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Rachelle Swe, Religion and Public Life Coordinator / courtesy image

Rachelle Swe

Religion and Public Life Coordinator

Rachelle Swe (she/her) serves as the Religion and Public Life coordinator, providing administrative and daily operational support in the office. Rachelle...

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Raisa Tolchinsky, Master of Religion and Public Life '24

Raisa Tolchinsky

Master of Religion in Public Life '24

Raisa Tolchinsky writes about love, grief, and the wisdom of the body. While at HDS, she’ll be thinking about poetry as a tool for deep listening in sites...

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PHIL TORREY: RPL Immigration and Refugee Fellow

Phil Torrey

RPL Immigrant Rights Fellow

Philip L. Torrey is the Director of the Harvard Law School Crimmigration Clinic, the Managing Attorney of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical...

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Manami Uechi

MMSc in Global Health Delivery, HMS '20

Manami received her Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She previously worked with UNRWA to implement an innovative health care system. She is a licensed Medical Doctor who received her clinical training in Indonesia. This summer, Manami interned with 1for3’s Health for Palestine (H4P) team creating health education video modules and to study the effectiveness of the modules on the healthcare delivery in the UNRWA camps.

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Salma Waheedi, RCPI Fellow 2023-24

Salma Waheedi

Religion and Public Life Fellow in Conflict and Peace
RCPI Affiliate

Salma Waheedi is a Lecturer on Law and Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World (PLSMW) at Harvard Law School. The Program...

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Giiti Wassie

Giiti Wassie

Giiti is pursuing a master’s degree in International Education Policy and is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with an Ethnic Studies and English Literature degree. Upon graduation, Giiti will be spending her summer in Amman, Jordan doing an internship with UNICEF’s country office focusing on child protection in support of the development of a knowledge management strategy for the MENA Regional Office Child Protection section.

Susan Weaver, MRPL Candidate

Susan Weaver

MRPL '22

Former attorney in securities and business law. Served on the Board of Trustees of the UU Justice Ministry of California and the Unitarian Universalist...

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Taurean Webb

2021–⁠22 Fellow in Conflict and Peace

As the Director of the Center for the Church and the Black Experience and instructor of Religion and Race at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary,...

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CYNTHIA WILSON: RPL Native and Indigenous Rights Fellow

Cynthia Wilson

RPL Native and Indigenous Rights Fellow

Cynthia Wilson is a tribal member of the Navajo Nation, born and raised in Monument Valley, UT. She is of the Folded Arms People clan and born...

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Joshua Wolfsun, Master of Religion and Public Life '24

Joshua Wolfsun

Master of Religion in Public Life '24

Joshua Wolfsun is a political strategist and communications specialist dedicated to building power for progressive change. Raised in Western Massachusetts...

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