Hon. Roger Green
Director of Public Policy, CUNY Law Community Economic Development Clinic
Roger L. Green is a former New York State legislator who served Brooklyn’s Assembly District 57 in the New York State Assembly for 26 years. He was educated in the New York City public school system and graduated from Southern Illinois University, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in cultural anthropology, international affairs and government.
Hon. Roger Green' Story
Roger L. Green is a former New York State legislator who served Brooklyn’s Assembly District 57 in the New York State Assembly for 26 years. He was educated in the New York City public school system and graduated from Southern Illinois University, where he earned bachelor’s degrees in cultural anthropology, international affairs and government. After graduating and returning to Brooklyn, he became involved in local politics, joining several civil rights groups and community organizations concerned with the elimination of racism and social injustice.
In 2007, shortly after the end of his term in the State Legislature, he was appointed a Distinguished Lecturer at Medgar Evers College, where he is also the Director of the Dubois-Bunche Center on Public Policy, a think tank dedicated to advancing best practices in law, policy, and community covenants that advance social and economic justice for urban communities within the U.S. and throughout the African Diaspora.