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Fernando Chang-Muy | |
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| Education | Loyola University (BA)
Georgetown University (MA) Antioch University (JD) |
| Occupation | Thomas O'Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law |
Fernando Chang-Muy is a lawyer, activist, and strategic business and leadership adviser.[1] He is the Thomas O'Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Chang-Muy began his legal career as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia serving as Director of the Southeast Asian Refugee Project, providing free legal aid to low-income immigrants and refugees in Philadelphia. He is also past founding director of the Liberty Center for Survivors of Torture, a project of Lutheran Children and Family Services, established to serve newcomers fleeing human rights violations. He also directed the Philadelphia Foundation's Emma Lazarus Funders Collaborative for Immigration, and the Fels Fund/Hispanics in Philanthropy, Funders Collaborative for Strong Latino Communities.[2]
Teaching and professional experience
[edit]Fernando Chang-Muy is the Thomas O'Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He also has appointments at the Fels Institute, the Graduate School of Social Policy and Practice and the School of Arts and Sciences, focusing on topics such as US Immigration Law, International Human Rights and Refugee Law, Race in America, and Non-Profit Leadership. He served as Legal Officer with both the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO), AIDS Program.[2]
He also served as the first director of Swarthmore College's Intercultural Center, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, advisor to the Provost on Equal Opportunity, and lecturer on International Human Rights in the Peace and Conflict Studies.[3]
In addition to teaching, he combines his experience in academia, refugee camp administration, and nonprofit leadership, as principal and founder of Solutions International, providing independent management consulting, facilitation, and training to philanthropic institutions, non-profit organizations, and government agencies. His areas of expertise include designing and facilitating large group, action-focused strategic planning processes, board governance retreats, staff internal communications systems, and resource development plans and individual donor campaigns. In 2008, former Philadelphia Mayor Nutter appointed him as a Commissioner to the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. In 2023, Mayor Cherrelle Parker appointed him to serve on the Multicultural and Immigration Transition Committee. He is former Board member of the Philadelphia Foundation, Philanthropy Network, The Philadelphia Award, The Merchants Fund, the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation, and the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Coalition. He is author of numerous articles on diverse topics dealing with immigration & refugees, public health, and management, and is co-editor of the Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees (3 nd ed. NY: Springer Publication, 2023).
He is a recipient of the Hispanic Bar Association 6 th Annual Justicia Award; the 2011 and 2018 Penn Law Public Interest Supervisor/Advisor of the Year Award honoring outstanding project supervisors and advisors; the 2016 recipient of the Law School Beacon Award, recognizing exemplary commitment to pro bono work by a Penn Law faculty member; and the recipient of the inaugural 2022 Hope for Immigrants Award from Esperanza Immigration Legal Services in Philadelphia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Fernando Chang-Muy, MA, JD". sp2.upenn.edu. Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
- ^ a b "Faculty: Fernando Chang-Muy". law.upenn.edu.
- ^ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-chang-muy-b1463833.
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