JoAnna has been named a USA Today Woman of the Year. The award is meant to recognize women who have made an impact in their community as well as nationally. As executive director of the Malcom X Memorial Foundation, JoAnna is tasked with carrying forward the missions of two Black leaders; the foundation’s namesake, civil rights leader Malcom X, and the nonprofit’s founder, Rowena Moore. Under her tenure, the foundation’s longtime goal of getting Malcom X inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame was realized.
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Amanda will be finishing up her first full year of teaching with the “most amazing class of second graders” this May.
