LIVES WRONGFULLY INTERRUPTED

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Hon. Nancy C. Francis was an activist for civil rights and civil liberties throughout her adult life and practiced law for 16 years primarily representing low and moderate income citizens through a unique, locally funded, comprehensive legal services program. Judge Francis also served as a volunteer in the United States Peace Corps in Peru. She was the first African-American in the Washtenaw County judiciary. Judge Francis serves on the Juvenile Rules Committee of the Michigan Judicial Conference and is a member of the Board of Michigan Children's Charter and the Michigan Committee on the Over-Representation of Minority Youth in Confinement. For a number of years she was on the National Judicial Advisory Council of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy. She is a member of the Juvenile and Family Court Judges' Network of the Black Community Crusade for Children, the Association of Black Judges of Michigan, the National Lawyers Guild and is a fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation. Judge Francis is the recipient of a number of awards including the Sojourner Truth national Meritorious Service Award from the National Association of Negro and Professional Women and Medal for Excellence in Bi-Lingual Literacy through the South American Literacy Society. She is the vice chairperson of the Family Services Collaborative, which is the county's multipurpose body, a member of the board of directors of Aquademics and of Huron Valley Ambulance, Inc., and a Friend of the Ann Arbor District Library.

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