TaWanda H. Stallworth

ADI Program Manager

Carlisle

Email ths5226@psu.edu
Phone 717-240-5289

Education

MDiv

Biography

A native to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Stallworth has been actively involved in many racial justice projects throughout the region, including serving as the Criminal Justice Co-chair for the Lancaster NAACP, serving on the Board of Directors for both the Lancaster and Carlisle YWCAs, and leading the effort to rededicate Lincoln Cemetery (Memorial Park). She previously served as a Board Member for the LGBT Center of Central Pennsylvania and as Co-Chair for the Truth & Reconciliation Commission for the Borough of Carlisle. She presently serves on the Board of Directors for Leadership Harrisburg Area

Much of Stallworth’s work has been inspired by the legacy of her great-grandmother, Fleta Jordan, who worked as a domestic in Carlisle.

“My great-grandmother worked as a domestic for a family less than two blocks from where Dickinson Law sits. Domestic by day and fierce advocate by night,” Stallworth said, referring to Jordan’s petitioning of the court in 1972 to preserve the ground at Lincoln Cemetery.

Stallworth is a lifelong member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which she credits for her deep-rooted commitment to justice and equity for all people.