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Community-Based Policymaking: Effecting Policy Change Through Lawyer-Leadership, Davis Polk Leadership Initiative
Community-Based Policymaking: Effecting Policy Change Through Lawyer-Leadership, Davis Polk Leadership Initiative
Davis Polk Leadership Initiative
Two years out of law school and equipped with Columbia Law School’s Lowenstein Fellowship,which supported her pursuit of a public interest career, Gabriella Barbosa (CC ’08, CLS ’13) began working as a Policy Director at Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in District 5.Upon joining, Gabriella and her supervisor formed a parent engagement committee of parentrepresentatives, grassroots organizations, and district leaders to identify and address concernsabout the schools in District 5 through systemic policy reform.
During an early meeting of the Committee, participants from one of the grassrootsorganizations in attendance, Parent Organization Network (PON), raised the issue of DisruptivePerson Letters …