Policy Academy Placement: The office of Karim Camara, New York State assemblyman for the 43rd District (Brooklyn) (Placed through the People for the American Way's Young Elected Officials' Network) Research Area: tktktktktk
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Kelsey Jones University of Georgia, class of 2010
Policy Academy Placement: Progressive Policy Institute Research Area: Foreign aid and education in the Islamic world Kelsey Jones is a sophomore at the University of Georgia. A Foundation Fellow and member of the Honors Program, Kelsey is pursuing both a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and a Master's degree in Public Administration. As a member of the UGA chapter of the Roosevelt Institution she is focusing on public health policy. She is the co-administrative chair of the University of Georgia's Open Policy Symposium, a group that interacts monthly with both liberal and conservative think tanks on pressing matters of public policy. She is a Concordia Fellow and has served on the Student Selection Committee for the Delta Prize for Global Understanding. She also mentors a five-year-old girl and is a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. She has consistently been on the Dean's List and has been able to study around the world in such locations as New Zealand and Australia. This spring she will help lead Public Issues Forums through the Roosevelt Institution in order to discuss and address the needs of Athens-Clarke County.
Tanya Li Cornell University, class of 2009
Policy Academy Placement: The office of Rebekah Gewirtz, Councilwoman in Somerville, MA (Placed through the People for the American Way's Young Elected Officials' Network) Research Area: tktktktktk
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Laura Noboa Hunter College, class of 2010
Policy Academy Placement: Center for Social Inclusion Research Area: tktktktk
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Graham Rengert Cornell University, class of 2009
Policy Academy Placement: Center for Social Inclusion Research Area: Structural inequality and education policy in New Orleans
At CornellUniversity, Graham Rengert studies the politics of oppression and social justice movements with particular focus on the struggles of Black America and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community.Outside the classroom, he works as a part of the movement to end the oppression and injustice of the prison industrial complex.He takes part in programming with inmates in nearby facilities, is an editor for an online prison magazine (S.C.O.P.E.), and has established a partnership between Cornell students and local parolees through the Community JusticeCenter.Within the CornellUniversity chapter of the Roosevelt Institution, he is involved with both the equal justice challenge and the public awareness group.He is a Resident Advisor and a member of Chosen Generation Gospel Choir.He grew up in Philadelphia, and has studied in Peru and worked abroad in China and Malawi.
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