Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  FDR Distinguished Public Service Award in Washington DC, April 9th, 2008. Photos by Nick Bradley. 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 "Prepare your representatives... In a democracy not only government is responsible but people are responsible for what happens." — Eleanor Roosevelt    Ben Fong School: Stanford University Member of: Center on International Development Policy interests: Diversity, race, and opportunity, International development Benjamin Fong is co-director of the Center on International Development. A junior at Stanford University majoring in International Relations with a minor in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Benjamin is interested in educational attainment for less advantaged groups and the ramnifications of having an ethnically divided society. In addition to working for the U.S. Department of Labor, Benjamin has worked for Teach For America and Peking University in China. Benjamin has accumulated various accolades for his service to the community, including the Best Buy Community Service Scholarship, the Coca-Cola Scholarship, and the Haas Center Public Service Leadership Fellowship. Benjamin has travelled extensively and has studied abroad in Taipei, Taiwan, and Oxford, United Kingdom. A Woodrow Wilson Pickering Fellow, Benjamin will work for the U.S. Foreign Service after graduating from a master's program.   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