Wendy Abrams

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Wendy Abrams
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Nationality American
OccupationEnvironmentalist
SpouseJim Abrams

Wendy Abrams (born 1965) is an American environmentalist. She is founder of Cool Globes. In 2010 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project. [1]

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Early life and education

Abrams grew up Wendy Mills [2] in Highland Park. [3] She received a bachelor's degree from Brown University (1987) [4] and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. [5]

Career

In 2006, Wendy Abrams founded Cool Globes, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of climate change through public art and education. [6] [7] [8]  The first exhibit, "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet" premiered in Chicago in 2007 and since then the exhibition has been in 22 cities and translated into nine languages- from Arabic to Spanish. [6] [7] [9] [8]

Abrams serves on the Leadership Council for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and is a 2019 Ripple of Hope laureate, along with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , and J. K. Rowling, among others. [10] [11] [12]

In 2011, she helped establish The Abrams Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School. [13] It was the first step of the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic expansion which intends to guarantee clinical experience to all law students. [14]

Politics

Abrams expressed a hope that President Obama would initiate divestment from oil. [15] Abrams was a substantive critic of the Keystone Pipeline and urged voters to oppose it, claiming that it would impact American energy independence. [16] Abrams is a major donor to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel. [17]

Personal life

She is married to Jim Abrams; [18] they have four children. [3] They live in Highland Park, Illinois. [19] [20]

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  2. ↑ "THE WATCHDOGS: Daley's Michael Reese Hospital deal still costing taxpayers millions". chicago.suntimes.com. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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  6. 1 2 Pickett, Debra. "The Wendy City". Chicago magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  7. 1 2 McQuaid, Cate (15 August 2013). "'Cool Globes' presents real world ideas - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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