2020 Peggy Browning Summer Fellows

2020 Peggy Browning Summer Fellows Rex Santus JD’22 City University of New York School of Law New York, NY New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice New Orleans, LA Before law school, Rex was a reporter covering the labor movement at VICE, a Canadian-American magazine. He helped lead a card drive to unionize VICE production workers and served on the union’s bargaining committee, which won a contract after a nearly two-year struggle. Rex later served on the union’s labor management committee and as a Weingarten representative for colleagues during disciplinary meetings. In law school, Rex is involved with the Rank and File Action campaign, formerly $7K or Strike, against austerity in public higher education.  He is also a member of his school’s Labor Coalition and volunteers as a National Lawyers Guild legal observer.   Kayla Sanders JD’21 The George Washington University Law School Washington, DC National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) Washington, DC Kayla is originally from Jacksonville, FL. Before law school, she worked for the Florida Democratic Party during the 2016 Presidential election and met people from all walks of life who felt as if their issues weren’t being heard. Soon after, she moved to Washington, DC in order to pursue a legal career in helping underserved communities. She has worked with administrative law judges on employment-related cases, at an employment law firm representing employees in discrimination cases, and participates in her school’s legal clinic representing clients in wage theft and unemployment insurance cases. She is also one of the academic chairs for the Black Law Student Association. She is thrilled to learn more about employment policy this summer. Kara Price JD’21 Georgetown University Law Center Washington, DC Sherman Dunn, PC Washington, DC Kara’s interest in labor advocacy stems from her own experiences as a minimum-wage worker. As an undergrad, she worked her way through school while studying philosophy at NYU. This experience challenged her to think critically about the nature of labor in capitalism. In law school she began to engage with the labor and employment law community. Kara is an active member of the newly-revived Labor and Employment Law Society, a co-founder of the DC sect of the People’s Parity Project and a research assistant for her school’s Workers’ Rights Institute. She has previously volunteered with the Model Alliance and with the Mother’s Outreach Network to support the needs of vulnerable workers. Kara is excited to continue fighting to empower workers this summer. Cayla Rodney JD’21 University of North Carolina School of Law Chapel Hill, NC Levy Ratner, PC New York, NY Cayla pursued her undergraduate degree in journalism as way to give others a voice and then continued onto law school because she wanted to be able to fight for those voices. The summer before law school, Cayla became interested in labor rights when she interned for Student Action with Farmworkers and South Carolina Legal Services. During this internship, Cayla visited migrant farmworker camps across South Carolina to talk to the workers about their legal rights. As Cayla began her law school career, she carried these experiences with her and has continued to dedicate herself to ensuring equal rights and justice for all. As an aspiring civil rights attorney, Cayla knows that there is no place better to start fighting for people’s rights than in the workplace.