Advocacy Program Manager, International Human Rights
Laura Raymond is the Advocacy Program Manager for CCR’s International Human Rights docket. She joined CCR in 2008 after working with a number of social justice organizations and networks throughout the United States and in Mexico. Since that time, she has coordinated CCR's advocacy work on a broad range of international human rights issues. Specific projects have focused on the oil company Shell's role in Nigeria, accountability for torture by private military contractors and U.S. government officials, a variety of human rights issues stemming from the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the 2009 coup d'etat in Honduras and the occupation of Palestine, among other issues. She is the co-editor of The Global Activist’s Manual: Local Ways to Change the World and the author of numerous articles on human rights and organizing. She is an active member of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG); she was the recipient of the NLG's Legal Worker of the Year Award in 2005. She holds a Master of Arts Degree in Service, Leadership, and Management, with a focus on Policy Advocacy, from SIT Graduate Institute and a Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies, with a focus on Globalization and Community Restructuring, from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
