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Abolish Corporate Personhood: Democratize the Law
Speakers DC
David Cobb is a lawyer who has sued corporate polluters, lobbied elected officials, run for political office himself, and been arrested for non-violent civil disobedience. In 2002 he ran for Attorney General of Texas, pledging to use the office to revoke the charters of corporations that repeatedly violate health, safety and environmental laws. In 2004, he ran for President of the United States on the Green Party ticket.
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George Friday grew up in rural North Carolina and holds degrees in political science, economics, and African American studies from the University of North Carolina. She provides training on leadership development, strategic planning, community organizing, and her work focuses on the role of privilege in transforming power dynamics. She also serves as national field organizer for the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, and works with the Independent...
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National Leadership Team, Move To Amend (people's organization)
Virginia Rasmussen is a principal with the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy (POCLAD) and worked with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in its national campaign to "Challenge Corporate Power, Assert the People's Rights." She taught chemistry and environmental studies at Alfred University in Alfred, NY, and served as Education Director at the New Alchemy Institute in Falmouth, MA. She serves as a local elected...
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