Brenda Baddam is an Assistant Attorney General with the New York State Office of the Attorney General. A former Assistant District Attorney with Albany County, Brenda Baddam primarily concentrates her practice on federal civil rights issues.
Brenda is also a Board Member of the Capital Region Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Albany Law School’s Government Law Center. She is active in the Capital District Minority community by frequently presenting seminars on topics, such as language diversity and diversity in the public sector and protestor rights.
Most notably, during the summer of 2020, Brenda spearheaded a push to bring language diversity to the City of Albany and the Albany Police Department by drafting and pushing for ordinances and resolutions mandating that diverse speakers be afforded the opportunity to have a translator present during police interactions. In late 2020, Brenda was selected by the city of Cohoes Mayor William Keeler to spearhead the Cohoes
Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Committee. This committee was tasked with undertaking a comprehensive overview of the current police force deployments, strategies, policies, procedures, and practices, for the purposes of addressing the specific needs of the people of Cohoes.
She is passionate about advancing the Hispanic community and welcomes any opportunity to do so.
What We Talked About:
- A grandparent's love story of 63 years
- Growing up with a high standard of pushing yourself to be the best you could be
- The fight from having nothing to being something
- Learning a second language (Not just English but Legal too)
- From Miami to Upstate, NY
- Cold and summer weather apparel
- Being the first in your family and being the example of strong women
- Make your own box and then color it however you'd like
- Why not 9 minority female justices?
- Making something unfair, fair.
- The life long-lasting experience of the new leaders
counsel
- Supporting your heritage and your community
Resources:
Encouragement to all the little girls of colors to dream BIG!
When I'm sometimes asked 'When will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]?' and I say 'When there are nine. - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life. - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Capital Region’s New Leaders Council
Capital Region Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
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