Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Welcome BREDL Summer 2020 interns!

 

We will be blogging individual articles from The League Line, our quarterly newsletter

Index to this and other issues: http://bredl.org/theleagueline/index.htm


Hi! My name is Addyson Rowe. I grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and am now entering my senior year at Duke University. I have always had a passion for the environment and social justice, so I decided to focus my undergrad studies on environmental justice! I'm also studying education and Spanish alongside this. I'm hoping to pursue a career in environmental law so I can hold the government and companies accountable for their mistreatment of marginalized communities. I love spreading awareness for these issues through art, music, and educational curriculum, and I am excited for the opportunity to work on it in a new way with BREDL this summer!





Originally from Chapel Hill, NC, Anne Crabill is a rising junior at Duke University majoring in public policy. Outside of her coursework, Anne is an Alice M. Baldwin scholar and plays defense for the varsity lacrosse team. Anne is a lifelong North Carolinian and honored to work with BREDL to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 in environmental justice communities.





Gabrielle James
was born and raised in Pembroke, NC. In 2019, she received her B.A. in Political Science and American Indian and Indigenous Studies with a minor in Social and Economic Justice. Gabrielle is a double Tarheel, currently entering her second year of law school at the University of North Carolina School of law. Gabrielle is a member of the Broun National Trial Team, the Pro-Bono Board, and a Dean’s Fellow. Gabrielle has always dreamed of attending law school and looks forward to one day using her J.D. as a tool for social change.  Gabrielle is currently working with BREDL and at the Law Offices of F. Bryan Brice, Jr. as a summer clerk aiding in our work against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Gabrielle is also serving as the Community Legal Project coordinator at the Compass Center for Women and Families.  In her free time, Gabrielle enjoys baking for her friends and family and spending time with her rescued cat, Hamilton.




George Jones 3rd
is from Augusta, GA and is attending Paine College.  He recently completed his undergrad as a history major at Paine College. His future endeavors involve furthering his education to obtain a Master of Arts in Education as he begins his teaching career in August, 2020. His interests involve learning the relationship between the aboriginal people and the European colonizers and how their relationship shapes today’s society. In 2019, he worked as a BREDL intern with The Reverend Charles Utley to bring community awareness to the problem of heired property and how it is being “stolen” by major companies. His focus during the 2020 BREDL internship with his advisor The Reverend Charles Utley is getting the community and youth involved in Zero Waste and bringing awareness about recycling. His hobbies involve working with youth, sports, and spending time with family.




As a master’s student at Duke University, Nandagopal Suresh is currently pursuing his graduate studies in Engineering Management from the Pratt School of Engineering. Hailing from the tranquil and naturistic southern state of Kerala, part of the world’s second most populous country – India, with a population of over a billion people, Nandagopal is an international student who comes with a wealth of experience both professionally and personally. As a data analyst, he is currently studying the impacts of fine particulate matter – 2.5 on the health of people in the states that come under BREDL’s service area. Working in a grass roots organization like BREDL to help create value and draw insights aligns perfectly well with his career goals and aspirations.  An ardent humanitarian, an avid sports fan, a technology enthusiast and a nature-lover at heart, he believes in the principle of loving, giving and serving. He hopes to make this world a better place to live. 


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