issues are my passion. Trying to make our cities work. And trying to work on ways of providing opportunity for low-income people – to educate themselves and to rise and achieve economic security for their families. Roberta Achtenberg, California, 1990 Retrieved 4 April 2025 The ability to be in public life has been enormously positive to our movement, to our people and being able to contribute has been very gratifying. Achtenberg, Roberta (b. 1950) Retrieved 4 April 2025 External links Category:Women politicians in the United States Category:Lawyers from the United States Category:LGBT people Category:Civil rights activists Category:Women activists from the United States Category:Women in law Category:1950 births Category:Women born in the 1950s Category:Living people