Special Representative for Racial Equity and JusticeUnited States Department of State
As the U.S. State Department’s first-ever Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice, Desirée [dez-ee-RAY] Cormier [cor-me-YAY] Smith works to ensure U.S. foreign policy, programs, and processes advance the human rights of members of marginalized racial, ethnic, and Indigenous communities, including people of African descent. The Special Representative is honored to build global partnerships to combat systemic racism, discrimination, and xenophobia around the world – not because the United States has solved these challenges, but because these are global scourges that require coordinated and sustained global solutions.