Peter Edelman

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Peter Edelman is an American legal scholar and anti-poverty advocate known for his work on welfare policy and his resignation from the Clinton administration in protest of the 1996 welfare reform law.

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instanceOf anti-poverty advocate
author
human
law professor
legal scholar
public official
advisorTo Robert F. Kennedy NERFINISHED
appointedBy Bill Clinton NERFINISHED
awardReceived Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Award from the American Bar Association (public interest law) NERFINISHED
boardMemberOf New Israel Fund NERFINISHED
Public Welfare Foundation NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School
employer Georgetown University Law Center NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork civil rights law
poverty law
public interest law
welfare policy
genre non-fiction
knownFor advocacy against poverty and inequality in the United States
critique of 1996 U.S. welfare reform
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
movement anti-poverty movement
American civil rights movement
surface form: civil rights movement
notableEvent resigned from the Clinton administration in 1996 in protest of the welfare reform law
notableWork Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America NERFINISHED
Searching for America’s Heart: RFK and the Renewal of Hope NERFINISHED
So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty in America NERFINISHED
occupation law professor
legal scholar
policy advisor
opposed Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 NERFINISHED
positionHeld Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Faculty Director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality
Legislative assistant to Senator Robert F. Kennedy
Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
spouse Marian Wright Edelman NERFINISHED
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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