Through our scientific and technological genius, we've made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment, we must make of it a brotherhood.
Background
Jean-Luc Pierite (member, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana) is an Indigenous leader, activist, and designer with areas of focus in supporting distributed networks for education; public policy advocacy for racial, economic, and climate justice; and supporting philanthropic foundations committed to diversity and inclusion.
Pierite earned a master’s in design for emergent futures from the Institut d’Arquitectura Avançada de Catalunya, following a BA from Dillard University and an associate’s from Full Sail University.
Interests
Pierite serves as President of the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB), serves on the Black Mass. Coalition executive committee in which he advocates for racial and economic justice through targets for public and private sectors, and serves on the Community Advisory Group for the Nellie Mae Education Foundation supporting K12 students and BIPOC-led organizations.
Pierite has been awarded with the inaugural LaDonna Brave Bull Allard Science Activist Award at The Global Community Bio Summit, which is hosted by the Community Biotechnology Initiative at the MIT Media Lab. He is also part of the Global Community Bio Fellows 3.0 to grow the movement of grassroots life sciences and research, and participates in the BIPOC Makers Collective as supported by Nation of Makers.
News Items
MIT welcomes nine MLK Scholars for 2024-25
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars enhance community through engagement with MIT students and faculty.
Jean-Luc Pierite- “Planning in the Native Slipstream: Urban Indigenous Futurisms and Alternative Presents”
MIT welcomes nine MLK Visiting Professors and Scholars for 2023-24
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Professors and Scholars will enhance and enrich the MIT community through engagement with students and faculty.