financial counselor in Roxbury, Massachusetts where she researched how low-income individuals and families interact with state and federal income support services, and how perverse incentives in the welfare system affect Black residents’ physical, mental and financial health. Haleigh Hoskins, Fellowship Class of 2021, Office of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: A Chicago resident, Hoskins is an equity-focused professional who focuses on economic development and criminal justice reform. Hoskins previously worked in municipal government, focusing her efforts on the intersectionality of race and healthcare and on community outreach to
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Dennis Johnson, Fellowship Class of 2020, Office of Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman: Johnson is a Chicago native and a career pathway specialist who focuses on community and student development. He is one of the founders of the Black Youth Project and member of The Peace Exchange: Chicago-Asia. His work has been centered around student development issues regarding systemic and structural oppression toward minority youth and education policy. Jared Lewis, Fellowship Class of 2020, Office of Rep. Barbara Lee: A Chicago native, Lewis works at the intersection of economic development, small business, public policy and social enterprise. He is formerly a Global Program Manager for Airbnb Policy Communications, and he currently RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE serves on the board for the Social Enterprise Alliance, the largest
July 15, 2021 in the United States supporting social enterprise organization organizations. Lewis is the first Congressman John R. Lewis Social Justice CONTACT Fellow forSoutherland Science and Technology and is working with the CBC on a Dr. Erica legislative portfolio centering on technology and innovation. 202.263.2 12 media@cbcfinc.org Airenakhue B. Omoragbon, Fellowship Class of 2021, Office of Rep. Robin Kelly: Omoragbon is a social worker and policy practitioner from Brooklyn, New York, whose work sits at the intersection of policy research, advocacy, CBCF Marks First Anniversary of the and the amplification of minoritized women’s leadership. Most recently, National Racial Equity Initiative for at the she served as the Human Trafficking Research and Policy Fellow United States Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Social Justice Fellowship Program
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Initiati e honors thewellness late Congressman John R. Lewis psychological, and social needs of survivors of human trafficking in efforts to improve U.S. maternal Black healthCaucus outcomes. Washington – The Congressional Foundation’s (CBCF’s) National Initiative for of Social program JasmineRacial Payne,Equity Fellowship Class 2021,Justice Office (NREI) of Rep.fellowship Nikema Williams: this month marking one and yearan of advancing social justice and racial Payne is anisAtlanta native advocate and servant leader whose equity and welcoming four new Congressmanpoverty John R. and Lewisidentifying Social Justice and work focuses on combating intergenerational Policy Fellows. uprooting hurdles that prohibit socioeconomic mobility, such as housing, education and nutrition. Her of advocacy experience across local, CBCF launched NREI in June 2020 in response to extends the protests of police
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positions, such as CARE, Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Fulton field for minorities. NREI’sthe mission is to combat systemic injustice and
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Massachusetts State House of Representatives. economic development opportunities for the Black community. In July
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2020,welcome the fellowship was renamed honor the late Congressman “We these program new fellows and believeto their diverse backgrounds in John R.and Lewis, a leader theinstrumental U.S. Congress the fight for racial equity. policy research willinbe in and shaping the policies Black
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The John R. need Lewisto Social Justice Fellowship is designed to give young Black Americans thrive,” said CBCF NREI Director Olajumoke Obayanju. leaders opportunity to work Congress, andand fellows are the placed withof “We are the excited to continue the in work of the NREI uphold legacy
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members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) for 12 months. Congressman Lewis this year and beyond.”
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which has grown to include sevenBlack fellows over the Fellowship program,to justice scholarships students attending Historically Colleges and past year,” said CBCFand President and racial CEO Tonya “Congressman Universities (HBCUs), advances equityVeasey. and human rights in Lewis dedicated his life to fighting for social justice. We can think of no research, data, analysis and public policy related to criminal justice reform. better way to honor the anniversary of his passing than by continuing his To learn more about the fellows and NREI, visit cbcfinc.org/nrei. work and empowering the next generation of leaders. We welcome this new class of fellows, who embody Congressman Lewis’ passion and commitment to the greater good.”
About the CBCF The Congressman John R. Lewis Social Justice Fellows are:
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated (CBCF), Eliazar Chacha, Fellowship Class of 2021, Office of Rep. Kweisi Mfume: established in 1976, is a non-partisan, nonprofit, public policy, research and Chacha is an Oakland native, attorney and former CBCF Emerging Leaders educational institute, committed to advancing the global Black community intern who has substantial experience working on criminal justice reform, by developing leaders, informing policy and educating the public. election law, and civil rights issues. Chacha’s research focuses on how
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democratizing police departments can improve officer interactions with Download the NREI Fact Sheet members of the Black community. Chacha’s work has received honors and recognition from the D.C. Bar, the American Bar Association and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.
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Stay Sianayconnected Chase Clifford, Fellowship Class of 2020, Office of Rep. Ayanna for CBCF Updates! Pressley: A Burlington, Vermont native, Clifford is a macro social worker
whose work focuses on how racism is embedded into the policies of public and private institutions, and how those institutions can transition from causing harm to reducing harm and eradicating the causes of harm, specifically racism and anti-Blackness. Most recently, she worked as a financial counselor in Roxbury, Massachusetts where she researched how low-income individuals and families interact with state and federal income support services, and how perverse incentives in the welfare system affect Black residents’ physical, mental and financial health. Haleigh Hoskins, Fellowship Class of 2021, Office of Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: A Chicago resident, Hoskins is an equity-focused professional who focuses
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on economic development and criminal justice reform. Hoskins previously worked in municipal government, focusing her efforts on the intersectionality of race and healthcare and on community outreach to underserved areas. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, her research supported a citywide mask distribution effort to assist Black and Brown
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