![]() ![]() The family thanks you in advance for your love and prayers. "Our lives are forever changed and we will miss her for a lifetime. "She was known to many as a legal commentator on television but to us she was a devoted daughter, sister, aunt, niece and cousin. "It is with a profoundly heavy heart and the deepest sadness that we announce the untimely passing of our beloved Midwin Charles," their statement read. ![]() News of Midwin's passing was first made public by her family via Twitter and Instagram. CNN and MSNBC legal analyst Midwin Charles passed away at the age of 47 on Tuesday, April 6, and many has since turned to social media to express their heartbreak over the shocking loss. We will miss you, and we will see you on the other side.The world of cable networks have lost one of their prominent personalities. “Thank you for 25 years of friendship, Midwin. So she left us first,” Magda Theodate chimed. “And if I could say one thing to her now, I would tell her, Ou fe w kokennchenn travay. “What the world has lost is a joyful spirit– someone who held her dreams at the forefront, but always pushed through with joy,” Romain said. “It was the best thing I could think to do to honor her,” Carmen said. Michael Barbosa and Elisabeth Carmen announce scholarships established Midwin’s honorĬollege friends Elizabeth Apisson Carmen and Michael Barbosa, in her memory, started The Midwin Charles American University Washington College of Law Scholarship and the Syracuse University “Our Time Has Come” Midwin Charles Endowed Scholarship, both for aspiring BIPOC students in need. Those two words do not encapsulate how grateful my family is to everyone for everything you have done.” Midwin’s sister, Mitzie Charles, took a moment at the microphone to address the attendees: “Midwin would be so proud to know that even after she was gone, you’ve come together like this, because she was always ride-or-die for her friends and her family. “She was a beautiful person, a joy, who represented herself as a Haitian-American with pride and dignity.” And although she was a busy law student, she loved Disney movies, and so always found time to take Ngozi on regular dates to watch tons of movies together,” Romain said. I did not get a chance to tell her I love her.”Īnother friend, Regine Romain of Flatbush, said she appreciated Midwin’s ability to connect with children: “I met Midwin when she was in Law School at American University, and she took a liking to my daughter, Ngozi they became fast friends. And she was so involved in her Haitian community and Brooklyn community… I did not get a chance to say goodbye, and that hurts the most. The world has lost a brilliant legal mind and someone who could speak to anyone. “That was someone you knew was on a path to greatness. “She was brilliant and had aspirations,” Richards said. Because she was a light, and she just took over a room– and without trying to do so.” And it wasn’t just what was coming out of her mouth it was her presence. “She would walk in a room, and everybody looked at her everybody listened to her. “Midwin was a storm, but a bright storm,” said Robyn King-Richards who attended law school with Charles. Mitzie Charles, sister of Midwin Charles, thanks guests at a cocktail reception in Midwin’s honor And so that meant for all of us, not going out to dinner not going out to the bars we were corporate attorneys bringing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to work, and Midwin was taking care of her mom.” “We were young people making $150,000, but we had to work 18-hour days. ![]() Barker, who was a member of the Five-Year Club. “The golden handcuffs were real,” said Angela Barker of Teaneck, NJ. So, in 2016, Charles, along with 20 other women formed the “Five-Year Club,” in which all of the members raised a challenge to realize their entrepreneurial dreams within 5 years: At the cocktail reception and memorial for Midwin Charles.She wanted to start her own firm, one that would champion social justice causes, and she also had dreams of becoming a legal analyst and journalist. She then went on to earn a Juris Doctor degree at the American University Washington College of Law.įollowing law school, Charles began her work as a defense attorney but felt hampered, unfulfilled and quickly decided to change course. She was a bright student who studied abroad in Zimbabwe before graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University. Magda Theodate welcomes guests to a cocktail reception for Midwin CharlesĬharles was born on July 17, 1973, in Brooklyn, New York. ![]()
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