Biographical Profile for Julia A. Willebrand
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Julia A. Willebrand's positions and views on the issues:
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Personal: (gender, age, marital status, spouse's name and age, children's name and
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Julia was born in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, and currently resides in Manhattan.
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Willebrand has several higher degrees including an Ed.D in English as a Second Language and an MA in Adult Education from Teachers College, Columbia University and a BA in American Studies from the City College of New York.
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As a public school teacher in the 1960s she was a delegate in her union, the United Federation of Teachers and was active in bringing the UFT to an anti-war position against the war in Vietnam. She subsequently taught as an Assistant Professor of English studies in the Empire State College, Center for Labor Studies, and as a Fulbright Professor to Hungary.
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She has been active in New York City local government as a member of the Manhattan Citizens' Solid Waste Advisory Board from 1994 to 1999 and as Chair of that board 1997 to 1999. Concurrently, she served as a member of the steering committee of the She is also a past chair of both the Solid Waste Committee of the NYC Sierra Club and the International Working Group of the Green Party USA.
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