{"id":1351,"date":"2021-05-16T23:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/?post_type=post_speaker&#038;p=1351"},"modified":"2021-05-17T12:36:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T16:36:50","slug":"sheyla-y-oliver","status":"publish","type":"post_speaker","link":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2021\/speaker\/sheyla-y-oliver\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheila Y. Oliver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Topic to Cover<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\"><strong>&#8220;New Jersey for New Americans: The Vision and Commitment of New Jersey&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lieutenant Governor Oliver is a self-described \u201cJersey Girl,\u201d born and raised in an ethnically diverse Newark neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lieutenant Governor Oliver was inspired as a young girl to be a fighter for the voiceless when her eyes were opened to societal injustices and inequities around her, often citing \u201cA Tale of Two Cities\u201d as her youth awakening. She has since pioneered a successful career in public service advocating for social justice, women\u2019s equality, and education, ultimately becoming the first woman of color to serve in a statewide elected office in New Jersey history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More About the Speaker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/governor\/admin\/lt\/\">https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/governor\/admin\/lt\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic to Cover &#8220;New Jersey for New Americans: The Vision and Commitment of New Jersey&#8221; Biography Lieutenant Governor Oliver is a self-described \u201cJersey Girl,\u201d born and raised in an ethnically diverse Newark neighborhood. Lieutenant Governor Oliver was inspired as a young girl to be a fighter for the voiceless when her eyes were opened to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-1351","post_speaker","type-post_speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_speaker\/1351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post_speaker"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_speaker\/1351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantintegration.org\/archived\/2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}