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married Nathaniel Phillips, jr.; children: 1, Nathaniel Ryan [III]
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attended Dertroit Public Schools; graduated from Renaissance High School, 1995; BA, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1999; JD, University of Michigan Law School 2004
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Upon graduating from the University of Michigan Law School, she worked for the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice where she was active in a lawsuit to force Detroit Public Schools to remediate an environmentally contaminated site. Tonya also assisted with legal support, working collaboratively with organizers, to obtain an Executive Order from Governor Granholm on Environmental Justice. She also worked with the Sugar Law team and the Detroit City Council to strengthen the investigatory and enforcement provisions of the Detroit Living Wage Ordinance. She served on the Justice Policy Initiatives Committee for the State Bar of Michigan, the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity-Detroit, the Wolverine Bar Association, the Coleman A. Young Foundation, the Institute for Population Health, and Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice.
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