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Former Mayor Alvin Brown Accepts Georgetown University Fellowship

Georgetown University

Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is heading back to school in the spring.

Brown has accepted an appointment at Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown University in the school’s Institute of Politics and Public Service. 

Along with other former political office holders and insiders, Brown will be one of the school’s fellows, leading students in discussions of current-day political challenges.

According to the Georgetown website, Brown’s discussion group is titled “Successess and Struggles of a 21st-Century Mayor.

Brown was the first-ever African-American elected mayor of Jacksonville. The Democratic mayor also held posts in the Bush and Clinton administrations before taking local office. 

Jessica Palombo oversees local news at WJCT News 89.9 and Jacksonville Today. With a master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse University and bachelor's in journalism from the University of Florida, Jessica is a nearly lifelong resident of Jacksonville. You may have once seen her on a local community theater stage. These days, you can most likely catch her reading a book in a school pickup line.