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Anthony Barrows

Managing Partner & Founder, Center for Behavioral Design & Social Justice

Project Evident

Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow Alumni 2018 Cohort 4

New York City, New York

Anthony Barrows is Managing Partner and Founder of the Center for Behavioral Design and Social Justice at Project Evident. Prior to this role, Anthony served at ideas42, an applied behavioral science firm, Anthony Barrows focuses on domestic poverty, local government, post-secondary education, and civic engagement. Barrows previously worked over ten years in child welfare, spanning positions in direct service, supervision, training, advocacy, project management, and system improvement. He is also a practicing artist and has led art classes and arts-oriented youth development programming. Anthony holds a BA in Philosophy and Art from UMass Boston, an MFA in Printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he was a Gleitsman Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership.

Stories Featuring Anthony Barrows
April 10, 2023
New Report: Reimagining Child Welfare
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November 15, 2021
Rebuild Right: Leadership for an Equitable Tomorrow
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December 9, 2020
Investing in Futures Means Investing in Families: Announcing the Two-Generation Prenatal to Three Learning and Action Community
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June 29, 2020
Undo A System of White Supremacy: The Call for a New Social Contract
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July 12, 2019
Ascending at the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival
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June 19, 2019
2018 Ascend Fellow Action Plans
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March 13, 2019
Moving Families Toward Opportunity, Two Generations at a Time
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September 6, 2018
Prestigious Aspen Institute Ascend Fellowship Announces 2018 Class of Leaders
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