DOROTHY SCHIEBER
GREEN PARTY Candidate for the 6th congressional District.
The 6th district includes parts of
Montgomery, Berks, and Chester Counties.
EDUCATION:
B.A. in
Human Services, Antioch College.
M.S.S. Bryn
Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research.
Certificate in Family Therapy, Hahnemann University.
Certified Responder in Crisis Intervention.
Licensed social worker/family therapist – special
needs children
and their families.
EXPERIENCE:
Mother of three, grandmother
of one.
Worked odd jobs
from unskilled labor to post-master’s professional work running
an agency and supervising
clinicians
Helped form Women’s Center at U. of P.
Helped form and taught at U. of
P. Free School.
Early
member and supporter of Ecology co-op, co-op
restaurant, fruit and vegetable co-op
in a liberated building, manager of co-op store.
Have been involved in the social justice, civil
rights, women’s movements and peace action
since the early
1960’s.
Served on board of Philaposh.
Former Chair of Montgomery County Injured Workers’
Committee
Served on board of Fellowship Farm.
Former co-chair of Tri-County Inter-Agency
Consortium.
Served on committees to work with block grant
money
for Welfare
Reform in both Philadelphia and Montgomery
Counties.
Served on Anti-violence Action Committee in
Pottstown.
Member of Kensington Welfare Rights Union.
Member of The
Underground Railroad.
Member
of the board of the Family Center in Pottstown
ISSUES:
End the war – withdraw our troops from Iraq
Decrease privatized jobs in military
Hold corporations accountable for their corrupt
practices
Negotiate disarmament treaties
Take corporate tax rates back to pre-Reagan levels
Roll back tax breaks for those making more than
$200,000 per year
Tax stock speculation and unearned income
More inspectors for containers in our ports
Protect power plants
Stop funding authoritarian governments
Support real (not corporate) democracy and economic
justice in the 3rd World
Make fair trade agreements that benefit all
participants
Universal Health Care – join the community of
developed countries in providing a
universal, single payer
health plan for our citizens.
Get the corporations out of the Health Care system.
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