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Wes Browning
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Wes
Browning: Biography
A
history of abuse and homelessness led to Wes Browning’s
passion for the issues that Real Change addresses. He has been
involved with Real Change since he supplied the art for the
first cover in November of 1994. On the Editorial Committee,
he writes for the paper, including a regular humor column. He
works part-time at the vendor desk, selling papers to vendors,
and is a member of the Real Change Board of Directors.
Wes was born in 1949. He was severely abused
as a child by both parents. As an escape, Wes buried himself
in books. In 1979 he achieved a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Cornell
University. But the childhood abuse continued to have an effect,
and he began to experience severe symptoms of chronic post-traumatic
stress disorder. The illness resulted in homelessness in the
eighties, but Wes has also been homeless on other occasions
simply as a result of poverty and the whims of property developers
and company layoffs. Wes is glad to talk about those experiences,
as well as the childhood abuse he went through, because he believes
in the necessity of education to end injustice. He also believes
that no cause ever advanced far without a sense of humor.
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To
schedule a speaking event with Wes:
Contact Erin at (206) 441-3247 ext. 206 or erina@realchangenews.org |
