Erika L. Wood, Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government
Jule Hall, Program Assistant, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
In an executive order, Governor Andrew Cuomo restored voting rights to over 24,000 New Yorkers currently on parole. It's an important step forward for criminal justice reform, for voting rights, and for racial justice.
Javier Ciurlizza, Director, Andean Region
Protecting human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia—like Temistocles Machado, who was killed last month—remains an uphill battle.
Amy Brown, Senior Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government
Janna Bilski, Hedge Fund Investments
Universal free school lunch is a simple but radical idea. It removes stigma, improves children’s health and education, and helps low-income families make ends meet. Because it is one system, it also simplifies administrative processes, allowing schools, principals, and teachers to focus on teaching.
Darren Walker, President
Earlier this summer, the Ford Foundation launched an interactive tool called Your American Dream Score, which aims to help each of us examine the factors that have helped us succeed or held us back, and to start conversations about the role of inequality and opportunity in our lives.
Otto Saki, Program Officer, Southern Africa
Around the world, corporations are using Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) to silence environmental activists.
Darren Walker, President
Darren Walker reflects on four of his commencement speeches, addressing how around the world, democracy and democratic values are under siege, and our responsibilities to protect democracy.
Martín Abregú, Vice President, Democracy, Justice, and Free Expression
The Ford Foundation will continue to be a major funder in this field, supporting human rights actors and practices within all our efforts to overcome inequality.
Noha El-Mikawy, Director, Middle East and North Africa
The global refugee crisis poses a range of challenges to host countries but also economic and cultural opportunities. Policy solutions that ensure refugees’ dignity and help build their skills, talents, and assets will ensure that migrants can live full lives and contribute to their new communities.
Ivana Fertziger, Program Officer, Mexico and Central America
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Ximena Warnaars, Program Associate, Natural Resources and Climate Change
El Salvador's Congress voted to prohibit metallic mining, putting aside their differences to protect human health and the environment.
Keaton Allen-Gessesse, SERI litigation volunteer and Harvard Public Service Venture Fellow
Bringing the Truth Home tells the story of the 34 miners shot down in Marikana during their strike for a living wage in 2012, attempting to right the prevailing narrative.
Hannah Meropol, Tom Ford Fellow
The power of the Women’s March can't be sustained without people coming together to resist the sources not only of their own oppression but also of each other’s.
Wilneida Negrón, Technology Fellow, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
10 pressing tech issues that exist at the nexus of technology and social justice.
