Starhawk (born Miriam Simos in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 17, 1951) is an American writer, activist, anarchist and witch. She is well known as a theorist of Paganism, writing Wiccan columns on Beliefnet.com [1], and is one of the foremost popular voices of ecofeminism. Starhawk lives in San Francisco, where she works with Reclaiming, a tradition of Witchcraft that she co-founded in the late 1970s. She is internationally known as a trainer in nonviolence and direct action, and as an activist within the peace movement, women's movement, environmental movement, and anti-globalization movement. She travels and teaches widely in North America, Europe and the Middle East, giving lectures and workshops. She is currently working with United for Peace and Justice, the RANT trainers' collective, Earth Activist Training, and other groups.
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