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Daniel Kanstroom

Daniel Kanstroom

Professor, Boston College Law School
Director, International Human Rights Program
Thomas F. Carney Distinguished Scholar

Daniel Kanstroom is Professor of Law, Thomas F. Carney Distinguished Scholar, Director of the International Human Rights Program, and an Associate...

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Keish Kim

Ph.D. Student, American Studies, Harvard University
DACA Seminar Organizer
DACA Seminar Student Advisory Group

New Latthivongskorn

MPH candidate, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and MD candidate, University of California, San Francisco
Co-founder, Pre-Health Dreamers
DACA Seminar Student Advisory Group
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Robin McDowell

DACA Seminar Organizer
Ph.D. Student, African & African American Studies, Harvard University

Robin McDowell is a doctoral student in African and African American Studies, with a primary field in History. Her research is informed by ongoing work in...

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Patricia Montes

Patricia Montes

Executive Director, Centro Presente

Patricia Montes is the Executive Director of Centro Presente, an immigrant rights organization in Massachusetts. Patricia is a recognized immigrant rights...

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Mae Ngai

Mae Ngai

Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History, Columbia University
Mae M. Ngai, Professor of History and Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies, is a U.S. legal and political historian interested in questions of... Read more about Mae Ngai
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Arturo O'Farrill

Six-time Grammy Award-winning pianist, composer, and educator
Founder and Artistic Director, Afro Latin Jazz Alliance

A veteran figure of the Afro-Cuban jazz movement, Arturo O'Farrill was born in Cuba and grew up in New York City. The son of big-band leader Chico O'...

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Luis Ortega

Luis Ortega

Founder and Director, Storytellers for Change

Luis Ortega is a TEDx Speaker, social impact consultant, undocumented entrepreneur, and the founder and director of Storytellers for Change. 

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Jin Park

Senior, Harvard College Class of 2018
Founder, HigherDreams
DACA Seminar Student Advisory Group

Jin Park is a Harvard College senior studying biology and ethnicity, migration and rights. During his freshman year, he founded HigherDreams, a 501(c)3...

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julio perez

Julio Perez

Organizer, Comité TPS Massachusetts
Custodian, Harvard University
Organizer, Harvard TPS Coalition
Julio Perez, who has been a custodian with FMO since 2012, originally arrived in the United States from El Salvador in 1994. He considers his job at Harvard... Read more about Julio Perez
Joy Reid

Joy-Ann Reid

Political Analyst at MSNBC and host of “AM Joy”

Joy-Ann Reid is a political analyst for MSNBC and host of “AM Joy,” which airs Saturdays and Sundays from 10 A.M. ET to noon ET. She is also the author of...

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Doris Reina-Landaverde

Shop Steward, 32BJ SEIU
Custodian, Harvard University
Organizer, Harvard TPS Coalition
Doris arrived in the United States in December, 2000. She started working at Harvard in 2006 as a custodian, working hard as a single mom to provide for her... Read more about Doris Reina-Landaverde
mayra rivera

Mayra Rivera Rivera

Professor of Religion and Latina/o Studies and Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

Mayra Rivera is a scholar of religion who focuses on the ethical dimensions of Christian thought, including how religion informs contemporary conceptions...

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