The national organization No Labels has inspired more than 40 members of
Congress from both sides of the aisle to put country before party, reject political
extremism, and advance common sense bipartisan legislation.

Featured Speaker | Lisa Borders
No Labels co-founder, WNBA president, former Atlanta City Council president

In 2010, Lisa Borders helped found the organization No Labels as a way to channel frustration with Washington’s “business as usual” partisan politics into a productive effort to inspire goal-focused problem solving in DC.

When Lisa told award-winning R&B artist Akon about No Labels, he was so inspired that he stayed up all night to write a song that became the “No Labels Anthem.”

Lisa grew up in Atlanta in the 1960s, when segregation and the racial tension that accompanied it were deep rooted. Her grandfather, the Rev. William Borders, was an influential minister and a civil-rights pioneer who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As one of the first African-American students in an integrated school, Lisa experienced racial slurs and discrimination every day. That early adversity prompted her to work hard – to prove herself and succeed.

Today, Lisa is President of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), the longest running and most successful women’s professional sports league in the United States. Lisa was instrumental in bringing the WNBA to Atlanta in 2008, when she served as Vice Mayor of Atlanta and President of the City Council.  Formerly, Lisa was Chair of The Coca-Cola Foundation and Vice President of Global Community Affairs at The Coca-Cola Company, where she worked to integrate the company’s global community outreach and philanthropic efforts into its broader sustainability agenda.

Elizabeth Bustos // Racial Justice & Equity

Anne Wilson // Affordable Housing

Elizabeth Lopez // Immigration

Diane Takvorian // Environmental Justice & Sustainability

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