Dr. Jonathan White Title: “Ask the Professor” Interesting Fact: Dr. White has 12 beautiful nieces and nephews! A member of Free The Children's board of directors for the past eight years, Jonathan is excited to be initiating this new project. The project, an interactive website feature called Ask the Professor, allows youth to submit online questions about children's rights, hunger, poverty, war, and other global issues. Then, twice a month, Professor White will feed young people's intellectual hunger by posting detailed answers to select questions.
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Dr. Jonathan White is an expert in his field. He is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Economy at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts, with primary areas of specialization in poverty, inequality, globalization, and human rights. Dr. White has authored many pieces on issues related to inequality and human rights, and has received numerous teaching and humanitarian awards. He has inspired hundreds of Free The Children and Leaders Today youth with his passionate talks about global hunger, child poverty and the ability each of us has to make a difference in the world.

Along with his students and wife, Dr. White helped to build Free The Children's former Youth Ambassadors for Peace partnership project with the United Nations as well as the Embracing Cultures website and project. He is a frequent participant (and much-loved guest) at the Take Action! Academy and at many Free The Children Youth in Action Group and regional events.

Dr. White is also the founding director of Sports for Hunger, the Hunger Resource Center and the Halloween for Hunger and Pass-the-Fast campaigns. He serves on the board of directors for Peace Through Youth, The Graduation Pledge Alliance and the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine. Dr. White lives in Massachusetts with his wife Shelley and is the proud uncle to his 11 nieces and nephews.

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