Lisa manages CEPR’s social media presence across platforms like X, LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok creating and curating content while developing compelling visual assets that strengthen CEPR’s digital brand identity. She also analyzes engagement metrics and implements SEO strategies to expand CEPR’s digital reach. Before joining CEPR, Lisa led a team of visual strategists as the director of design at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Her background is in digital storytelling and advocacy. She earned a BS in graphic communications from the University of Maryland Global Campus and studied African American studies at Howard University. For over a decade, Lisa has been involved in independent grassroots activism, supporting local efforts focused on worker cooperative development, dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline, increasing access to STEM programs in under-resourced communities, and climate justice.
All from Lisa Burnam
Data Centers and Price Spikes: Why the Public Should Own Its Utilities
Data centers are expanding and driving up energy costs for consumers. Could publicly owned utilities change that?
Worker Interests Are Not the Same as Corporate Interests
The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece about labor rights that deserves a close read.
Higher Ed Cuts: Future’s Promise to Future Profits
The One Big Beautiful Bill slashes student loan programs that benefit working class students — while boosting Pell grants for sketchy ‘short term’ programs.
Trump’s Nativist Strategy is Bread and Circus – and Deeply American
The anti-immigrant rhetoric of the Trump era is remarkably intense. But scapegoating economically disadvantaged populations has been a key feature of US history, and has proven to be very useful to elite interests who seek to divide working people in service of their own economic interests.
