Charkera Ervin

Charkera Ervin is a former Student Attorney at the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center. Charkera helped coordinate the Black Audit Project during the Spring of 2023. She is a recent graduate of Howard University Law School and served as the 3L Class President for the c/o 2023. Charkera was in the Fall 21’ and 22’cohort of the Movement Lawyering Committee, writing the indictment and participating in the “We Still Charge Genocide” tribunal and presenting research on Black Pittsburgh at “Acknowledging Black America in the Discussion for Sustainable Development Goals” United Nations side event in Geneva, Switzerland. She has also interned with the Federal Election Commission, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, and ACLU-WV.

With a Bachelor of Science in Teacher Education, she has taught general education and deaf education in public schools. Charkera has worked as an activist and organizer in West Virginia. She lobbied the West Virginia and federal legislature for passage of the CROWN Act and successfully organized passages of similar ordinances in 5 municipalities. Charkera has also worked as Field Organizer to the West Virginia Democratic Party and campaign aid to several congressional campaigns.