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Adam Joseph Ropizar

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Adam Joseph Ropizar (he/they) is a memory-worker and human rights researcher. At Maven Leadership Collective, Adam serves as their Research & Logistics Lead. He is the Founder of Evolve Campus and a member of the Council of Foreign Relations Young Professionals Program. Adam is also a founding member of the Global Peace and Development Collective, which works with partner schools in Ghana, Ethiopia, and Kenya to encourage connections between elementary students in the U.S.

Adam is a graduate of Florida International University, earning a Bachelor’s in Sustainability & the Environment with a minor in Biology, and a graduate of American University, earning their Master’s in Ethics, Peace, and Human Rights with a focus on understanding communal collective memories. While at American University, they piloted and established a Narcan distribution program through their role on the Graduate Student Council, enabling access to Narcan for thousands of individuals across the DMV.

Adam’s research focuses on the ethics of international human rights regimes & the impacts of communal collective memory, with a specific focus on queer oral histories. They published research looking into the collective memories of LGBTQ+ survivors of the targeted hate crimes and systematic erasure, and work in Haiti surrounding the oral histories of community members. They are currently working on a multi-year project titled “OOO: Occupation, Oversight, & Obligation: Haitians as a Blueprint for Generational Defiance,” chronicling Haiti’s current and historical occupation.

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Redefining Memory

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Updated February 2025