Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  Towards A New New Deal Conference 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 "If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful." — Teddy Roosevelt    Stephen P Durham School: University of Tennessee- Chattanooga Member of: Chapter Fundraising Chapter Heads Core Chapters and Staff Reducing our dependence on foreign, harmful, and unsustainable energy Socioeconomic Diversity in Higher Education Southern Region Schools University of Tennessee- Chattanooga UTC Administration Building an America that Works for Working Families Contact info: Login Email:  stephen-durham(AT)utc.edu Policy interests: Criminal justice, Disaster preparedness, Energy, Environment, Human rights, Poverty and social justice The Roosevelt Instituiton (RI) is the very best avenue for students to be heard that believe they have solutions to public policy issues.  Along with the help of a few motivated students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) a progressive student organization was brought to Chattanooga, Tennessee.  My work with the RI has been as a Chapter Head, and later as the Southern Region Co-Chairperson, Alicia Raia being my counterpart.  I have enjoyed working with all the people I met at the RI, and the effort I invested in the RI has been most rewarding in seeing new chapters brought to colleges and universities all over the south.  I couldn't begin to name everyone but I especially am proud to have worked with Robert Nelb, Alicia Raia, Jesse Wolfson, and Warren "Smoot" Carter.  I graduated from UTC in May 2007, and plan to enter law school in August 2009.   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