Meet Chlo'e I. EDWARDS

Chlo'e Edwards is the CEO of Chlo'e Edwards Consulting, Inc. with a mission to enact social and systems change through education, engagement, and empowerment. She brings a variety of perspectives to igniting change as a racial equity facilitator, creative writer, performance poet, public speaker, advocate, activist, and policy analyst. 

Chlo'e currently serves as a Policy Analyst at Voices for Virginia’s Children and leads policy and advocacy work in domains related to public health, trauma-informed care, equity, and social justice. Additionally, she serves as a community partner in residence for the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond, volunteers as the president of Black Lives Matter 804 and Boss Folx Vibes, and serves as a board member for I'M JUST ME Movement and Performing Statistics. 

In 2020, Chlo'e founded Virginia’s first Racial Truth & Reconciliation Week, which was recognized by Governor Ralph Northam. Now, the initiative has evolved into a campaign that empowers the voices and experiences of marginalized communities in acknowledgement of truth to promote healing, reconciliation, and justice. In implementation, Chlo'e shapes the campaign’s policy priorities and provides support to the coalition. During the 2021 General Assembly Session, Chlo'e helped lead efforts to successfully recognize racism as a public health crisis in Virginia, making the state the first in the south.

In 2021, she was recognized by The Valentine as a Richmond History Maker for the social justice category,  received the Virginia Association for the Education of Young Children Media Award, and was honored by the YWCA Outstanding Women Leadership Award for Human Relations and Faith in Action. In 2020, she was named on Style Weekly’s top 40 Under 40 and RVA Mic Share's top 34 Black women trailblazers. She also received the Outstanding Service Award from Connecting Hearts in 2018 and  was named Radio One Richmond’s top 30 Under 30 in 2017.

Chlo'e holds a Master's of Public Policy in Leadership from Liberty University and a Bachelor's from Hollins University. She also completed the Minority Research and Law Institute Program at Southern University in 2013,  the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Emerging Leaders program in 2019, and the Virginia Progressive Leadership Project Project in 2021.