Roosevelt Review Fall 2018 Letter from the Senior Policy Chairman Dear reader, It has been an exciting semester here at the Cornell University Chapter of the Roosevelt Institute, and I am proud to present the twelfth issue of the Cornell University Roosevelt Review. At Cornell Roosevelt, we celebrate diverse perspectives and seek to inspire a wide range of ideas. Our Policy Analysts come from different countries, political backgrounds, and colleges across Cornell. Each week, we discuss any topic from sustainable infrastructure to to gun policy. While we are not all experts in every policy field, our meetings are incredible learning opportunities because analysts across centers share with one another their niche knowledge. We are further able to bolster this learning through conversations with guest speakers, panel discussions in collaboration with other organizations at Cornell, and advocacy events that support and realize analysts’ policy interests. Cornell Roosevelt does not only seek to inspire innovative change internally; we recognize our presence within Cornell and Ithaca-at-large and make every effort to engage with our community. This past semester, we focused our efforts on local housing issues. We held an affordable housing panel during which we heard from the Cornell Off-Campus Housing Director, a representative of a local non-profit that tackles affordable housing, and the founder and president of a non-profit that helps homeless members of the Ithaca community find housing. As a result of this panel, we are taking action through a “Know Your Rights” information dissemination campaign to encourage Cornell students and Ithaca community members to learn about their rights as tenants. I am also very proud to announce that we are expanding our global presence. This semester, Cornell Roosevelt Institute was recognized as one of the leading student policy think-tanks when we were asked to be a founding member of the Global Student Policy Alliance, the only existing international student think-tank coalition. Through GSPA, Cornell Roosevelt joins universities across the world such as the University of Cambridge, Kings’ College, and the University of Chicago to build bridges, broaden our network of field experts by increasing connections with professors and students, and develop creative and far-reaching policy. We are excited to see where this opportunity will take us. This publication comes as a result of a semester of dedicated learning, rigorous research, and diligent editing by our Policy Analysts and Center Directors. I hope you enjoy reading the final product as much as much as we enjoyed putting it together. Liel Sterling Senior Policy Chairman, 2019 1 Roosevelt Review Fall 2018 2018, 2019 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS Stephannie Chen ‘19 , President (2018), Strategic Adviser (2019) Stephannie is a senior in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, minoring in Economics and Business. Prior to serving as President, Stephannie was a policy analyst in the Education policy center and served as Programming Director and interim Senior Policy Chairman. Outside of Roosevelt, she conducts research on teacher attraction in public schools and volunteers with a first grade class at Fall Creek Elementary School. She plans on attending law school after graduation. Emmy Chen ‘20 , Senior Policy Chairman (2018), President (2019) Emmy Chen is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Government and minoring in Inequality Studies, Public Policy, and Information Science. Her main areas of interest are human and civil rights, specifically in studying gender-based violence and discrimination, as well as how social institutions and processes exacerbate inequities in outcome. She is pursuing a career in human rights law and public policy after graduation. Emmy has previously conducted research on childhood sexual assault disclosure and the rape-kit testing backlog. She has also led double project research teams analyzing the US think tank and policy landscape with the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program. At Cornell, she is also a board member of the university’s chapter of the Phi Alpha Delta pre-law organization, a Cayuga's Watcher, and a member of Consent Ed. Liel Sterling ‘21, Advocacy Director (2018), Senior Policy Chairman (2019) Liel is a sophomore in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations. Apart from serving as the Roosevelt Institute’s Advocacy Director, Liel is a Cornell Meinig Family National Scholar, the Co-President of the Cornell chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Vice President of Philanthropy for Kappa Alpha Pi Pre-Law Fraternity. Liel loves her home-state of NJ and has interned for three NJ Politicians including NJ State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, US Congressman Bill Pascrell Jr., and US Senator Cory A. Booker. Giancarlo Valdetaro ‘21 , Director of Internal Relations (2018), Director of External Relations (2019) Giancarlo is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Government and History, and planning to minor in Public Policy, Inequality Studies, and Law and Society. He joined the Roosevelt Institute last semester, in which time he was not only able to help organize Cornell’s March for Our Lives, but also organize CRI’s Gun Policy Forum. Outside of Roosevelt Institute, he researches 19th century civil rights with Professor Bateman in the Government department, and is a member of the Cornell Political Union and the Cornell Symphonic Orchestra. This past summer he worked on two different congressional campaigns in his home district, VA-10, and is looking forward to election results this November, and the beginning of the discussions about 2020. Samara Jacobson ‘20 , Communications Director (2018), Director of Internal Relations (2019) Samara is a junior majoring in Industrial and Labor Relations with minors in Information Science and Business. Outside of Roosevelt, Samara is an editor at Ezra’s Archives and House Manager of her social sorority. She also conducts research on the use of mediation and arbitration to resolve workplace conflict. Last summer, Samara studied abroad in Beijing, China to gain a special knowledge of Chinese labor issues. Nikhil Dhingra ‘20, Programming Director (2018) Nikhil is a junior in the ILR School. He is a member of the Rawlings Presidential Scholars program, using grant money to conduct research on sanctuary city policies with Professor Shannon Gleeson within ILR. Outside of the classroom, Nikhil serves as the Committee Co-Chair for the Community Service Committee within ILR Student Government, writes for the Cornell Business Review, and is an active brother of Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fraternity. In his free time, Nikhil enjoys reading and playing basketball. 2 Roosevelt Review Fall 2018 Daniel Bromberg ‘20, New Analyst Director (2018) Daniel Bromberg is a junior in the ILR School with a minor in Russian. Daniel is interested in labor policy, with emphasis on the changing rights of workers to organize and collectively bargain, and in policy governing LGBTQIA+ rights in the workplace. On campus, Daniel is involved as a Worker Institute Fellow. This summer he will intern in the NYC Office of Collective Bargaining. Matthew D’Ambrosio ‘20, Communications Director (2019) Matt D'Ambrosio is a member of the CALS class of 2020 and is majoring in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences. He has a particular interest in wildlife and conservation. He will pursue a career environmental governance or environmental journalism after graduating. Along with the Roosevelt Institute, Matt writes for the campus humor magazine The Cornell Lunatic where he is the incoming Executive-Editor. He is also involved with Cornell Political Union and works in the Sparks Stable Isotope Lab in Corson-Mudd. This past January he travelled to the Dominican Republic where he participated in a field research project, and he plans to return home to Long Island this summer. Bennett Sherr ‘21, Advocacy Director (2019) Bennett Sherr is a transfer sophomore in the College of Industrial and Labor Relations and is pursuing an additional minor in LGBT Studies. He joined the Roosevelt institute in the fall of 2018. Aside from the Cornell University Roosevelt Institute, Bennett is an active member of the Cornell University American Civil Liberties Union, Phi Alpha Delta (Cornell’s largest pre-law fraternity), and is a member of Cornell’s Varsity Table Tennis Team. Away from Cornell, Bennett resides in Princeton, NJ. Both on campus and off, Bennett is extremely active in social justice and advocacy. He is currently a member of the Trevor Projects Youth Ambassador Council and was the 2015 winner of the VSA Youth Playwright Discovery Award (a national playwriting competition run out of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC). His play Mutant Boy was performed on the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Samantha Lustig ‘21, New Analyst Director (2019) Samantha Lustig is a sophomore in the ILR school from New York City. She is pursuing minors in Spanish and Information Science. Some of her policy interests include criminal justice, voting rights, and the intersection of disability and employment. In addition to her involvement in the Roosevelt Institute, she is the chair of the Cornell Student Assembly's City and Local Affairs Committee, a member of the Cornell ACLU Chapter, and a practicing 2nd degree black belt in taekwondo. Samanthahas previously interned with Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and New York City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal. She will be spending the upcoming summer working on policy research in Zambia. Samantha hopes to pursue a career in law in the future. 3 Roosevelt Review Fall 2018 Domestic Policy (Domestic Policy Proposal to be included in the following volume of Roosevelt Review) Director: Samantha Lustig Analysts: Lindsey Dahms-Nolan, Jackson Ross-Pilkington, Stella Linardi, David Leynov, Shraddha Harshvardhan Samantha Lustig ‘21 Director of the Center for Domestic Policy Samantha Lustig is a sophomore in the ILR school from New York City. She is pursuing minors in Spanish and Information Science.