Katie Redford, a lawyer and human rights advocate, is co-founder of EarthRights International (ERI), a non-profit promoting and defending human rights and environmental justice through litigation, legal advocacy, human rights documentation, corporate accountability campaigns, and the training of grassroots leaders. In ERI’s landmark case Doe v. Unocal, villagers from Burma forced Unocal to settle, making the oil giant the first multinational corporation to compensate victims in an international human rights case. Katie used an Echoing Green Fellowship to establish ERI in 1995, became an Ashoka Global Fellow in 2006, and has been profiled in the books Be Bold and Your America: Democracy’s Local Heroes, and the award-winning documentary film Total Denial. earthrights.org
1% Solutions: Outing the Oligarchy, Corporate Racial Politics, Election Reform and Constitutional Amendments – Showcase Theater | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Fri
