Sam Brakarsh

Sam Brakarsh, from Harare, Zimbabwe, is pursuing a JD at Stanford Law School. He graduated with a BA in social psychology and global health from Yale University and holds an MSc in African studies from the University of Oxford. For the last three years, Sam has served as the Africa regional representative for Artists at Risk Connection, advancing legislative reform across 11 countries and coordinating emergency response for artists persecuted for their expression. He recently authored and passed the African Union Resolution on the Promotion and Protection of Artistic Freedom and chaired the Pan-African Summit on Artist Freedom in Zanzibar (2025) and Ethiopia (2026). He has also worked with the Clinton Health Access Initiative to strengthen community health systems, contributed to the expert group on digital governance for the Scottish Parliament, and currently sits on the Social Prescribing Design Team for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.