Adam Serlin ‘02 Featured in Philadelphia Inquirer Article Focusing on Inequities in City Juvenile Justice System
A report co-authored by Adam Serlin on the state of girls’ justice in Philadelphia was featured in the April 4 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer in an article titled “Philly’s juvenile-justice system leaves girls out of programs that could help them, new report says.” The report offers more than 30 recommendations on how to reform Philadelphia’s juvenile justice system, which routinely leaves girls out of programs designed to divert youth from detention facilities.
Adam was quoted in the article: “The organizing principle of our work … is to display how a targeted redesign of the juvenile justice system for girls may offer leaders a unique chance … to craft a fairer system for all youth,” he said. A former youth justice fellow with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Adam is Founder and Principal of Independent Variable, a consulting firm that uses technology and design principles to help nonprofit and public sector entities reimagine more equitable and effective service delivery models.
Alumni News
James C. Scott ’54 Awarded Albert O. Hirschman Prize
Congratulations to James C. Scott '54 who, on Friday, December 4, received the 2020 Albert O. Hirschman Prize from the Social Science Research Council. Jim is the Sterling Professor of Political Science, professor of anthropology, and codirector of the Agrarian...
MFS Student and Alumnus Featured as South Jersey Magazine’s 2020 Super Women
South Jersey Magazine’s October edition featured 12 women who have made a lasting impact on their communities. Two of the 12 are members of the MFS community - senior Rebecca Benjamin and alumnus Cynthia Vance-Harris Hall ’97. Rebecca is the founder of Rebecca’s...
MFS Alumni Featured in Girls Life Magazine
An article by MFS alumnus Katherine Sowa Hammer ’12 titled “The 2020 election is the most important one of our lives” appears in the October/November issue of Girls Life magazine. The article featured fellow alumnus Shelby Deibler ‘20 who spoke on the importance of...
