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Jamil Jivani (born October 24, 1987) is a Canadian social entrepreneur and community organizer. He is the founder of the Policing Literacy Initiative,〔Rankin, Jim. ("A civil approach to changing police" ), ''Toronto Star'', Toronto, 9 February 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 co-founder of Teachers Beyond the Classroom,〔Civic Action. ("ALERT city-building project rises above the rest at ELNshowcase" ), Toronto, 2 April 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 and a 2014-15 articling student at Torys LLP.〔Torys LLP. ("Student Program Toronto: Recent Hires" ). Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 Jivani was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in the Greater Toronto Area. After high school Jivani attended Humber College and York University.〔Chappel, Sara. ("G.A.S. program opens doors for Humber students" ), ''Humber College'', Toronto, 18 January 2013. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 In 2013 he earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.〔Keung, Nicholas. ("Yale University law grad Jamil Jivani has a message for other struggling kids" ), ''Toronto Star'', Toronto, 14 July 2013. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕〔Share News. ("GTA students excelling academically in the U.S." ), ''Share News'', Toronto, 19 June 2013. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 Before attending law school, Jivani worked as a dishwasher and line cook in local Toronto area restaurants.〔Getachew, Samuel. ("A Journey From Dishwashing To Yale Law" ), ''Huffington Post'', 9 October 2012. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 While a student at Yale, Jivani was Program Director of the Yale Chapter of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project〔Yale Law School. ("Yale Law School Hosts Area High School Students at Third Annual Marshall-Brennan Moot Court Competition" ), New Haven, CT, 30 March 2012. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 and President of the Yale Black Law Students Association.〔Yale Law School. ("Justice Clarence Thomas ’74 Visits the Law School" ), New Haven, CT, 14 December 2011. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕〔Rodriguez-Florido, Liz. ("Panel outlines changes in hip-hop" ), ''Yale Daily News'', New Haven, CT, 29 February 2012. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 He was also part of the Innovations in Policing Clinic, in which he authored a case study of police-community relations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.〔Yale Law School. ("Innovations in Policing Clinic" ), New Haven, CT. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 He contributed to the 2012 anthology, ''Jamaica in the Canadian Experience: A Multiculturalizing Presence'',〔Davis, Andre & James, Carl. (''"Jamaica in the Canadian Experience: A Multiculturalizing Presence"'' ), ''Fernwood Publishing Company'', 1 January 2012. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 and has written about youth and equality issues for Huffington Post.〔Huffington Post. ("Entries by Jamil Jivani" ), ''Huffington Post''. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 In 2013 Jivani founded the Policing Literacy Initiative (PLI), a youth-driven public education and advocacy group focused on community safety issues.〔Policing Literacy Initiative. ("PLI Home Page" ). Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 Jivani stated to CBC Metro Morning that the purpose of PLI is to spotlight progressive voices among police and community groups and work with them to find common solutions.〔CBC Metro Morning. ("Policing Minorities" ), ''Canadian Broadcasting Corporation'', 22 May 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 Jivani wrote an editorial for the National Post in February 2014 about his experience with Toronto Police and the Office of the Independent Police Review Director and the use of mediated conversations for citizen complaints.〔Jivani, Jamil. ("Not happy with the police? Try talking to them" ), ''National Post'', 6 February 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 In March 2014 Jivani advocated for Toronto Police Services Board policy changes to police-community contacts and "carding."〔The Canadian Press. ("Toronto police shouldn’t stop carding, lawyer says" ), ''Globe and Mail'', 13 March 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕〔Cole, Desmond. ("One Step Closer to Reform of Police Carding" ), ''Torontoist'', 14 March 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕〔Cole, Desmond. ("Police Under Fire for Incomplete Policy on Carding Practice" ), ''Torontoist'', 9 April 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 In April 2014 Jivani co-produced with Dan Epstein a documentary about police-community relations titled "Crisis of Distrust: Police and Community in Toronto."〔Spurr, Ben. ("A matter of trust ), ''NOW Magazine''. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕〔Cole, Desmond. ("Torontonians Speak Out About Police Carding" ), ''Torontoist'', 23 May 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 Jivani was a 2013-14 Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance DiverseCity Fellow.〔Eastwood, Joel. ("DiverseCity Fellows focus on youth unemployment" ), ''Toronto Star'', Toronto, 3 October 2013. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕〔Share News. ("DiverseCity Fellows focus on youth unemployment" ), ''Share News'', Toronto, 15 November 2013. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 As a Fellow he co-founded Teachers Beyond the Classroom, which seeks to "help thousands of unemployed teachers transfer their skills to non-school employment opportunities across the Greater Toronto Area."〔Criscione, Peter. ("Emerging leaders make their pitch to improve GTA" ), ''Mississauga News'', Toronto, 7 April 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Children's Aid Society of Toronto.〔Children's Aid Society of Toronto. ("Board of Directors" ). Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 On February 13, 2014, Jivani was named Yale Alumni Magazine's Newsmaker of the Week.〔Bass, Carole. ("Jamil Jivani ’13JD: Yale blue, police blue" ), ''Yale Alumni Magazine'', 13 February 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2014.〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jamil Jivani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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