Alison Friedman

Bio:

Alison Friedman is the executive director of the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable. A former diplomat and congressional candidate, Alison marched before she could walk and has spent her career combating abuses of power from voting rights violations to human trafficking, corporate capture of government functions to closing civic space. She's also a mom.

WMC News & Features
September 25, 2019 | Alison Friedman | Politics, Violence against women
A letter to Christine Blasey Ford on the anniversary of her testimony

Writer Alison Friedman reflects on what Christine Blasey Ford's courage has meant to many women.

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