Medea Benjamin
| Medea Benjamin | |
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| Born |
Susan Benjamin September 10, 1952 Freeport, New York |
| Residence | Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education |
Tufts University Columbia University New School for Social Research |
| Occupation | Political activist, author |
| Children | 2 |
Medea Benjamin (born Susan Benjamin; September 10, 1952) is an American political activist, best known for co-founding Code Pink and, along with activist and author Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was also the Green Party candidate in California in 2000 for the United States Senate. She currently contributes to OpEdNews and The Huffington Post.
In 2003, The Los Angeles Times described her as "one of the high profile leaders" of the peace movement.
In 2017, Madea was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Mairead Maguire.
Susan Benjamin grew up in Freeport, New York, on Long Island, a self-described "nice Jewish girl". According to the Capital Research Center, Benjamin received millions of dollars from trust funds.
During her first year at Tufts University, she renamed herself after the Greek mythological character Medea and joined the Students for a Democratic Society. She then dropped out of school and hitchhiked through Europe and Africa, teaching English classes to earn money. She later returned to the United States and received master's degrees in public health from Columbia University and in economics from The New School. Benjamin worked for ten years as an economist and nutritionist in Latin America and Africa for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization, the Swedish International Development Agency, and the Institute for Food and Development Policy.
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