James Paul Viafara

(he/him/his)

Medgar Evers College, Public Administration Department

James Viafara is a Colombian-American student at Medgar Evers College with experience in legislative affairs and community engagement. Viafara served as a Voting Outreach and Research intern for the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College (CLSJ).

Currently, James is the Executive Committee Member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Chapter at Medgar Evers.

Additionally, James represents Medgar Evers College’s Male Development and Empowerment Center (MDEC) in the CUNY Black Male Initiative (BMI) Student Council.

Social

Contact

James.Viafara@student.mec.cuny.edu

JamesViafara@outlook.com

Website

mec-cuny.digication.com/jamesviafara

Education

Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre, New Visions for Public Schools
Medgar Evers College, City University of New York

Publications

James Viafara’s Writers in Hiding -Student Literary Journal No. 5

Positions

Voter Outreach and Research Intern, Center for Law and Social Justice, Medgar Evers College

Male Development and Empowerment Center, Brooklyn Recovery Corps , Medgar Evers College

Legislative Affairs and Community Engagement Intern, New York City Council, Research Foundation

Member, Executive Committee, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Medgar Evers College

Projects

Arts and Advocacy, Brooklyn NAACP, Laundromat Project.

Grants

New Visions for Public Schools Scholarship

Peter F. Vallone Academic Scholarship

MEC Strada Foundation Scholarship

Academic Interests

Academic Internships

African American History

Civic Engagement

Community Service

Legislative Research

Music Theory

Public Policy