Susan Shaer
Organization:
Women's Action for New Directions
Position:
Executive Director
Areas of Expertise:
Military budget and spending; what the FY 2003 budget is being spent on, Pentagon spending, and tradeoffs; conventional arms; disarmament; missile defense, grassroots organizing to affect public policy; women's issues, women in politics; tax equity; bunker busters and new nuclear weapons; national security "real security" vs what we spend our money on -- does it make us any safer?
Personal Website:
Susan Shaer (MA): Executive Director, Women’s Action for New Directions; created and ran a program for women candidates at the Institute for Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; US foreign policy and the need for peaceful negotiation, Mother's Day for Peace history and relevance today
