RISD's Maharam Fellowship funds students to pursue summer work focusing on sustainability and social justice in community organizations in the US and abroad. The 2024 Maharam Fellows included two Brown|RISD Dual Degree students. Alex Hogue (BRDD 2026, Illustration, Computer Science) created illustrated materials for The Grand Adventure - a nonprofit that organizes programs and support for pediatric and adult cancer survivors - while Jo Ouyang (BRDD 2026, Painting, Ethnic Studies) worked with the Asian American Advocacy Fund on an oral history and visual art archive of Asian American organizing in Atlanta.

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