Keli Carender
Keli Carender is widely credited as having held the nation's first modern tea party protest on February 16, 2009, the day before the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law. She is the founder and co-chair of the Seattle-area activist coalition, The Seattle Sons & Daughters of Liberty, and is the author of the blog Redistributing Knowledge. Keli is the National Director of Outreach and Education for State Budget Solutions and Tea Party Sunshine, both projects of Sunshine Review, as well as a staff member of Tea Party Patriots. Much of her efforts now focus on legislative research, government transparency, and advocating for the Health Care Compact. Keli has lived and worked in Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, and received a graduate diploma in Education at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Her interests include improv comedy, and she has performed with award-winning improv groups in Seattle, Oxford, Edinburgh, Chicago, and Austin.
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