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Vee Copeland

Senior Policy Analyst

vee@upturn.org
Areas of focus Policing Housing Labor and Employment

Survives off of lumpia. Rogue social worker. Lover of the nap ministry.

Vee is a senior policy analyst at Upturn. Their research and policy interests include the use of data, technology, and surveillance within “child welfare” and criminal legal systems. Vee’s work is rooted in a Black feminist abolitionist praxis and is primarily done in partnership with organizers and community based organizations. Vee recently received their Ph.D and has a MSW and B.A. in Psychology.

Survives off of lumpia. Rogue social worker. Lover of the nap ministry.

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