Callen Lowell

Originally from Portland, Maine, Callen graduated from Columbia University in 2015 with a degree in political science and American studies. Callen has organized around issues of economic justice with ACLU, Lambda Legal, and Queers for Economic Justice. Callen served as a Victory Congressional Intern in Congressman Mike Michaud’s Office. At Columbia, Callen worked to improve identity-conscious mental health and sexual violence services for students with marginalized identities.

Field placement: 9to5 Colorado

Denver, Colorado

Policy placement: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Washington, D.C.

Hunger Free Community Report

Time for a Fair Chance: Stories from Coloradans on Why We Need to Ban the Box is a storybook and advocacy tool for the Fair Chance Denver campaign, a coalition that seeks to pass a local Fair Chance Ordinance to increase access to jobs and housing for people with criminal records. The toolkit, and the “Fair Chance Denver” social media campaign, features the stories of community members with records and describes how a Fair Chance Ordinance would increase their job and housing security, and would benefit the Denver community as a whole.