Robert has over ten years of community organizing experience, working on strategies that maximize grassroots participation in criminal justice policymaking. Previously, Robert served as Associate Director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at University of Texas in Dallas, a National Field Organizer for the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project, and a Criminal Justice Fellow at the Open Society Institute. Robert is most recognized for his work as Executive Director of the A Better Way Foundation in Connecticut, where he spearheaded a campaign that equalized sentencing between crack and powder cocaine. He has served as an adjunct professor teaching social movement theory at the University Of Connecticut School Of Social Work and St. Joseph’s College, and has also taught research methods at Central Connecticut State University.
Mr. Rooks received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Prairie View A&M University, where he also minored in Business Administration. He later received his Master of Social Work degree from the University of Connecticut, with a major in Community Organization and a substantive area of Urban Issues
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