{{short description|American author and public speaker|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} '''Piper Dellums''' is an American author and public speaker. She is the daughter of former U.S. Congressman and Oakland mayor Ron Dellums.
== Early life and education == Piper Dellums is the daughter of former U.S. Congressman and Oakland mayor Ron Dellums, and the sister of actor Erik Dellums.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Morgan |title=Ron Dellums, Antiwar Activist-Turned-Armed Services Chairman, Dead at 82 |url=https://rollcall.com/2018/07/30/ron-dellums-antiwar-activist-turned-armed-services-chairman-dead-at-82/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |work=Roll Call |date=July 30, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Vanessa |title=Actor Erik Todd Dellums stirs the black political pot with musings on President Obama |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/actor-erik-todd-dellums-stirs-the-black-political-pot-with-musings-on-president-obama/2011/10/11/gIQAjjp5kL_story.html |access-date=October 30, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 14, 2011}}</ref>
Dellums is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied psychology, biology, and theater. She also earned a graduate degree in drama therapy with an emphasis in biochemistry at New York University.<ref name="about" />
== Career == Dellums' story about a white South African girl coming to live with her family in the 1970s, titled "Simunye", was the basis for the Emmy Award-winning Disney movie ''The Color of Friendship'' (2000). The role of Dellums was played by Shadia Simmons.<ref name="legacy">{{cite news |last1=Greene |first1=Sydney |date=March 2, 2019 |title=The Woman Who Inspired the Disney Channel Original Movie The Color of Friendship Reflects on Its Legacy |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/features/color-of-friendship-piper-dellums-interview/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |work=TV Guide |language=en}}</ref>
== Other activities == Dellums travels throughout America speaking at conferences and workshops about her humanitarian work.<ref>{{cite press release |first=Lindsay |last=Vanderbilt |url=http://www.etcog.org/files/articles/5508-REACH%202015%20Press%20Release.pdf |title=Area Agency on Aging to host the 24th Annual REACH Conference in Longview |website=East Texas Council of Governments |date=September 25, 2015 |access-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408081008/http://www.etcog.org/files/articles/5508-REACH%202015%20Press%20Release.pdf |archive-date=April 8, 2016}}</ref>
== Personal life == Dellums has two daughters.<ref name="about">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.piperdellums.com/about |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=Piper Dellums |language=en-US}}</ref>
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