About
The Public Participation Project is working to pass federal anti-SLAPP legislation in Congress. Our coalition of supporters currently includes numerous organizations and businesses, as well as prominent individuals. PPP also assists individuals and organizations working to pass anti-SLAPP legislation in the states. An important part of our work includes educating the public regarding SLAPPs and the consequences of these types of destructive lawsuits.
Staff
Development Director
Randy Anderson has been the Executive Director of the National Coalition for Drug-Free School Zones and the Chiefs of Police National Drug Task Force. He was also the Director of the Washington office of the Children’s Emergency Fund and the Chief Executive Officer of World Med Corps (now World Job Corps). His father, the late Jack Anderson, is considered one of the pioneers of modern investigative journalism. Jack Anderson was the victim of a steady stream of meritless lawsuits initiated with the sole intention of shutting him up. As his father was one of the great defenders of the First Amendment, Randy hopes to continue his legacy by sustaining and expanding the work of the Public Participation Project.
Legislative Assistant, Organizer, and Webmaster
Evan Mascagni graduated, summa cum laude, from the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law in 2011. While in law school, Mascagni was Editor-in-Chief of the UDC Law Review, was awarded the Women’s Bar Association 2010 Founders Fellowship, and was awarded a Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Equal Justice Works Fellowship in 2009, where he worked at the National Whistleblowers Center in Washington, DC. He joined the Public Participation Project in 2011.
Development Consultant
Melissa Feuer joined the PPP Team in January 2012. Her eight years of development experince includes fundraising for internationally know charities, including Sierra Club and Big Brothers Big Sisters, as well for as start-ups and small, locally based non-profit agencies. She received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2002, and completed her graduate studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005.
Legal Intern
John Benjamin is a second year law student at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law. Benjamin is President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) UDC Chapter, a member of the Future Leaders Council, and involved in the Capital Area American Civil Liberties Union. He joined the Public Participation Project in 2011.
