From 1995 to 2000, Carol Wall was a National Representative for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) and became its first human rights director. In 2002, she was elected CLC Vice President representing Workers of Colour. She is also a member of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and has served on the boards of several non-for-profit organizations.

On June 30 of this year, our world lost a great fighter for social justice. James Elliot Potts passed away at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto at the age of 93. Knowing him for almost a decade changed forever the way I look at politics, economics and the world.

I first met Jim in the summer of 1995 at the United Nations Association in Canada (Toronto Branch), a not-for-profit organization that engages the public in the work of the UN. He hired me as a part-time fundraiser and organizer, my first work experience that didn't include a cash register or a gas pump.