Rod Boggs summarizes his education from elementary school in Rockville Center, New York through law school at Columbia University. He briefly mentions his work for the Ford Foundation in Africa and for Congressman Allard Lowenstein. The major focus of the interview is the educational advocacy that developed at the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, under his leadership. He talks about programs that preceded Parents United: a project involving volunteer lawyers working with D.C. public schools in Anacostia and another that provided matching grants to parent groups from these schools. He describes the founding of Parents United in response to a catastrophic reduction in the DC Public Schools budget and the continued advocacy of the organization for adequate school funding. He also mentions other issues addressed by Parents United, including school safety and health. The interview highlights the valuable contributions of several key colleagues.