Jacqueline A. Berrien

**Jacqueline Ann Berrien** (28 ga Nuwamba, 1961 - 9 ga Nuwamba, 2015), wacce aka fi sani da **Jackie Berrien**,  lauya ce mai kare hakkin jama'a ta Amurka kuma jami'ar gwamnati. Daga 2009 zuwa 2014, Berrien ya yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Hukumar Daidaito Damar Aiki (EEOC) a ƙarƙashin Shugaba Barack Obama . Kafin wannan, Berrien ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Darakta Mai Ba da Shawara ga Asusun Kare Shari'a da Ilimi na NAACP (NAACP LDF).

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Berrien a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba, 1961, a Washington, DC, inda aka rene ta.  Mahaifiyarta, Ann Berrien, ma'aikaciyar jinya ce wacce ma'aikaciyar tarayya ce tsawon shekaru talatin. Mahaifinta, Clifford Berrien, tsohon soja ne a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu wanda daga baya ya yi aiki a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje don biyan kuɗin karatunsa na kwaleji. Yayin da yake ɗalibi na sakandare, Berrien ya zama ma'aikacin rubutu ga gwamnatin tarayya don ya sami damar zuwa kwaleji.

Berrien ta halarci Kwalejin Oberlin, inda ta sami tallafin karatu na Harry S. Truman a shekararta ta farko.  A lokacin da take Oberlin, Berrien ta zama abokiyar zama ta kud da kud da wakiliyar gaba Yvette Clarke, wacce ta yi magana a madadinta a lokacin zaben Majalisar Dattawa.  Berrien ta kammala karatunta a Oberlin da babban matsayi a gwamnati a shekarar 1983. 

Berrien ya ci gaba da zuwa Makarantar Shari'a ta Harvard, inda ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1986.  A Harvard, Berrien ya kasance babban editan *Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review* .  Bayan kammala karatunsa daga makarantar shari'a, Berrien ya zama magatakarda ga UW Clemon, Ba'amurke ɗan Afirka na farko da ya yi aiki a matsayin alkali a Kotun Gunduma . 

## Sana'a

### Aikin shari'a
Berrien ta shiga Asusun Kare Hakkin Bil Adama na NAACP (NAACP LDF) a matsayin mataimakiyar lauya a shekarar 1994 tare da mai da hankali kan haƙƙin zaɓe da kuma raba kan makarantu. Berrien ta kuma yi aiki a Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Bil Adama ta Amurka (ACLU) a cikin Shirin 'Yancin Mata, da kuma Kwamitin Lauyoyi kan 'Yancin Bil Adama a ƙarƙashin Dokar. A matsayinta na daliba, Berrien ta koyar a Makarantar Shari'a ta Harvard, makarantar da ta yi karatu, da Makarantar Shari'a ta New York

Daga 2001 zuwa 2004, Berrien ya kasance jami'in shirye-shirye na Gidauniyar Ford, yana kula da tallafin kuɗi ga ƙungiyoyin da ba su da wakilci sosai a fannin zaman lafiya da adalci.  

### Hukumar Daidaito Damar Aiki (EEOC)
Shugaba Barack Obama ya zaɓi Berrien don ta zama shugabar Hukumar Daidaito da Dama ta Aiki a 2009.  A lokacin da take aiki, Berrien ta yi aiki kafada da kafada da Rundunar Aiwatar da Albashi ta Fadar White House don magance gibin albashin jinsi .   A matsayinta na shugabar EEOC, Berrien ta yi aiki don aiwatar da kariyar wurin aiki ga ma'aikata masu juna biyu. 

A lokacin mulkin Berrien, EEOC ta lashe dala miliyan 240 a shari'ar *EEOC da Hill Country Farms* .  Wannan ya kai ga babbar kyauta a ƙarƙashin Dokar Nakasassu ta Amurka (ADA) da kuma babbar kyauta a tarihin hukumar a lokacin. 

A shekarar 2013, EEOC a ƙarƙashin Berrien ta shigar da ƙara a kan BMW saboda wariyar launin fata a wajen ɗaukar ma'aikata a wani cibiya a South Carolina .  A shekarar 2014, an maye gurbin Berrien a matsayin shugabar kwamitin da Jenny R. Yang  ta maye gurbinsa da Charlotte Burrows a matsayin memba na kwamitin. 

## Rayuwar mutum da gado
Berrien ta auri Peter M. Williams, mataimakin shugaban zartarwa na NAACP na shirye-shirye,  tsawon shekaru 28.  Ta mutu sakamakon cutar kansa a Baltimore a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 2015.  Shugabar NAACP LDF Sherrilyn Ifil, wata kawar Berrien ta kud da kud, ta girmama sadaukarwarta ga kare hakkin jama'a, tana mai cewa:"Akwai mutane kalilan da suka nuna ginshiƙan gwagwarmayar kare haƙƙin jama'a kamar yadda Jacqueline Berrien ta yi. Hazaka, sadaukarwa, da tawali'u da ta yi ƙoƙarin aiwatar da daidaiton aikin yi a ƙasarmu, haƙƙin zaɓe, da kuma damar samun dokokin ilimi ya kamata su zama abin koyi ga duk waɗanda ke yin wannan aikin". Bayan rasuwarta, Shugaba Obama ya fitar da wata sanarwa a bainar jama'a yana yabon rayuwar Berrien ta hanyar fafutuka, yana mai cewa "ta yi gwagwarmaya sosai kowace rana don tabbatar da cika alkawarin al'ummarmu na samun dama ga kowa da kowa".  A cewar jaridar *New York Daily News*, "daruruwan masu makoki sun cika Cocin Emmanuel Baptist na Brooklyn" don yin jana'izar Berrien, ciki har da Wakiliyar Yvette Clarke, kawarta ta kwaleji.  A shekarar 2021, kusan shekaru shida bayan rasuwarta, wani sashe na Titin Decatur da ke Brooklyn an sake sanya masa suna Jacqueline Berrien Way don girmama ta. 

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