Peter Edelman is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches constitutional law and poverty law and is Faculty Director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality.
Peter has also served in all three branches of government. During President Clinton's first term, he was Counsellor to HHS Secretary Donna Shalala and Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation. He has held numerous legislative positions, including serving as a Legislative Assistant to Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He was a Law Clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and worked in the U.S. Department of Justice as Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General John Douglas.
Author of several books, his most recent is titled "Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of America". He is the author of many articles on poverty, constitutional law, and issues pertaining to children and youth. His article in the Atlantic Monthly, titled "The Worst Thing Bill Clinton Has Done," received the Harry Chapin Media Award. Peter has chaired and served as a Board Member of many organizations and foundations and is currently Chair of the District of Columbia Access to Justice Commission and the National Center for Youth Law. Formerly, he was Board Chair of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the Public Welfare Foundation, Board President Emeritus of the New Israel Fund, and a board member of the Center for Law and Social Policy, the Center for American Progress Action Fund and a half dozen other nonprofit organizations.
He has been a United States-Japan Leadership Program Fellow, was the J. Skelly Wright Memorial Fellow at Yale Law School and has received numerous honors and awards for his work.
Donna Shalala was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) where she served for eight years, becoming the longest serving HHS Secretary in U.S. history. A lifelong Democratic she has fought to improve the lives of others.
Clinton Administration
Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation
Washington, DC, USA
Bill Clinton, a Democrat, was inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States in 1993.
Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General John Douglas
Washington, DC, USA
The U.S. Department of Justice, also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law & administration of justice in the United States.
The DC Access to Justice Commission seeks to increase significantly the resources for civil legal services, reduce barriers that prevent equal access to justice by low and moderate income residents, advocate for increased pro bono work by local attorneys & improve planning and coordination of legal services delivery.
The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) is a non-profit law firm that helps low-income children achieve their potential, by transforming the public agencies that serve them.
Center for Law and Social Policy, CLASP, is a national non-partisan anti-poverty non-profit, advancing policy solutions for low income people. They develop practical and visionary strategies for reducing poverty, addressing barriers faced by people of color and promoting economic opportunity.
The purpose of the U.S.-Japan Leadership Program (USJLP) is to develop a network of communication, friendship & understanding among the next generation of leaders in each country. The relationship between two of the world’s most powerful democracies and economies has become so complex and broad-ranging , that it is beyond the ability of governments or specialists to manage.
Yale Law School is one of the world’s premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence & educational intimacy in a world renowned faculty, with small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training and strong encouragement of public service.
Public Welfare Foundation has adapted to meet the challenges of changing times through its mission to advance justice and opportunity for people in need.
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, founded in 1968, is led by human rights activist and lawyer Kerry Kennedy and advocates for a more just and peaceful world. Working alongside local activists to ensure lasting positive change in governments and corporations, the RFK team includes leading attorneys, advocates, entrepreneurs and writers united by a commitment to social justice.
The Center for American Progress Action Fund is an independent, non-partisan policy institute and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of all Americans, through bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action.
Winner of a special Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. Former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert writes, “If there is one essential book on the great tragedy of poverty and inequality in America, this is it.”
Peter Edelman's book explains that if the nation’s gross national income of over $14 trillion were divided evenly across the entire U.S. population, every household could call itself middle class. Yet the income-level disparity in this country is now wider than at any point since the Great Depression.
This book discusses why the United States is home to up to 3 million youth age 16 through 24 who are out of school and out of work. Much has been written on disadvantaged youth and government policy has gone through many incarnations, yet questions remain unanswered. Why are so many young people “disconnected,” and what can public policy do about it?
Peter Edelman's book traces the evolution of America's conscience from Robert F. Kennedy to the Clinton administration, demonstrating how the U.S. has turned away from a commitment of social and economic justice, showing how efforts to bring together a local and national activism could hold promise for a renewal of Kennedy's vision of justice for all.
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