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A former Congressman, legal aid volunteer, and assistant district attorney, Joe Kennedy founded Groundwork Project to address pervasive disparities in the American political system and to help build a Democratic Party that is more inclusive, representative, and fair.

In addition to Groundwork Project, Kennedy now serves as a senior advisor to the Emerson Collective, the Poor Peopleā€™s Campaign and the National Association of Community Health Centers and appears on CNN as a political commentator. He also serves on the boards of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the Woodwell Climate Research Center, the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health and the Robert F. Kennedy Childrenā€™s Action Corps.

Prior to serving in Congress, Kennedy was an Assistant District Attorney in Massachusetts. He attended Stanford University and Harvard Law School, where he was an active member of the Legal Aid Bureau, and spent two years in the United States Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic. The grandson of former U.S. Attorney General and Senator Robert Kennedy and great-nephew of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy.