Diversity in swimming has always been an issue. In the United States, the overwhelming majority of swimmers are white. According to a 2019 Swimming Membership Demographics report, only 0.8% of their 327,337 swimmers were Black men, and 0.6% Black women. Although...
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Rutgers Fulbright Student Advocates for Educational Equity
Adriana Scanteianu, who is pursuing a MPP degree a has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to teach English and coordinate social justice activities with a nonprofit group in Spain.
Diversity, equity and inclusion in the academy and in the country
Higher education, like all society, is at a crossroads with the issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion but is philosophically is ahead of its time.
Advocate and mentor: Patti O’Brien-Richardson helps Black and Brown students succeed
The Cooperman College Scholars initiative identifies talented students in Essex County, N and provides last-dollar scholarships, mentoring, and support systems to promote college completion.
Advocate and Educator: From the CROWN Act to the Classroom
A discussion of the connection between hair discrimination and racial discrimination with Associate Teaching Professor Patti O’Brien-Richardson
Bike-Share Still Has a Race Problem
Charles Brown, a transportation expert at Rutgers University, says that one reason the programs have struggled to reach minorities is that minority groups have different traditions, languages and cultures but seem to be treated as one large entity by bike-share...
Roshard Williams MPP ’18
Roshard Williams, a second year MPP student at the Bloustein School, has been selected as a 2017 APPAM Equity & Inclusion Student Fellowship Recipient. Roshard is an alumnus of the University of South Florida, where he graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's...
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