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As Director of Policy and Strategy, Leah Obias brings to Race Forward over 15 years of organizing, policy, and movement building experience in youth, immigrant, and low-wage worker spaces.
Leah spent a decade as campaign coordinator for Damayan Migrant Workers Association, building immigrant worker power to combat wage theft, labor trafficking and employment fraud of migrant guest workers. Prior to joining Race Forward, Leah helped to create New York City’s new Office of Labor Policy and Standards, the country’s largest city-level labor rights enforcement body, where Leah’s focus was to build relationships with worker centers and unions in high-risk industries, and ensure accountability and transparency to stakeholders.
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Eng. Lupakisyo holder Msc in water resources engineering.Assistant lecturer mbeya university of science and technology. Research area are sedimentation studies, water resources management, highway and building materials, hydrology and sanitation
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I am co-founder of the Third Generation Project, a Scottish think tank based at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, dedicated to responding to the human rights implications posed by climate change and advancing human rights to apply to communities as well as individuals. I have conducted research across the East and Horn of Africa (Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Somaliland, Ethiopia) on land rights, forced displacement and migration, and cultural degradation. I have also done work documenting Indigenous peoples' responses to systematic and targeted state violence (land grabbing, environmental destruction, child abduction, cultural genocide) in North Dakota, Louisiana, and Maine. I have received funding from the British Academy, National Geographic Society, Global Challenges Research Fund, Aegis Trust, and Russell Trust.
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I am a lecturer in the School of Sociology & Social Policy at the University of Leeds, and programme leader for the MA in Social and Public Policy in the school. My research interests include citizen participation; communities; consultations; resilience; emergencies and disasters; futures; planning and preparation.
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I am a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. My work examines the political activism and engagement of forced migrants, particularly asylum seekers and refugees in Europe, and the ways in which these individuals seek to exert their agency in the politics of their protection. I also investigate border- and immigration-related activism, civil disobedience, and human rights claiming.
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Javier Argomaniz is a senior lecturer at the University of Saint Andrews Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), where he has published widely on the subject of state, non-state and civilian responses to political violence. He has co-directed EU-funded projects on the needs of victims of terrorism and the role of victims in the prevention of conflict. His research has focused on international cooperation against terrorism and, more specifically, how the European Union has responded to transnational threats. He has also published on the social consequences of political violence, the relationship between victimhood and radicalisation and the social and political framing of victims of terrorism. His current work is on the role of civilian actors in preventing violence in conflict settings.
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Mary Dodd is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of St Andrews. As a political theorist, she evaluates modes of democratic participation - particularly in constitutional debates - in periods of political upheaval. Beyond her research work, she is interested in the inclusive teaching of Politics and International Relations, and in gendered participation in Higher Education.
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Gillian has been with CSTPV since 2002 and is the CSTPV Administrative Manager and Convener of the MLitt in Terrorism and Political Violence.
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I currently work for Sport Australia as Assistant Director (Acting) for Physical Literacy Leadership. Previously I have been a teacher of physical education, and have worked in PETE as the program leader for Coach and Physical Education (the University of St Mark and St John, UK), and as Head of Education (at the Australian College of Physical Education).
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Eddie is a partner at Vantage Venture. He helps SaaS founders to accelerate the growth of early-stage ventures with strategic capital and partnerships.