Shilpi Agarwal is the Legal Director at the ACLU of Northern California. A seasoned civil-rights attorney, Agarwal began her career as a clerk in the Southern District of Texas and United States Court of Appeals, before working in complex civil litig...
Brandon Robinson is the Campaign and Policy Director of the Stop Torture RI Coalition (STRI), a statewide alliance of community organizers, formerly incarcerated people and their loved ones, direct service providers, students, and advocates united in...
A former member of Brown’s class of 2027, Alex Shieh became the center of intense debate on campus after launching Bloat@Brown, a DOGE-inspired website that rated Brown staff to identify administrative bloat. Alex began the project amid an effort t...
Gayle Goldin is a Democratic State Senator in Rhode Island. Goldin has represented District 3 of Rhode Island since she was elected in 2013, an area that includes the East Side and Fox Point communities in Providence. Goldin currently serves as the V...
Gayle Goldin is a Democratic State Senator in Rhode Island. Goldin has represented District 3 of Rhode Island since she was elected in 2013, an area that includes the East Side and Fox Point communities in Providence. Goldin currently serves as the V...
Dr. Rosemarie Martin is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at the Brown University School of Public Health. In addition, she is also the part of Governor Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force...
Dr. Rosemarie Martin is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at the Brown University School of Public Health. In addition, she is also the part of Governor Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force...
Kenneth Wong is is the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair for Education Policy, a Professor of International and Public Affairs, and a Professor of Political Science at Brown University. His research focuses on the politics of education, urban scho...
Kenneth Wong is is the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair for Education Policy, a Professor of International and Public Affairs, and a Professor of Political Science at Brown University. His research focuses on the politics of education, urban scho...
Council Member Kevin Reich has represented Ward 1 of Minneapolis, Minnesota since he was first elected in 2009. In December 2018, the Minneapolis City Council submitted to the Metropolitan Council a first draft of Minneapolis 2040, a comprehensive zo...
Council Member Kevin Reich has represented Ward 1 of Minneapolis, Minnesota since he was first elected in 2009. In December 2018, the Minneapolis City Council submitted to the Metropolitan Council a first draft of Minneapolis 2040, a comprehensive zo...
Cathy Doyle is the Executive Director of Year Up, Rhode Island, a non-profit aimed at closing the opportunity divide by providing students with the skills and support necessary to reach their potential through careers and higher education. How...
Cathy Doyle is the Executive Director of Year Up, Rhode Island, a non-profit aimed at closing the opportunity divide by providing students with the skills and support necessary to reach their potential through careers and higher education. How...
Mark Mullen was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1989 and later went on to be a Sloan fellow at London Business School. He has founded several non-profits, including GeoCapital, Orbeliani, and Radarami, in the Republic ...
Mark Mullen was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1989 and later went on to be a Sloan fellow at London Business School. He has founded several non-profits, including GeoCapital, Orbeliani, and Radarami, in the Republic ...
Peter Moscowitz is an author and journalist from New York City. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, VICE, Slate, and Al Jazeera America. In addition, he is the author of How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight...
Peter Moscowitz is an author and journalist from New York City. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, VICE, Slate, and Al Jazeera America. In addition, he is the author of How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight...
Professor Douglas Massey is a professor at Princeton University and has been a faculty member at both University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the president of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences and has...
Professor Douglas Massey is a professor at Princeton University and has been a faculty member at both University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the president of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences and has...
Dr. Eric Knost, superintendent of the Rockwood School District in St. Louis County, MO, has spent more than 30 years in public education. These roles include that of teacher, principal, and currently, superintendent. During the 2017-2018 school year,...
Dr. Eric Knost, superintendent of the Rockwood School District in St. Louis County, MO, has spent more than 30 years in public education. These roles include that of teacher, principal, and currently, superintendent. During the 2017-2018 school year,...
Peter Asen has been the Director of Strategy and Development for Providence’s Housing Authority since January of 2018. Mr. Asen received his B.A. from Brown University in Africana Studies & Ethics/Political Philosophy in 2004 and then went on t...
Peter Asen has been the Director of Strategy and Development for Providence’s Housing Authority since January of 2018. Mr. Asen received his B.A. from Brown University in Africana Studies & Ethics/Political Philosophy in 2004 and then went on t...
Debbie Veney works as Director of Communications for NewSchools, a nonprofit venture philanthropy that invests in innovative education models with the goal of “reimagining learning,” particularly for underserved communities. NewSchools has a wide...
Debbie Veney works as Director of Communications for NewSchools, a nonprofit venture philanthropy that invests in innovative education models with the goal of “reimagining learning,” particularly for underserved communities. NewSchools has a wide...
BPR: What was your journey to Brown like, and what was your education like before becoming incarcerated? AI: I was always a really good student, but I grew up in distressed areas where people were generally low-income. In those environments, there’...
BPR: What was your journey to Brown like, and what was your education like before becoming incarcerated? AI: I was always a really good student, but I grew up in distressed areas where people were generally low-income. In those environments, there’...