-- Chuck Collins Thursday October 14, 2004 7:00pm, Baxter Hall, Caltech This event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required.

Biography

Chuck Collins is the co-founder and Associate Director of United for a Fair Economy (UFE). Founded in 1995, UFE is a national non-partisan organization that draws attention to the dangerous consequences of growing income and wealth inequality in the US and inspires action to reduce economic inequality.

Journalist John Nichols said "United for Fair Economy is the single most effective group in the country when it comes to publicizing issues of economic injustice, income disparity, the racial underpinnings of the gap between rich and poor, and . . . the yawning chasm between the salaries of corporate CEOs and those of working Americans." UFE's programs and strategies include: popular economics education, legislative campaigns, research and media work and creative direct action organizing.

In 1997, he co-founded Responsible Wealth, a project of United for a Fair Economy, to bring together business leaders and investors to publicly speak out against economic policies and corporate practices that worsen economic inequality. Recently, he coordinated the Call to Preserve the Estate Tax, signed by over 1100 prominent Americans including Bill Gates, Sr., George Soros and others.

For more information about Collins and United for a Fair Economy, go to the UFE website: http://www.faireconomy.org/.