Dr. Edith Rasell has accepted an invitation from the CUCC's Economic Justice Task Force to speak at CUCC during the worship service on Sunday, February 27. She is on the national staff of the United Church of Christ serving in Justice and Witness Ministries as Minister for Economic Justice. She works with UCC congregations around the country as well as national and international organizations to bring greater economic justice to people in the US and around the world, especially the poor and marginalized. Dr. Rasell is known for her ability to make economic matters understandable, relevant, and interesting. She is a UCC layperson and holds a PhD in economics.
Before coming to the UCC she worked for 12 years at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a highly regarded, progressive think tank in Washington, D.C. The EPI focus on the conditions of low and middle-income Americans. http://www.epi.org. Her areas of expertise are economic justice, workers rights, taxes, federal budget, globalization, trade, immigration and economic downturn. She provides staff leadership to the UCC Task Force on Economic Justice.
Before coming to the UCC she worked for 12 years at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a highly regarded, progressive think tank in Washington, D.C. The EPI focus on the conditions of low and middle-income Americans. http://www.epi.org. Her areas of expertise are economic justice, workers rights, taxes, federal budget, globalization, trade, immigration and economic downturn. She provides staff leadership to the UCC Task Force on Economic Justice.