Academic Notorieties 

 

• April 2021: Rethinking DC and the Black Student Union were accompanied by D.C.’s Chief Deputy Attorney General, Jason Downs, to lead a GW community-wide discussion on policing and the role of Attorney Generals.

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• April 2021: Rethinking D.C. Youth and Policing was recognized as a research program at the forefront of socio-cultural research at the GW Research Days. 

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• August 2021: Rethinking D.C. was recognized as a program with exemplary research on Washington, DC with the Julian Clement Chase Prize Honorable Mention

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• November 2021: Rethinking D.C. researchers Kylie Foster (‘23) and Ale D’Agostino(‘22) served as panelist for GW’s 7th Annual Diversity Summit “The Audacity of Hope, The Power in Community” 

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• November 2021: The Black Student Union and Rethinking DC collaborated with the GWPD force and Chief Tate to host its first ever town-hall meeting on building relationships with people of color in the community

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• December 2021: Rethinking D.C. partners with MPD to launch the first ever Youth Summit with DC area youth and police to determine next steps in the reform process. 

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• April 2022: Rethinking DC collaborated with Dr. Maranda Ward’s community-engaged scholarship course, Foundations of Health Equity - serving as one of the class’s community partners alongside to enhance the scholars’ articulation and analysis for community outreach, media narrative, and policy analysis. 

 

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