Ariana Ba
Civil Rights Coordinator, Rhode Island Attorney General's Office
2024
As the Civil Rights Coordinator and a member of the Civil Rights Team in the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office, Ariana is dedicated to understanding the root causes of hate crimes and developing strategies to increase hate crime reporting. Ariana started her career in the legal field more than fifteen years ago working with people with disabilities, and continued her career as the Director of Diversity, Equity and Training at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Ariana earned her B.A. in Sociology and Justice Studies from Rhode Island College.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
