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词条 Nancy Shakir
释义

  1. Personal life

  2. Education

  3. Activism

  4. Death

  5. References

  6. External links

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|8|29}}
| birth_place = Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|2|5|1939|8|29}}
| death_place = Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.
| occupation = Politician, activist
| party = Democratic Party
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Nancy Clark Shakir (born August 29, 1939) was an American politician and a Democratic candidate for Congress in 2010 for North Carolina's 8th congressional district, which stretches from Charlotte to Fayetteville. Shakir won 14,600 votes (37.30% of the total) but lost to Larry Kissell, who won 24,541 votes (62.70% of the total) in the 2010 primary election.

Personal life

Shakir resided many years in Fayetteville, North Carolina up to the time of her death. She was the mother of two and the grandmother of three.{{cn|date=March 2017}}

Education

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Shakir graduated with a B.A. in History from Rutgers University and a M.A. in Education Administration from St. Peter’s Jesuit College. Her other studies include Organizational Behavior at Polytechnic in Brooklyn, New York. and graduate studies in History at Rutgers University and Fayetteville State University. Shakir was a member of Kappa Delta Pi, National Honor Society in Education.

Activism

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A founding member and officer of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, she also served on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Council for the Social Studies and the New Jersey Center for Civic and Law Related Education. She was a Non-Governmental Agency delegate to the United Nations Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, and served as a staff member at a National Democratic Convention, as a delegate for the White House Conference on Families and as a Commissioner on the Montclair, New Jersey Civil Rights Commission. As an anti-racist trainer, she presented at various regional and national teacher conferences.

Shakir wrote editorials for the Fayetteville Observer where she served as a member of the Community Advisory Board. She was a volunteer with the Cumberland County Progressives, hosted a local Progressive cable show, was a member of the Fayetteville Peace with Justice Committee and the Carolina African American Writers Collective, a volunteer reader for the blind, and a reading buddy in Fayetteville schools.

Death

Shakir died on Sunday February 5, 2017 in Fayetteville, North Carolina.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fayobserver.com/ece65ec3-430f-5cb9-899c-4b0657987b0d.html|title=Nancy Clark Shakir obituary|publisher=http://www.fayobserver.com|accessdate=March 8, 2017}}

External links

  • http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/15705/29325/en/summary.html
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20101223121040/http://www.torchpoetry.org/08%20Spring/nancyshakir.htm
  • http://www.charlotteobserver.com/.../kissell-faces-pressure-on-health.html{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/north-carolina/8
  • - Obituary
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9 : 1939 births|2017 deaths|People from Jersey City, New Jersey|People from Fayetteville, North Carolina|Rutgers University alumni|Saint Peter's University alumni|North Carolina Democrats|Activists from North Carolina|Writers from North Carolina

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