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Ricky Forde
Policy Associate
Ricky Forde is a Policy Associate with the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice. Ricky has participated in community organizing since his sophomore year of college. In 2018, he volunteered with Katal throughout the #CLOSErikers campaign, doing outreach, traveling to Albany to help push bail reform forward, and speaking on a panel at his college about bail reform. It gave him great insight into his community and what was truly affecting the people there. Ricky has a degree in sociology and anthropology with a minor in English writing from the College of Staten Island. Here he was able to develop writing skills and a deeper understanding of society and culture.
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In 2019, Ricky worked with the organization Kavi during their summer program, where he helped educate youth in Crown Heights about social justice history, what’s going on in their community, and ways to support their mental health.
Outside of work, Ricky loves to cook, write poetry, read, and go out with family and friends. He would like to see a better future for the young people in his community. Low-income, Black, and brown communities have been affected negatively by our government for too long. If we don’t fight for justice, who will?