2022 Legislative Review

This legislative session was definitely one to remember. With teacher pay, income tax elimination, and the historic funding provided by ARPA all at the center of the work our legislators faced. Listen as our host Tevin Brown discusses this legislative session with two state legislators and Kyra Roby, One Voice Policy analyst. 

 

Guest Bios

Otis Anthony, MS House of Representatives 31st District

Representative Otis is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Inc and Cutting Edge gentlemen's club. In the House, Rep. Anthony serves as vice chair of the Youth and Family Affairs Committee. He also serves on the Agriculture, Banking and Financial Serves, Corrections, Transportation, and Workforce Development committees. He was born on July 12, 1979, in Indianola MS and married to the former Porchia Caldwell.

 

Kyra Roby, One Voice Policy Analyst

Kyra Roby, Esq. is a native of Madison, Mississippi. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi Croft Institute for International Studies, and she holds a law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law. Kyra is currently a Policy Analyst at One Voice. She is a member of Word of Life Church in Flowood, Mississippi, and she is a devoted mother to her son, Jaxson Roby.

 

Zakiya Summers, MS House of Representatives 68th District

Representative Summers is affiliated with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., MS Sickle Cell Foundation-Vice chair, Jayne Ave. Neighborhood Assn-secretary, NAACP, ACLU, Women For Progress, Federation of Dem. Women, S.T.A.N.D., UMMC Community Advisory Board, Jackson Association of Black Journalist, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community leadership Network Fellow. Representative Summers was born January 14, in Houston, Texas. She is married to Andra Harlee.