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29 <br />WORKING GROUP POLICE-INVOLVED DEADLY FORCE ENCOUNTERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION STEPS <br />WORKING GROUP MEMBERS <br />DR. BRITTANY LEWIS <br />Dr. Brittany Lewis is a well-respected community engaged scholar, thought <br />leader, author, professor, and youth action research team leader known for <br />bringing those most often locked out of local decision making processes to the <br />action research table. Dr. Lewis is the Founder and CEO of Research in Action, <br />an urban research consulting firm, and is currently a Senior Research Associate <br />at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) at the University of Minne sota <br />where she is the Principal Investigator of the Illusion of Choice: Evictions <br />and Profit in North Minneapolis report and the Co-Principal Investigator on the <br />recently published report entitled: The Diversity of Gentrification: Multiple Forms <br />of Gentrification in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Dr. Lewis uses a critical race and gender studies lens when <br />looking at the inter sections of poverty, urban housing, policing, and community economic development. <br />STATE REP. RENA MORAN (DFL - ST. PAUL) <br />Representative Rena Moran is the Chair of the Health and Human Services Policy <br />Committee of the Minnesota House of Representatives. She has represented the <br />St. Paul communities of Frogtown, Summit-University, Rondo, Thomas-Dale, and <br />the North End since 2010. As a legislator, she has focused on protecting child <br />welfare, enacting criminal justice reform, and fighting for affordable housing and <br />economic opportunity for all. Moran formerly served as House Deputy Minority <br />Leader and is the current Chair of the People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) <br />Caucus and the United Black Legislative Caucus. She holds a B.S. in Early Child- <br />hood Education from Southern Illinois University and is the Director of Prevention <br />Initiatives and Parent Leadership at Minnesota Communities Caring for Children. Moran is a graduate of the <br />Bush Foundation Fellowship, Humphrey Policy Fellowship, and Henry Toll Fellowship. On a national level, <br />Moran serves as Executive Secretary of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Midwest Region <br />Coordinator for the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women, and as the Minnesota State <br />Director for both the Women Legislators’ Lobby and the National Foundation for Women Legislators. She is <br />a proud mother of seven and grandmother of eight. <br />JUSTIN PAGE, MID-MINNESOTA LEGAL AID/ MINNESOTA DISABILITY LAW CENTER <br />Justin Page is a staff attorney with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid/Minnesota Disability <br />Law Center. His practice focuses on disability access and discrimination litigation. <br />He has successfully represented individuals with disabilities in a wide range <br />of disability related cases involving public accommodations and governmental <br />entities. Prior to joining the Minnesota Disability Law Center, he was a law clerk <br />for Judge Pamela Alexander, Fourth Judicial District of Minnesota, and worked <br />as a legislative aide to the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone.