Open Society Names Alethia E. Jones New Head of Fellowship Program
NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones as director of the Open Society Fellowship Program, effective December 3.
Jones is a social justice scholar, educator, advocate, and author, focusing on U.S. urban policy, immigration, and workers’ rights. In addition, she has taught comparative urban studies in Brazil, South Africa, and Vietnam. She directed the Education and Leadership Development Department at 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest multi-state health care union local in the United States, where she aligned leadership strategy with executive, staff, and worker training initiatives. She served on the faculty of the University at Albany (State University of New York) with affiliations in the policy, political science, and women’s studies departments. She is co-editor of Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith, an award-winning book on the origins and legacy of intersectional movement building...