Who We Are
Adria Brooks grew up in downtown Nashville where she could always been found locked away in her high school's art room, playing on the soccer field, raising hell at any political rally, or listening to independent musicians at a local coffee house.
She was the on the Board of Directors of One-In-Teen Youth Services and the
President of Hume-Fogg's Gay-Straight Alliance for two years prior to
graduating in 2005. She is currently a junior at the University of Arizona,
studying the ever-so-simple subjects of Physics and Aerospace Engineering. She
has fallen in love with Tucson, AZ and continues to do all the wonderful
things that Nashville offered her prior to moving.
Evie Farnsworth is a senior at Hume Fogg High School and has been a member of the school's Gay-Straight Alliance since freshman year. She's also a member of the Hume Fogg jazz band, for which she is a vocalist. She enjoys watching movies, discovering good restaurants with Alex King, and crossword puzzles. She has grown up in Nashville all her life and, contrary to popular inclination, loves it very much. She has high hopes for the Nashville community's ability to uphold the progressive reputation that has been bestowed upon it.
Sam Finder has been interested in politics ever since Al Gore lost to George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election. Inspired by his parents' strong beliefs about the value of tolerance and diversity, he was always open to new and different ideas. As a result, Sam became politically involved at an early age. Whether campaigning for the candidate of his choice, participating in interest group efforts, or just reading up on the new lows that are President Bush's approval ratings, Sam has always tried to be as politically active as possible.
Sam enjoys running for long periods of time and arguing with people about how much NFL athletes should be paid, as well as diligently doing homework and religiously listening to Coheed and Cambria.
Alex King is a recent graduate of Hume-Fogg High School and is now a freshman at the University of Southern California, where he plays the bass and eats tacos. He loves a good game of chess, tummy rubs, and listening to Evie Farnsworth sing. His favorite poet is Ogden Nash and his favorite animal is the duck.
Caroline King was born in Philadelphia, PA, but grew up in Nashville. She is a junior at Hume Fogg High School, which she proclaims the most amazing school on the face of the planet. She has been dancing since she was 3, and she is a dedicated member of her school’s theatre and choral departments. She has also been playing volleyball for five years. She will eat anything with noodles in it and will watch anything that includes Morgan Freeman. Her favorite color is purple, but only deep purple. Lavender is lame. She hopes to study musical theatre in college, and someday be on Broadway.
Andrew Lewis grew up on a farm in Appalachian Kentucky and is currently a second-year law student at Vanderbilt University Law School. He holds an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Indiana University and a B.A. in Japanese Studies from the University of Kentucky. He plays video games and loves horror movies. He has a remarkable ability to untangle hopelessly knotted strands of plastic beads at ACLU membership tables.
Jasmine Ma is a graduate student in Peabody College at Vanderbilt University who studies what and how people learn
given the resources available in their social and physical
environments. In her spare time she mucks about on the internet and
volunteers her limited technological expertise. Most recently she
helped Tennessee's Vote No on 1 campaign design and create postcards.
Special thanks to Jasmine for volunteering to lay the foundation of the Support Student Safety website!!
Christine Sun is a staff attorney for the ACLU of Tennessee's LGBT Project. Christine graduated in 1998 with honors from the New York University School of Law, where she was an editor of the Law Review. After graduating from NYU Law, Christine clerked for Judge Robert L. Carter (former NAACP General Counsel who argued Brown v. Board of Education) in the Federal District Court in New York City and then practiced at the law firms of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Keker & Van Nest. Her cases have been featured in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Anderson Cooper 360, The Advocate, Cosmo Girl, and MTV News. When not encouraging and supporting people who want to make positive change in their communities, Christine likes to ride her bike.
Sarah Beth Weintraub is a freshman at Yale, having recently graduated from Hume-Fogg Academic, where she was president of the Gay-Straight Alliance for two years. She has been actively involved in theater around town, including shows with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Act I, Circle Players, and Rhubarb Theatre, among others. She plans to major in either Theater Studies or Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.