Lawrence International (LI) is a global firm that offers human rights advocacy consultation and thought leadership, public speaking, research and writing services, as well as training and workshops for youth and organizations. LI provides executive management to the not-for-profit subsidiary organizations, Strong Men Overcoming Obstacles Through Hard-work, Inc. and the Africanity Human Rights Institute.
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Lawrence International (LI) works with partners to develop and distribute resources for Black men to lead their own small and medium enterprises, and offers workshops and trainings in areas such as human rights advocacy, international and national public policy, racial equity, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion.
Human Rights Advocate
DaQuan M. Lawrence, MIPP, is an egalitarian humanitarian, human rights activist and international affairs young professional. Due to his background in foster homes in NYC and experience in urban poverty, he has dedicated his life to assisting and advocating for marginalized individuals.
Lawrence has worked for Washington DC-based nonprofits and international nongovernment organizations on policy programs, research, and human rights advocacy. He has worked with human rights defenders in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, has experience working in Liberia, Indonesia, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and South Africa, and has traveled to Palestine and Israel.
Lawrence holds a BA in sociology with minors in philosophy and criminal justice from Morgan State University, a Master of International Public Policy from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, where he studied international relations, economics, and international law, and is currently a doctoral student specializing in African Studies at Howard University.
Doctoral Student
Howard University, African Studies PhD program
Lawrence’s dissertation, "Urban Class Structure in Post-Apartheid Azania: Case Studies from Cape Town, Johannesburg and Tshwane", is a qualitative mixed methods study that investigates class and urban segregation via Marxist, Weberian, and Fanonian analysis. Via community engagement, participatory research, and observation, DaQuan seeks to develop new, post-Marxist, international class categories based on an African perspective of the global political economy, that can be utilized in both developed and underdeveloped nations.
Humanitarian.
Scholar. Activist
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