The Roosevelt Institution

Amanda R Hillman

School: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Member of:
Reducing our dependence on foreign, harmful, and unsustainable energy
Midwestern Schools
Rebuilding the Criminal Justice System
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Global Policy & Politics

Contact info:

Contact Email:

amanda.hillman(AT)gmail.com

Policy interests: Energy, Environment, Fair and clean politics, Government reform, Healthcare, International development, International security, Political strategy, Public administration and management, Social policy, Sustainability

As senior at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, I'm looking forward to graduating with degrees in Political Science and Global Studies, with a focus on the Middle East and nation building.  I'm a restless soul who spent two years at American University in DC, and numerous months in the Middle East, absorbing culture, history, and the chaos that is characterisitic to both.

I believe in the potential of creative, engaging, progressive minds. I believe that words are nothing without action. I believe that we have only a short time to be passionate.

I've seen incredible grassroots politicking and feel strongly about the possibilities of people power and ideas backed with determination and follow-up. I've seen extraordinary people accomplish impossible goals and I know that we can't settle for less than our best.

As a current student of the Constitution and the Presidency, I care deeply about the ideals, values, and hopes of our Founders. I believe in statesmanship and the possibilities of a world in which great nations embrace their responsibilities, potential and each other.

I'm excited to be a part of Roosevelt and look forward to all that the Minnesota chapter can accomplish.

A few good websites to check out regarding awareness and action in response to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. *This is a side project I work on and is not affiliated with Roosevelt Institution.

1. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Committee on Conscience
http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/
2. The USHMM project with Google Earth to map the genocide
http://www.ushmm.org/googleearth/
3. Save Darfur: a website with GREAT resources, backgrounders, and links
http://www.savedarfur.org/content
4.  Genocide intervention
http://www.genocideintervention.net/index.php
5. Darfur Action, a coalition of national and international groups organizing to reconize that "never again means never again."
http://darfuraction.org/