Liz Ricketts

Liz Ricketts is the cofounder and executive director of The Or Foundation a USA and Ghanabased nonprofit working at the intersection of environmental justice education and fashion development Under Lizs leadership The Or Foundation has conducted an extensive multiyear multimedia research project called Dead White Mans Clothes DWMC delving into the afterlife of clothing within the context of Kantamanto market in Accra Ghana the largest secondhand market in the world Operating across three tiers material waste transformation direct relief and ecotoxicology research remediation The Or Foundation is working in solidarity with the Kantamanto community to catalyze a Justiceled Circular Textiles Economy in Accra In collaboration with community members Liz and her team recently launched the Stop Waste Colonialism campaign to push for Extended Producer Responsibility policies to be Globally Accountable ensuring that the transition to circularity is not subsidized by human exploitation and environmental injustice You can learn more at theororg and stopwastecolonialismorg