Keynote Speaker
3:45 to 5:00
Congress Lounge

Elce Redmond
Inevitable Storm

An analysis of the current wave of non-violent organized resistance to the unfettered power of corporations and the storm of mobilizations to come.

Biography

Elce Redmond is a community organizer and trainer.  For the past twenty-five years he has been working with community groups throughout Chicago (including Jobs with Justice and South Austin Coalition), in the nation, and around the world on issues such as the living wage, displacement of public housing residents, an end to the War in Iraq, equal access & disability rights, healthcare, human rights, and more.  Currently Mr. Redmond is working on a campaign to spark banking reform, and organizing efforts to pressure the US government to adopt a national jobs program and to improve social safety net programs.