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UWM Alum Kimberley Motley Fights for Human Rights in Afghanistan

Jon Strelecki
Tom Luljak and Kimberley Motley

With more than 175,000 alumni from more than 80 countries, the impact of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is seen throughout the world.

On this edition of UWM Today, meet one UWM graduate who is committed to human and civil rights in one of the most troubled countries on our planet – Afghanistan.

Kimberley Motley graduated from UWM with a bachelors and masters degree in Criminal Justice. She went on to get her law degree from Marquette University and then served as a public defender here in Milwaukee before working for the State Department in Afghanistan.

Recently Motley was back in Milwaukee to receive the UWM Alumni Association’s 2016 Community Service Award. She joins us in the studio today to tell us about her fascinating journey.

Tom Luljak hosted UWM Today on WUWM for more than two decades and is the inaugural host of Curious Campus.