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Jaya Ramji-Nogales
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016
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Hope was such a beautiful human being. Always gracious, always kind, and often funny, her accomplishments were tremendous despite the obstacles she faced. Perhaps the most inspiring aspect of Hope's grace was her constant work to make the world friendlier to the visually impaired, and to support others (who she'd barely met!) who were visually impaired to overcome the obstacles in the world around them and achieve their full potential, just as Hope did. We will miss her tremendously.
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Brenda K
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Sunday, December 11, 2016
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It is hard to find words. Professor Lewis was such an inspirational thinker, teacher, community builder, and mentor. The wonderful work that she did developing Global Law at NUSL was among the things that brought me there. Even in the little time that I got to know her as a student and working as her research assistant, she challenged me to be creative and collaborative in the pursuit of social justice. Always cheerful and optimistic, Professor Lewis had a way of making the difficult seem possible. I miss her. My condolences to her family and friends.
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Jeff Lipman
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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Hey Hope's Family + Friends: Jeff Lipman here, NUSL '03. Thank you* for always making the time for an alumnus who was trying to get something going a decade ago (three years post graduation). You are an inextricable part of the amalgam of my life and the organization you encouraged me to start on International Human Rights Day 12.10.06. Love, Jeff (*as well, John Flym, Martha Davis, James Hackney, Dan Danielsen, Brooke Baker, Peter Enrich, Margaret Woo and Gerald Slater)
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Sari Long
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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Professor Lewis, I will miss you and your brilliance and your compassion and your humor. You taught me so much, as a student, as your research assistant, and as a friend. You continue to inspire me in so many ways, but mostly, you inspire me to work harder, to be better, and to care more deeply. You are irreplaceable! Love to all who loved you. I hope we all honor you and your commitment to human rights and justice every day in our own work.
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Bert Lockwood
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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I am saddened to learn of Hope's passing. We will miss her passionate advocacy. Her commitment and tenacity were inspirational. I am sanguine that her voice will be continued to be heard in the numerous students she inspired. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.
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Jonathan Todres
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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Hope was the quintessential human rights scholar/advocate. Beyond her many remarkable accomplishments, her kindness and respect for the dignity in every individual touched so many lives. She was both an inspiration to me and a friend. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.
- Jonathan Todres
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jean mcguire
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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Hope was smart, hard-working tenacious, and brought a mix of humility and imagination to some of the most intractable global and domestic challenges. Her exasperation with those who would adhere to the status quo was matched by a generosity in her efforts to educate and transform. On top of all that she was fun and funny, even as she struggled with lifelong health issues. What a woman - gone too young! jean mcguire
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From:
jean mcguire
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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Hope was smart, hard-working tenacious, and brought a mix of humility and imagination to some of the most intractable global and domestic challenges. Her exasperation with those who would hue to the status quo was matched by a generosity in her efforts to educate and transform. On top of all that she was fun and funny, even as she struggled with lifelong health issues. What a woman - gone too young! jean mcguire
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From:
Mayumi Grigsby
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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For me, losing her makes the world a little emptier. I am still heartbroken and it somehow doesn’t feel real. I take solace in the fact that there are so many of us in the Prof. Hope Lewis fan club, who will continue to live her words and at least try to be a part of a movement for global justice. - Mayumi Grigsby
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Eloisa Rodriguez-Dod
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
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I am truly sorry to hear about Hope's passing. I met Hope when we were both on the AALS Minority Groups Section Executive Committee. She was amazing. Even though Hope was ill during that time, she continued to do the work and refused to give up. I so admired her perseverance and positive attitude. I last saw Hope early last year when she received the Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award. I'm so glad I was there to commemorate her in life and see her beautiful smile one last time. My deepest condolences to her family and friends. Hope, although I know you are in a peaceful place, you will be missed by all. Eloisa
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Quaime Lee
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
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While I did not have the opportunity to get to know Professor Lewis while I was a student, I had the privilege of meeting, working with and knowing her when I returned to Northeastern Law some years later as a member of the staff. I served in the Global Law Committee that she chaired and she was a kind, generous leader and facilitator who valued all voices with equal import, living out in her work and interactions the same respect for human dignity that came through in her professional work. Northeastern has lost a remarkable force, voice, and intellect in its community. My life was made better from having known her. Deepest condolences to her family and loves.
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Tracey Kerr
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
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I'm incredibly sad to hear about the passing of Hope Lewis who was a passionate human rights advocate and an important mentor in my life. I was lucky enough to be hired by her as a research assistant in law school and helped research the early stages of human rights and the global economy. That opportunity was the beginning of my path in changing focus in wanting to work for domestic civil rights to moving to human rights in a global and intersectional way.
She was also extremely warm and encouraging and gave great advice. I remember one conversation we had where we were talking about activism and she asked me if I had ever been arrested at a protest. I hadn't. She said that would make it much simpler to go through the bar character process. She then told me this story about how she had gotten arrested at a protest against apartheid at the South African embassy between the time she took the bar exam and when they did the character assessment. Because she had been arrested she had to go in front of a character board to see if she was fit to practice law. I remember she said that just told them, incredulous at being called in front of them "I was arrested at a protest.... in front of the South African embassy." Apparently they were smart enough to quickly resolve the matter. I remember her advice was not to stop protesting or risk arrest but simply "wait until you get into the bar first."
Professor Lewis, you will be missed.
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From:
Sarah Deibler
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
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Professor Lewis was a wonderful teacher; incredibly knowledgeable, and exceptionally kind. The way she so warmly welcomed international students and encouraged us in her human rights class was inspiring. My sincere condolences go to her family and friends.
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From:
Kyle C
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
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I am so very sad to see the passing of one of the most inspiring colleagues I ever met. If you knew Hope, had her in class, worked or served on a committee with her, you know she was one of the BEST people you will likely have encountered. Brilliant, compassionate, kind, generous - with a spirit to change the world. Truly, she wanted to make the world a better place! And she told me once to dream big (and helped me enormously in my early career). Hope, I will miss your smile, your laugh, your brilliance, your counsel, and your spirit...
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From:
Florence Roisman
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Thursday, December 8, 2016
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I am very sorry to learn of Hope's death. This is a grievous loss indeed. I, too, send sincere condolences to her family and friends.
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From:
Benjamin Davis
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016
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Hope worked so hard on our shadow report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. So brilliant and so kind. My sincerest condolences to her family and friends. Love, Ben
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From:
Aziza Ahmed
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016
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Written by Margaret Woo
L. Hope Lewis passed away on December 6, 2016 after a long and courageous battle with illness. Beloved daughter, treasured friend to many, champion of the poor and disadvantaged around the globe.
Born on May 14, 1962, Professor Lewis was a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Harvard College, and Harvard Law School. She joined the Northeastern University School of Law faculty in 1992. A passionate champion of the poor and disadvantaged, Hope focused her teaching and scholarly work on human rights and economic rights in the global economy. She was a founder of the law school’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy and served as the faculty director of the law school’s Global Legal Studies.
An internationally recognized legal scholar and commentator on human rights, she authored numerous articles and co-authored the seminal textbook Human Rights & the Global Marketplace: Economic, Social, and Cultural Dimensions (Brill, 2005). Professor Lewis was a co-drafter and compiler of the "Boston Principles on the Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights of Non-citizens," a project of the law school’s Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy. She was a founding co-chair of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) International Disability Rights Interest Group and served on the ASIL executive council between 2010 and 2013. She served on the board of governors of the Society of American Law Teachers and the executive committee of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Minority Groups.
The Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) honored Professor Lewis in 2015 with the Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award. She was the 2014 Kate Stoneman Visiting Professor of Law and Democracy at Albany Law School. Professor Lewis was a 2008 Sheila Biddle Fellow (Ford Foundation) of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African & African-American Research at Harvard University.
Apart from her scholarship and activism, Professor Lewis was well known for her commitment to her teaching and to her students. In recognition of her extensive work in mentoring students and colleagues, she was awarded the 2001 Haywood Burns/Shanara Gilbert Award at the Northeast Regional People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference and the 2012 American Bar Association’s Mayre Rasmussen Award for Mentorship of Women in International Law. Legally blind, she was also a recipient of the 2011 Thomas J. Carroll Award from the Carroll Center for the Blind and the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
Survived by her mother, Blossom Stephenson, and her father, Stuart Lewis, Professor Lewis will be deeply missed by all of us who knew and loved her.
Funeral services will be held at Bethel AME Church, 38 Walk Hill Street, Boston, MA 02130 on Thursday, December 15. Viewing at 10 AM and service is to commence at 11 AM. Contributions can be made to Partners in Health: http://www.pih.org/.
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Henry Tran
12/15/2016 at 9:17 AM
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Henry Tran
Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 9:17 AM
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Thank you for your faith in me, Professor Lewis. We miss you. Rest in peace!
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Kristin Madison
12/11/2016 at 5:28 PM
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Kristin Madison
Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 5:28 PM
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I did not spend as many years with Hope as many of my colleagues, so I don't have many memories to share. But I will say that with a single e-mail, written during a time that she did not come into the law school, she conveyed such positive energy, warmth, and conviction that she helped me moved forward. She was truly extraordinary, and I know that she will be missed by many.
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Gautam Jagannath
12/10/2016 at 12:49 AM
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Gautam Jagannath
Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 12:49 AM
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One of the most phenomenal professors, it was truly an honor to be her research assistant and to read her fabulous textbook.
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Susan Yanow
12/9/2016 at 10:20 AM
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Susan Yanow
Friday, December 9, 2016 at 10:20 AM
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I served with Hope on the Board of the ACLU of Massachusetts, where her wisdom and clear vision shaped so much of my thinking. The inspiration she leaves will always be a treasure.
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Shalanda Baker
12/8/2016 at 1:30 PM
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Shalanda Baker
Thursday, December 8, 2016 at 1:30 PM
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I had my first conversation about law teaching with Hope Lewis. She inspired me to teach and speak truth to power. I light this candle in your memory.
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Vasuki Nesiah
12/7/2016 at 9:41 PM
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Aziza Ahmed
12/7/2016 at 8:30 PM
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Aziza Ahmed
Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 8:30 PM
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A terrible loss for the Northeastern community and beyond. We will miss you Hope.
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Never Gone
12/7/2016 at 7:43 PM
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