Black History - American Achievers

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Sheila Adams Gardner is a family law attorney, mediator and coparenting coach in Washington, DC. Having grown up in a cooperative two home family, Sheila is passionate about helping coparents make conscious decisions to protect and provide for their children into adulthood. Sheila wrote Two Houses, One Family, and Made of Love to celebrate successful coparenting families and end the lingering stigma associated with coparenting. Sheila believes that EVERY child should have books that represent all types of loving families. It is particularly important for children in coparenting families to see beautiful representations of themselves (and their wise parents), and feel proud. Relying on current research on children and divorce, Sheila's work supports the fact that parental conflict harms children, not divorce. Sheila strives to create a community of loving coparenting families who also know that a family is still a family when the parents do not live together. For coparenting resources and to learn more about Cooperative Strategies Family Law, visit the website, www.thecooperativestrategy.com. Sheila wrote, My Granny Fought for Freedom to honor and preserve the legacy of her mother, Juanita Adams, a Civil Rights activist in the City of Milwaukee. The Fight Like a Black Girl, and Brilliant Black Man series is a project near and dear to Sheila’s heart. In her free time, Sheila is a genealogist and historian. She partnered with her cousin, artist and educator Vanessa Jones of Annie Jane Art, to create a fun way for all people to discover largely unknown Black Americans who’s achievements have had an impact on the world.