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Jackie Weatherspoon was born Jacquelyne K. Weatherspoon. She is a human rights, civil rights, women's rights activist, advisor, mediator, educator, author, and a public speaker. She has worked in Bosnia-Herzegova for the (OSCE) as a mediator. She was a State Representative for New Hampshire. She is a member of the United States of America's Civil Rights Commission State Advisory Committee. She has policy field work experience in post conflict countries in Eastern Europe and Africa. Weatherspoon is the founder and CEO of Decisions In Democracy International. The DDI gives training for people seeking to run for public office.

Early Life
Weatherspoon was born and raised in New York City.

Career
Weatherspoon served for six years in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. She worked for the United States, State Department during the Bill Clinton Administration. She was part of three US Delegations with First Lady Hillary Clinton serving, the "Northern Initiative, in Iceland, Estonia and Lithuania. In 1995 she participated in the Bejing Conference representing UNA/USA. As a State Representative for New Hampshire Weatherspoon was a key sponsor of the bill to abolish Capital punishment in New Hampshire. She is the Northern New England Coordinator for US Women Connect. Which is a U.S. White House Initiative to track the progress of Women and Girls every five years in accordance with the National Platform for Action protocols since, 1995.  She has served as a technical advisor for Club de Madrid. Which is a women's political participation and Women and Peace and Peace and Security for the Greater Horn of Africa. She is known for her first piece of legislation that put CEDAW Resolution into law, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

Since 2004, Weatherspoon has been on the UN Secretariat's roster of electoral experts in the electoral assistance division.

She is a member of the Harvard Law School Mediation Program and works as a mediator in the Massachusetts court system. In 2013, she was appointed to the New Hampshire State Advisory Committee of the US Commission on Civil Rights. She works as a mediator for the Massachusetts court system.

Weatherspoon is a mentor with the Step UP Women's Network.

She is the co-author of "Influential & Phenomenal Women of New Hampshire", along with Abraham Thompson.

United Nations Experience
She has worked with various United Nations Development Program agencies such as; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Women, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO, United Nations Population Fund UNFPA.

Affiliations

 * United Nations Secretariat, to the Electoral Assistance Division Member (EAD) NY, since 2007
 * United Nations Roster of Women Experts, in the Political Participation Section, NY., since 2014
 * Since 2007 - United Nations Secretariat, to the Electoral Assistance Division Member (EAD) NY
 * Member of New Hampshire & National Democratic Party
 * State Advisory Committee of New Hampshire and served as a Minority Whip
 * Mediator, Member of the US Civil Rights Commission State Advisory Committee
 * Member of the Harvard Law School Mediation Program and works as a mediator in the Massachusetts court system
 * Luminary Circle Member, and also a mentor with the Step UP Women's Network.
 * New Hampshire Advisory Committee at US Commission on Civil Rights
 * Member Executive Committee - NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York

Quotes
“It’s about collaboration. There is no way you can tell the people of the world you have the answers for them,” Jackie Weatherspoon