Keyvan Shafiei is the Leading Edge Fellow at AFSC, a yearlong research project sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies. Prior to AFSC, Keyvan completed a PhD in Philosophy at Georgetown University, where he wrote a dissertation about the cultural underpinnings of mass incarceration in the United States.
AFSC New Mexico’s Farm to School project is an effort to create a replicable model for school food procurement that supports local producers for sourcing fresh, healthy produce for school children. The project was initiated to direct public funds to schools to purchase food produced by local farmers, prioritizing beginner farmers in training.
The Boeing Company is widely known for its commercial airplane production, but it’s also one of the world’s largest war profiteers. Boeing is the second largest defense contractor to the United States, producing military aircrafts and weapon systems, including the “Minuteman” intercontinental ballistic missile, the F-15 fighter jet, and the “Apache” attack helicopter.
Tanvi is an organizer with the #BoeingArmsGenocide campaign in Illinois.