Jodie Evans is co-founder and co-director of CODEPINK

 

Jodie Evans is co-founder and co-director of CODEPINK and has been a peace, environmental, women's rights and social justice activist for forty years.  She has traveled to war zones, promoting and learning about peaceful resolution to conflict.  She served in the administration of Governor Jerry Brown and ran his presidential campaigns.  She published two books, "Stop the Next War Now" and "Twilight of Empire," and produced several documentary films, including the Oscar and Emmy-nominated "The Most Dangerous Man in America" and "The People Speak." Jodie co-founded CODEPINK: Women for Peace, is the board chair of Women's Media Center and sits on many other boards, including Rainforest Action Network, Institute for Policy Studies, and Drug Policy Alliance. Online at www.codepink.org