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Ricky Baldwin

Ricky Baldwin cut his organizing teeth in the anti-apartheid movement in Mississippi, where he was also active in anti-war, anti-death-penalty, environmental and women's movements. Since 1990, he has been an active union member, steward, organizer and staff rep, a community organizer with ACORN and mobilization coordinator for the Western New York Council on Occupational Safety and Health. He is a full-time father of twins and a freelance writer for Z Magazine, Extra!, Labor Notes and other publications. He has an MS in math and an MA in German from U-Mississippi and a labor studies certificate from Cornell. Mr. Baldwin is available to speak on How to Talk to Your Neighbors About War and Occupation, Liberation or Occupation, War and Economic Injustice, etc..