Elce Redmond
Elce Redmond, a community organizer and lifelong resident of Chicago, has been
working with community groups throughout the city on issues such as housing, heat assistance, healthcare, and human rights for more than 20 years. He has conducted leadership development and political development and political eduation projects in Bosnia-herzigovina, Ireland, Argentina, East Timor, and Cote D’Ivoire. Most recently, Redmond went to Bagdad with the Christian Peacemaker Team to advocate and organize on behalf of detainees in Iraq. Here in Chicago, he has worked closely with labor unions and the community to bring attention to issues of economic justice, including the the Wal-Mart campaign.