MEDEA SUSAN BENJAMIN Green Party
1910 MISSION ST
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
BUSINESS: (415) 255-7296
RESIDENCE: (415) 648-7015
E-MAIL: medea@globalexchange.org
WEBSITE:http://www.medeaforsenate.org/

Biographical Highlights
* Party: Green
* Occupation: Human Rights Activist
* Founding Director of the San Francisco-based human rights organization Global Exchange
* Focusing on changing the labor and environmental practices of U.S. multinational corporations
* Instrumental in organizing protests against the World Trade Organization
* Worked for ten years as an economist and nutritionist in Latin America and Africa
* Masters degrees in Public Health and Economics
* Fluent in Spanish

Top Priorities if Elected
* Living Wage - Raise the minimum wage to a "living wage"
*Guarantee all our people the right to a healthy, dignified standard of living
* Schools not Prisons - Reaffirm our commitment to free public education,
*Recognize teachers as cherished professionals, and invest in schools not jails
* Electoral Reform - Public financing of political campaigns,
*Free media access, end soft money donations and change to proportional representation


  Key Endorsements
* Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate and Green Party Candidate for President
* Jim Hightower, Author, Radio Host
* Dr. Helen Rodriguez Trias, former President, American Public Health Assoc.