Jen Stevens coordinates the Rhode Island Commission on Prejudice and Bias, which advises on policies and trains law enforcement and advocates in hate crime awareness. She is also a certified mediator and Kingian Nonviolence trainer. She is a former editor-in-chief of Options Magazine, office manager of RI Pride, and director of RI Teen Institute. Jen has been producing the live monthly Sweet Little Variety Show in Providence since 2010. She holds an M.A. in Youth Development and a B.A. in Theatre from Rhode Island College. Jen believes in the power of the arts, and is passionate about community-building and finding common ground to resolve conflicts.
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.
