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Nia Tomalin
Nia Tomalin, a double major in history and human rights, is a member of the Barnard College of Columbia University Class of 2026. Guided by a deep commitment to women’s rights, education, racial equality, and environmental justice, Ms. Tomalin’s academic focus primarily centers on the thematic concentration of War, Conflict, and Revolution. She advocates for…
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Ka Hsaw Wa
I’ve been doing this for eleven years. Most of the time I coordinate fieldwork, collect information, conduct fact-finding missions, and train my staff to do the same, specifically in the pipeline area of the U.S. oil company Unocal. We currently have a lawsuit pending against Unocal. The crux of the case is that a U.S.…
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Carnegie-Knight News21
Tags Share The full list of honorees for the 2024 RFK Journalism Awards can be found below. High School Journalism The Hidden Homeless Naperville Central High School Nathan Yuan College Journalism and Grand Prize America After Roe Carnegie-Knight News21 Housed at Arizona State University, in partnership with University of Oregon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Florida International University,…
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Blair LM Kelley
Tags Share The 2024 Book Award winner was “Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class” by acclaimed historian Blair LM Kelley. Spanning two hundred years, “Black Folk” highlights the lives of the laundresses, Pullman porters, domestic maids, and postal workers who established the Black working class as a force in the late nineteenth and early…
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Chung Koo-do
Chung Koo-do, Chairman of the No Gun Ri Peace Foundation, has devoted his life to revealing the truth about the No Gun Ri Incident and advocating for human rights for over 30 years. Eunyong Chung, Chairman Chung’s father, lost his 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter at No Gun Ri in late July of 1950. Seonyong…
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Catherine Cooper
As the Asia Staff Attorney, Catherine coordinates the work of the International Advocacy and Litigation Team to promote accountability and expand civic space in Southeast and South Asia. Catherine previously served as an international legal advisor with Justice Base in Yangon, Myanmar, where she worked closely with a Rohingya advocacy organization and supported initiatives to…
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Ashley Pullen
Ashley Pullen is the Head of Investor Relations and oversees the Business and Human Rights (BHR) team. Together, they work with a network of 300 investors who collectively manage $7 trillion in assets globally, as well as impact-oriented companies, to embed human rights and social justice considerations into their business practices and investment strategies. Ashley…
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Medha Raman
Medha Raman is the Dale and James J. Pinto Fellow on the U.S. Advocacy and Litigation Team. She earned her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a Public Interest Fellow, Managing Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Law and Modern Critical Race Perspectives, and Co-President of the South Asian Law Students…
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Bassel Jamali
Bassel Jamali is the Dale and James J. Pinto Fellow with the International Advocacy and Litigation program. He graduated from Georgetown University with a J.D. and a Master of Arts in Arab Studies. During his dual-degree program, Bassel worked at several human rights and non-profit organizations, including the American Bar Association’s Center for Human Rights…
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Tarina Ahuja
Tarina Ahuja holds a B.A. in Social Studies from Harvard College where she graduated Summa cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa while studying social movements, policy, and law. She received the highest honors for her undergraduate thesis “What Do You Care: The Politics of Empathy in U.S. Social Movements and Out-group Activism.” As a lifelong…
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Susan Clark Livingston
Susan Livingston is a member of the Board of Directors of RFK Human Rights. During her 42 years in global financial services, she became one of the first female partners of America’s oldest and largest private bank: Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH”), founded in 1818. Livingston was primarily responsible for the global expansion of…
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