Her passion to help those seeking immigration comes from a very personal place. Today, as an attorney at Essien Law Firm, in Phoenix, Adams specializes in immigration, family-based petitions and family reunification, nonimmigrant visas for students/exchange visitors, investment-based immigration, as well as employment-based immigration, deportation and removal and asylum. It was very annoying, but that skill serves me well in my professional life now.” He would buy a newspaper and tell me to summarize it. “Even when going to fetch water, I was expected to be studying. Never did she imagine she would have her face on the side of a Valley Metro bus in the Phoenix. When Adams was a child in Nigeria, Africa, she walked more than three miles a day to collect clean drinking water. “It is especially impactful for minority communities who utilize public transportation in the Valley to see someone who looks like them and provides much needed legal services,” says Renee duPlessis, Lamar Advertising representative. Last month Lelia Adams, Esq., a Valley attorney who specializes in immigration law, became the first black woman to be pictured on a Valley Metro bus, thanks to a collaboration with Lamar Transit of Arizona. If information is needed in another language, contact 48.For more than 20 years, Phoenix-area buses have incorporated advertisements on exterior panels, but for the first time ever, a woman of color is being featured. Arizona Ave.Ī complainant may file a complaint directly with the City of Phoenix Public Transit Department or the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) by filing a complaint directly with the corresponding offices of Civil Rights:Ĭity of Phoenix Public Transit Department Any person who believes she or he has been aggrieved by any unlawful discriminatory practice under Title VI may file a complaint with the City of Chandler.įor more information on the City of Chandler’s civil rights program, and the procedures to file a complaint, contact Sasha Pachito at 48, (people with hearing impairments can use Arizona Relay by dialing 7-1-1) or visit our administrative office at 175 S. The City of Chandler operates its programs and services without regard to race, color, or national origin in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Notifying the Public of Rights Under Title VI
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