In Memoriam
Dr. Ramona Edelin
Senior Advisor
Dr. Ramona Hoage Edelin was a scholar, activist, and executive consultant who worked to uplift and advance African Americans and the economically disadvantaged for more than 40 years.
She served as executive director of the District of Columbia Association of Chartered Public Schools starting 2006 until the 2020 merger that became the DC Alliance. Under her leadership, cutting-edge programs in education, community empowerment, and young adult leadership development have been established and sustained. Education and urban policy, the definition and cultivation of African American cultural leadership, and the building of policy collaborations have been her primary priorities. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Fisk University in 1967, Dr. Edelin earned a master of arts degree from the University of East Anglia in England in 1969 and a doctorate from Boston University in 1981, in philosophy.
Ramona was committed to the cultural and athletic mastery of young people, including her eight grandchildren. She mentored many young adult leaders, and Third World Press published her book, We the Village.
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