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James Pearson "Jim" Steyer (born 1956) is an American child advocate, civil rights attorney, professor and author. He is most known for founding Common Sense Media, an organization dedicated to improving media and entertainment lives for kids and families. Prior to launching Common Sense Media, Steyer founded and served as Chairman and CEO of JP Kids, an educational media company for children. Steyer also founded and served as President of Children Now, a national child advocacy and media organization. Steyer has been teaching courses as a professor at Stanford University in political science, education, civil rights and civil liberties for 25 years. He also authored two books: ''The Other Parent: The Inside Story of the Media’s Effect on our Children'', which focuses on the effects certain media and government regulators have on children, and ''Talking Back to Facebook: The Common Sense Guide to Raising Kids in the Digital Age''. Steyer hosted a weekly television segment called "Kids and the Media" on CBS-5 TV in San Francisco. In 2011, the New York Times reported that Steyer was helping build the Center for the Next Generation, a nonprofit that aims to influence public policy debates focused on national children’s and energy issues.〔 When Google announced in January 2012 that it would be compiling data about users from across its many sites, Steyer was quoted as saying that "Even if the company believes that tracking users across all platforms improves their services, consumers should still have the option to opt out — especially the kids and teens who are avid users of YouTube, Gmail and Google Search. ==Personal life== Steyer was born in New York City in 1956. His mother, Marnie (née Fahr), was a teacher of remedial reading at the Brooklyn House of Detention, and his father, Roy Henry Steyer, was a partner in the New York law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell.〔(New York Times: "Kathryn Taylor Weds T.F. Steyer" ) August 17, 1986〕 His father was Jewish〔(New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths STEYER, ROY H." ) June 26, 1997〕 and his mother Episcopalian.〔(Ten Mile Lake Organization: "Obituaries 2002 - Marnie Fahr Steyer" ) 2002〕〔(New York Times: "Paid Notice: Deaths STEYER, MARNIE FAHR - New York Times" ) May 22, 2002〕 Steyer was highly influenced by his mother, who would sometimes bring him to class as her teaching assistant. In an article in the Los Angeles Times, Steyer’s college friend, Mike Tollin, said "() whole focus on kids comes from his close relationship with his mother…She was the kind of woman who would sit you down, ask you how things were, and you felt like you needed to tell her the truth." Steyer graduated early from Philips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and worked with his mother teaching remedial reading at a public school in Harlem. Steyer later graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University where he was awarded the Lindsey Peters Award for Outstanding Work in American Government.〔 After two years of community development work in Asia, he attended Stanford Law School and graduated in 1983. During law school, Steyer founded the East Palo Alto Community Law Project, a non-profit legal services center for low-income families in East Palo Alto, California. After Stanford, he became a law clerk for Justice Allen Broussard of the California Supreme Court. He then served as a civil rights attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. There, he helped spearhead the Poverty and Justice Program, focused on developing national legal and legislative strategies on behalf of disadvantaged African Americans. Steyer currently lives in the Bay Area with his wife, Elizabeth (nee Butler), and their four children; Lily, Kirk, Carly and Jesse.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography of James Steyer )〕〔(New York Times: "Breakfast Can Wait. The Day’s First Stop Is Online" By BRAD STONE ) August 9, 2009〕 His wife was Acting Executive Director for ''Legal Services for Children'' in San Francisco, the first not-for-profit law firm in the United States dedicated to providing "comprehensive direct legal advocacy for children" utilizing attorneys and social workers in a combined effort.〔(Legal Services for Children Bulletin ) retrieved October 21, 2013.〕 She now serves as Acting Executive Director of the Athletic Scholars Advancement Program, an independent, nonprofit organization that works to cultivate a college-bound culture by providing access to summer school programs, one-on-one mentoring, individualized academic guidance and college counseling services at public high schools in San Francisco.〔(Athletic Scholars Advancement Program website:"Liz Steyer, Board Member" ) retrieved December 28, 2024.〕 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「Jim Steyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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