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2024 Winter Change Agent Academy – Financial Security Research Cohort

Financial Security The poor don’t want some small life. They want to contribute, and they want to thrive. But poverty reduces people born for better things. Matthew Desmond, Author Our Mission Financial instability has always been a pressing issue for individuals who live below the poverty line, particularly those from underrepresented communities, such as racial…

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2023 Summer Financial Security Research Cohort

Financial Security The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. Franklin D. Roosevelt Our Mission Throughout history, financial insecurity has plagued those members of our society living below the poverty line, especially…

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2023 Summer Health Equity Research Cohort

Health Equity Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhumane. Martin Luther King, Jr. Our Mission This research cohort was assembled to explore the economic, social, legal, and political impediments preventing all Americans from achieving health equity and access to care.  By examining the profit-centered nature of the…

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2022 Summer Climate Justice Research Cohort

Climate Justice Young people are the game-changers climate advocates have been waiting for, and their actions, methods, and idealism are models for all. Dr. Michael Mann, The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet Our Mission The Teen Think Tank Project’s Change Agent Academy assembled a team of teen research associates in June 2022…

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