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NBCNews.com
April 29, 2017
Roy Austin, a Washington, D.C. attorney and former director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, Justice, and Opportunity, didn't mince words when asked how Civil Rights are faring under Trump so far. “I'd have to give them an F minus. They aren't doing a single thing to protect Civil Rights,” he said.
Human Rights Campaign (blog)
April 7, 2017
Roy Austin, former director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, Justice, and Opportunity under President Obama, spoke about the disproportionate levels of bullying and violence that transgender people face on a daily basis. Witnesses also focused on a recent announcement from Attorney GeneralÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 6, 2017
Also on the panel were several Obama administration officials including Catherine Lhamon, former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education; Roy Austin, former director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, Justice, and Opportunity; and Ron Davis, former director of theÃâà...
Bustle
January 25, 2017
... Establishment of the Domestic Policy Council; Order 13501: Establishing the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board; Order 13502: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; Order 13503: Establishment of the White House Office of Urban Affairs; Order 13504: AmendingÃâà...
Roll Call
January 24, 2017
Updated on Jan. 24 at 6:15 p.m. | President Donald Trump issued his first executive orders Friday and Tuesday. Executive orders date back to George Washington's presidency. They've been used to bypass Congress when the president believes he has constitutional authority to take action on his own.
CityLab
December 26, 2016
"This is not your father's White House," Adolfo Carrion Jr., whom Obama appointed to lead his White House Office of Urban Affairs, told The Washington Post back in 2009. "This is a new way of looking at the new city-metro reality." Now, as he leaves the White House, Obama's legacy is being evaluated onÃâà...
TIME
February 20, 2009
Adolfo Carrion knows a thing or two about city life. In addition to serving two terms as New York City's Bronx Borough President, he has a degree in urban planning and job experience as a minister and public school teacher in the Bronx, which is why Barack Obama has tapped him to serve in a newlyÃâà...
