Christopher Nikhil Bowen is an activist and blogger. He was born in Calcutta, India December 2, 1987.
He attended public schools K-12 in Jericho, Vermont, where he was raised. Chris is the oldest of 5 children. The family is unique in that all the children are ethnic minorities, and have been adopted. Chris was accepted into Vermont’s Legislative Page program when he was in the eighth grade, and served out his appointment in the states capital of Montpelier. While in high school, he served on the student council for 3 years; his senior year he sat on the Mount Mansfield Union High School, school board. Chris fought against mandatory ‘advisory’ meetings in the mornings, and fought against installing security cameras throughout the school yard as they would intrude on students personal space. The security camera resolution was defeated.
Chris was accepted at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. He served on the Student Government Association (SGA) all 4 years. He was the Vice President of the organization his junior year, and student body president in his senior year. Bowen became a prominent Ron Paul supporter in 2007, and volunteered at the campaign HQ in Arlington, Virginia for the 2008 Republican Presidential primary campaign. He was a College Republicans member for 4 years, being the Vice President for his final 2 years. His libertarian nature was well-known throughout the campus, and in an act of defiance, as student body president, he even signed on to the ‘Get Real Initiate‘, even when his much more conservative senate on the southern Catholic campus voiced extreme reservations, as did the university president. Chris, and his superior, College Republicans President Ryan Hammond both refused to offer any help on behalf of Republican Presidential candidate John McCain after he selected Sarah Palin to be his running-mate in the 2008 elections.
In 2009, he was able to study at Institut Catholique de Paris for 5 months, where all but one of his courses was taught in French. He came back to the states and worked as a legislative intern for United States Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT) in Washington, D.C. in 2010 for his final semester at Marymount University. He graduated in 2010 with a BA in Politics, minor in History, and also as a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society.
Chris then accepted an offer to study at Oxford University (Trinity College) where he conducted his post-baccalaureate research on British Liberalism and the work of J.R.R Tolkien over the course of the Trinity term.
Chris went on to California State University, Los Angeles, where he earned his MA degree in Political Science, his concentration was Political Theory. He was an active member in the Associated Students Inc. (A.S.I.) during his years at the university, and was a voting member of the A.S.I. Board of Directors. Chris never voted in favor of the A.S.I. budget, as he argued that the fee was being immorally collected against the will of the students. He advocated an opt-in plan, where students could decide whether they wanted to become a member of A.S.I and enjoy the benefits of the organization, or they could not become a member and not be forced to pay dues. He was also a staunch advocate against the newly imposed ‘Student Success Fees‘ which have been implemented in many California State Universities to close the budget gap.
Chris was awarded the James Galbraith Fellowship by the Pat Brown Institute in his second year of graduate work. He was placed in the State Senate Republican Caucus Leader Bob Huff’s district office. As a fellow, he worked with the senator and his staff on education and social services issues. Bowen graduated in 2012 from California State University, Los Angeles with over a 3.6 GPA, and was a Golden Key International Honour Society student.
Today, Chris lives with his partner in West Hollywood, California. In November 2013 Chris was elected Vice President of Political Affairs of the Stonewall Young Democrats, and has served on Stonewall Young Democrats board since June 2012. He also serves as The Stonewall Democratic Clubs Historian, and is an executive board member of that organization. Chris is also active in city affairs and local political organizations.
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