Bio
Vedan Anthony-North is the Marvin M. Karpatkin Fellow with the ACLU's Racial Justice Program where she focuses on classroom censorship efforts, algorithmic discrimination in employment opportunities, and fair housing concerns. Prior to this role, Vedan worked at The Innocence Project, where she litigated post-conviction cases nationwide on behalf of individuals seeking access to DNA testing and relief from wrongful convictions. Before becoming a lawyer, Vedan worked for the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building and improving justice systems that ensure fairness, promote safety, and strengthen communities. While at Vera, she worked to help local jurisdictions reduce their jail populations, assisted New York City in decreasing the use of solitary confinement on Rikers Island, and led a delegation of policy makers, corrections officials, and thought leaders on an international exchange to Germany to learn lessons for reform at home. Vedan received her B.A. in English from Barnard College and is a graduate of New York University School of Law where she received the Derrick Bell Scholarship for Public Service, was a Furman Public Policy scholar, and served as an Articles Editor on the New York University Law Review.