Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Picture from a photo essay on "A Day Without Immigrants" march in Los Angeles, May 1st, 2006. Taken by Nick Bradley of Otis. Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country." — Franklin Roosevelt    Laurie Anne Hughes Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: To prevent spam, please enter the first letter of the recipient's email and the first letter of the recipient's name in the box below (for example, if the name is "John Doe" and the email is "bigjohn@johndoe.com", you would enter "jb"): School: American University Member of: Center on Economic & Social Policy Making Democracy Work Contact info: Contact Email:  hughes_laurie(AT)yahoo.com Cellphone:  202-320-1493 Policy interests: Labor and workers' rights, Religion, Voting rights Laurie Anne Hughes (2002) has moved back to the Fort Worth,Texas area and is planning on attending grad school at Southern Methodist University. Recently Miss Hughes was honored by the Democratic National Committee as a Young Women of Political Leadership at the 12th annual Women's Leadership Forum in Washington D.C. and also by EMILY's List as a Rising Star in politics today. Miss Hughes also was invited to join the nation's first student think tank,The Roosevelt Institution. She is also working on her first book on Democratic Politics and The United Methodist Social Principles. While at American University (2004) Miss Hughes founded the Democratic Women of American University and was active in College Democrats of America and The United Methodist Church. While at Weatherford College Miss Hughes was President of the WC Historical Society, an active member of the Wesley Foundation and Campus Life Editor of the Oak Leaf Yearbook.She was also the first winner of the Jim Wright Scholarship for political science . She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and was a Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges and on the National Dean's List.   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359