Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Roosevelt Fellow Jenny Tolan 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 "True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made." — Franklin Roosevelt    maeva m silveira School: University of Michigan Member of: Center on the Environment Policy interests: Environment I am  a native Brazilian  with a major in  English at the University of Michigan.  I started taking  Urban Planning  classes this semester, and decided to work with the environment. I don't have many experiences working in this field but I  am here to acquire them.  I did camp in wild places in Brazil  and  always wanted  to do something to protect this places from human destruction.  I also have a project  that would  generate  jobs,  education, and  increase green areas in the city of Rio, Brazil.  My brother  is a n independent  film director and  faculty at Columbia College Chicago, and we are working together in a  film project  on how Greenpeace was created and  about the nuclear bombs  in Alaska.  I am really interested in joining this group  and I  would love to  do anything I can to help it out!   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