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April 08, 2015
Experts on South Carolina shooting, sexual assault, #147notjustanumber, Kansas, and poverty
This week we feature experts that can highlight the South Carolina police shooting of Walter Scott, the al-Shabaab attack on a university in Kenya, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Kansas limiting abortion methods, and poverty.
Expert Spotlight
Rinku Sen
Executive Director
Narrative Initiative
For interviews on South Carolina shooting and Walter L. Scott.
After a white South Carolina police office was charged with the first degree murder of Walter L. Scott, an unarmed black man, we FEATURE Rinku Sen. Sen is the President and Executive Director of Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation and the Publisher of the news site Colorlines. Under Sen's leadership, Race Forward has generated some of the most impactful racial justice successes. Sen is one of the leading voices in the racial justice movement, building upon the legacy of civil rights by transforming the way we talk about race, from something that is individual, intentional, and overt to something that is systematic, unconscious, and hidden. She has written two books and currently sits on the board of many organizations, such as Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity. She has been quoted and featured in the Huffington Post, The Nation, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Tavis Smiley Show,and the Diane Rehm Show.
Areas of Expertise:
Activism and advocacy, Immigration, Media and Entertainment, Race and ethnicity, Social justice
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Lauren C. Anderson
International Consultant, former FBI Executive
For interviews on #147notjustanumber and Kenya.
Following the al-Shabaab attack on a school in Garrissa, Twitter users have started using the hashtag #147notjustanumber to humanize the victims of the attack. To discuss the attack and the social media campaign that followed in the aftermath, we FEATURE Lauren C. Anderson, an internationally recognized national security and crisis management expert, and former FBI Executive. Anderson was one of the first women selected for an FBI SWAT team and the first woman to lead the FBI's office in the American Embassy in Paris, France, directing FBI engagements with 24 countries, 22 of which were in Africa. In addition, she directed all International Terrorism investigations of the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force, overseeing the disruption of significant terrorists plots, in the US, Africa, and Western Europe. Her media experience includes Fox News Live and the Washington Post.
Featured Expert
Rebecca Nagle
Writer and Organizer
Freelance Writer
For interviews on sexual assault awareness month.
April marks the beginning of sexual assault awareness month and to highlight this we FEATURE Rebecca Nagle. Rebecca is the founder and director of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture and one of the instigators of the Monument Quilt, a collection of thousands of stories from survivors of rape and abuse that calls on Americans to change their response to rape. Rebecca has also lectured about rape culture at universities, taught consent workshops, facilitated art therapy sessions with survivors, and consulted media outlets for new stories about rape culture. She has been featured by the Huffington Post, New York Daily New, New York Magazine, Jezebel and Bitch Media.
Featured Expert
Jessica Arons
Director, Policy & Government Affairs, Liberty Division
ACLU
For interviews on Kansas limiting abortion methods.
As Kansas becomes the first state to restrict the use of the most common technique used for second trimester abortion, we FEATURE Jessica Arons, the President and CEO of Reproductive Health Technologies Project (RHTP). Prior to joining RHTP, she served as the Director of the Women's Health and Rights program at the Center for American Progress. She currently serves on the advisory board for Law Students for Reproductive Justice, and she is a former board member of the D.C. Abortion Fund and the Virginia ACLU. Her media experiences include MSNBS, Fox News, NPR, Clear Channel radio, The Baltimore Sun, The Nation, Politico and Slate Magazine.
Featured Expert
Emma Coleman Jordan
Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law
For interviews on poverty.
A Maryland man, trying to keep his family warm after the power was cut off, and his seven children have been found dead in their home due to carbon monoxide poisoning. To discuss effects of heating cost on low income families, we FEATURE Emma Coleman Jordan. Jordan is a professor at Georgetown University Law and is best known for establishing the field of economic justice in legal theory and for her work in financial services and civil services and civil rights. She is the author of textbook, Economic Justice: Race, Gender, Identity and Economics. Professor Jordan is a regular commentator on economic justice issues and the financial service industry, having made appearances on PBS, News Hour, NPR, Diane Rehm, and the Bill Moyer Show CSPAN.
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