Alumni Awards & Social Justice Address
The Crown Family School is hosting the 2024 Social Justice Address featuring Adrian Perkins, politician, attorney, and former Mayor of Shreveport, LA. He will discuss the challenges and opportunities of making local change while sharing his experiences as mayor during the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons from his journey about the complex and rewarding work of addressing society's most pressing issues.
Directly following the Social Justice Address, the Crown Family School's Alumni Association will honor our annual award recipients, including alumni and community agencies working innovatively to advance a more human society.
A light reception will follow the program.
This event is free and open to all.
Professional Development Credit is available.
This lecture will provide 1 hour of Continuing Education Credit for attendees seeking professional development.
*There is a fee for those attendees seeking Professional Development Credit
Mayor Adrian Perkins is Senior Vice President at Prospect Park, a merchant bank and financial and governmental advisory firm. He is a native of Shreveport, Louisiana. In the wake of 9/11, he accepted a nomination and eventually graduated from West Point as Class President. In 2008, he entered the United States Army, eventually serving three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, achieving the rank of Captain and Company Commander and receiving the Bronze Star for his service. After transitioning from the military,
Adrian was accepted into Harvard Law School, where he was elected Student Body President and a Pat Tillman Scholar. On December 31, 2018, Adrian was elected the 56th Mayor of the City of Shreveport. Unfortunately, his mayoral term was disrupted by the global pandemic. As the youngest mayor of any major American city in 2021, he led with distinction and was highlighted by the Washington Post as being the first to identify COVID's disproportional impact on minority communities. Also of
note, Mayor Perkins hired Shreveport’s first CTO, who was a founding member of Mayors for Guaranteed Income and transformed a 1.2 million dollars deficit into a 55-million-dollar surplus in three years.
In addition to serving as Mayor, Mayor Perkins also served on several boards, including the Federal Communications Commission’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, United States Conference of Mayors Board of Trustees, and Northwest Louisiana’s Metropolitan Planning Organization.
After leaving the Mayor’s Office in 2022, Mayor Perkins became a University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics Pritzker Fellow, Stanford Veterans Fellowship Program, and continues to serve on the boards of Service 2 School, Mayoral Roundtable, and the Southern Rail Commission.
We hope you will join us in acknowledging and celebrating this year's recipients' professional accomplishments and societal impact.
If you have any questions about access or to request a reasonable accommodation that will facilitate your full participation in this event such as ASL interpreting, captioned videos, Braille or electronic text, food options for individuals with dietary restrictions, etc. please contact the event organizer.