OLD Fighting for Civil Rights in Arizona
While a member of the Arizona House Judiciary committee, he struggled with most of today’s contemporary social justice issues, including unauthorized migration, the rights of victims of domestic violence and scores of other human and civil rights issues. His bills to restore the civil rights of formerly convicted felons, working in cooperation with the ACLU, American Friends Services, University of Arizona Law Professors Jack Chin and Andrew Silverman pioneered the Arizona battle that continues today. Ted, with Samuel Newsome,...
read moreOLD Broke Anthropologists Taboo Against Talking About Human Rights
In the early 80s, human rights was not part of anthropological discourse. To the contrary, the American Anthropological Association had opposed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Ted broke the barrier.
read moreOLD Filed the First Human Rights Charges Against the World Bank Group
In 1996, while working with the gathering tribe of Pehuenche (Southern Chile), Ted and Carmen faced an ethical dilemma of either joining in or denouncing serious human rights violations. Ted filed the first of three human rights violation charges against the International Finance Corporation (IFC_, the private sector arm of the World Bank, ultimately leading to the American Anthropological Association supporting his claims ( see Johnston and Turner 1998. Following hearings in Washington, the AAA ruled in favor of the Pehuenche Indians...
read moreOLD – Passing laws that count…
Ted co-sponsored 86 bills became law over two terms, a significant accomplishment for a member of the minority party. He shared governance responsibility with 89 other legislators for preparing a 10.1 US$ budget to serve Arizona’s 6.5M people. 2003-2006.Following his two terms, Ted used his knowledge of the legislative system to introduce reforms in election law and protect the rights of property owners.
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