Co-Chair, GPUS International Committee, 2006 Green Party candidate for Comptroller, NY

Available to speak on the following subjects:
Corporate Power
Foreign Policy / Latin America
Education / No Child Left Behind / High Stakes Testing
Labor / Trade Policy
Globalization
SPP

Bio
Dr. Julia Willebrand is an environmental and antiwar activist who has worked for peace.

Dr. Willebrand has served as chair of the NYC Sierra Club Solid Waste Committee, chair of the Manhattan Citizens' Solid Waste Advisory Board, and on the steering committee of the Citywide Recycling Advisory Board, among other positions, and has testified frequently at hearings on solid waste, air and water pollution, and sprawl. She has been a Fulbright Professor to Hungary, a union delegate, chair of college ESL and English programs, a teacher-trainer, and a testing and curriculum development specialist for adult education programs. As a United Federation of Teachers delegate in the 1960s, she was part of a caucus that succeeded in withdrawing their support for the war in Vietnam. She and her late husband were draft counselors, helping young men avoid service in the Vietnam War.

Dr. Willebrand has a B.A. in American Studies from City College, and a Masters and Doctorate in Education from Columbia University.

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