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Ross Meyer is interested in urban community and economic development, neighborhood
revitalization in poor neighborhoods, and
strategies to reduce urban poverty. He hopes to
build a career of revitalizing struggling urban
neighborhoods, ultimately in his hometown of
Cincinnati.
Ross has been dedicated to public service on a local, national and
global level for the past 10 years. His passion for social justice came
from his involvement throughout high school and college with
community organizations in Cincinnati’s impoverished inner city.
Throughout high school, Ross taught GED classes at a homeless
shelter, tutored in an after-school program, mentored youth, led
affordable housing construction crews, initiated service programs
and directed a youth summer program.
In 2004, Ross graduated summa **** laude from Miami University
of Ohio with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, focusing on public
policy and social inequality. As an undergraduate, he developed new
civic engagement programs and advocacy organizations to mobilize
fellow students around various issues. He initiated and coordinated
20 service-learning weekend trips for more than 300 students to
teach them about issues of race and poverty in Cincinnati’s inner city.
Ross also worked with Miami University’s Office of Service Learning
& Civic Leadership to develop a new Social Action Center that could
support student involvement in social change efforts. Through
monthly roundtable meetings of student leaders, regular leadership
training workshops and campus-wide issue discussions, the Social
Action Center brings together diverse organizations for collaboration,
helps students become more effective change agents, and raises
awareness on campus of pressing social issues. On a global level, Ross’s work with Amnesty International for eight years led him to
coordinate two national human rights delegations to Latin America
and participate in the International Human Rights Exchange in
South Africa.
After graduation, Ross worked with America Coming Together, to
register, educate and mobilize Democratic voters in Ohio for the
2004 presidential election. He then joined a mayoral campaign in
Cincinnati as Political Director, where he led all field operations
and community outreach. Ross also conducted research on civic
engagement for the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.
A 2003 Harry S. Truman Scholar and member of the USA Today
All- USA Academic First Team, Ross is studying urban community
and economic development in the Master of Public Administration
program at NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. During
his first year of studies, Ross worked in the New York City Mayor’s
Office, conducting policy analysis and research for the Deputy Mayor
for Economic Development and Rebuilding. During the summer of
2007, Ross will assist in developing New York City’s new Office of
Financial Empowerment.

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