Charlotte Laws

Charlotte Laws
Dr. Charlotte Laws
On the Red Carpet at an MTV Awards party in Los Angeles on June 4, 2010.
Member of the Greater Valley Glen Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
2004 - Present
Personal details
Born May 11, 1960(1960-05-11)
Atlanta, Georgia
Political party Democrat
Spouse(s) Charles Parselle
Children Kayla
Residence Los Angeles
Religion Jainism[1]
Website http://www.charlottelaws.org
During a television interview in June 2009.

Charlotte Laws (born May 11, 1960) is an American author, local Los Angeles politician and talk show host, community activist, and animal rights advocate.[2] As a former actress, some of her credits can be found under her Screen Actors Guild name Missy Laws.[3]

Laws is currently serving her fourth term on the Greater Valley Glen Council[4] in Valley Glen, California. She is the first politician[5] to run on the platform that she represents all beings in her district, not just the humans whom she maintains are the elite. She publicly promotes moving from a democracy to what she calls an omniocracy, a government with representation for all living beings.[6]

In May 2006, Laws was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to serve on the city’s 912 Commission.[7] In 1999, the Los Angeles City Charter mandated that a commission would be formed seven years later to review the progress, successes and failures of the city’s Neighborhood Council system.

She is the founder and president of two organizations: the Directors of Animal Welfare (DAW)[8] and the League for Earth and Animal Protection (LEAP).[9] She also sits on the board of the Center on Animal Liberation Affairs (CALA), a scholarly center created to advance the debate about animal liberation.[10] In 2006, Laws was the recipient of the Los Angeles Animal Humanitarian Award.

Laws is a vegan and an advocate of that diet.[1]

From October 2007 - September 2010, Laws hosted her own Los Angeles TV show called Uncommon Sense. Laws and her guests discussed current events.

Laws has also been a weekly commentator on the NBC show "The Filter with Fred Roggin" since August 2009, and she is a co-host on the Internet show "Every Way Woman."

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Biography

Education

After completing high school at The Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia, Laws attended the University of Florida in Gainesville and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and completed bachelor’s degrees in Theatre (1985) and Philosophy (1996) at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). She earned two master’s degrees from the University of Southern California (USC) in Professional Writing (1986) and in Social Ethics (1997), as well as a Ph.D. in Social Ethics (2000). In 2003, she completed post-doctoral coursework at Oxford University, England.

Acting and writing career

Laws studied acting at the Academy Theatre of Atlanta and the Estelle Harman Actors Workshop in Los Angeles. She worked as a model and actress in movies and television until her late 20's. She has performed as a stand up comic at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles.

In 1988, Laws authored a popular book called Meet the Stars, which details how the average person can succeed in the entertainment industry.[11] She promoted the book on Larry King Live, Oprah Winfrey, The Late Show and over a hundred radio and television shows throughout America and Canada.

From 1997-2000, Laws wrote for the British magazine Mad Dogs and Englishmen and since then has become a syndicated columnist. Her articles on current events, philosophy and social issues have been published in the "Los Angeles Daily News," "E the Environmental Magazine," "Opinion Editorials," "LA Times" and "Newsweek."[12]

Personal life

Laws was adopted at birth and tracked down her birthparents in her late twenties. She is known for saying, “You can never have too many parents.”[13] Prior to acting and writing, Laws experimented with a number of jobs. She was a cab driver, private investigator, backup singer for an Elvis imitator, nurse, fashion designer, aerobics instructor and antiques shop owner. Laws has also been a licensed Realtor since 1987.[14]

She married English barrister and California attorney Charles Parselle in the 1990’s and has a daughter named Kayla, who is an actress. She also has six chickens.[15]

Works

  • Laws, Missy. Meet the Stars. Ross Books, 1988, ISBN 0-89496-002-4.
  • Laws, Charlotte. "Jains, the ALF, and the ELF: Antogonists or Allies?" Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of Mother Earth, edited by Steven Best and Anthony J. Nocella. AK Press, 2006. ISBN 1-904859-56-9.
  • Laws, Charlotte. ARMed for Ideological Warfare.
  • Laws, Charlotte. "The Jain Center of Southern California" A Call to Compassion: Religious Perspectives on Animal Advocacy, edited by Anthony J. Nocella and Lisa Kemmerer. Lantern Books, March 2011. ISBN 9781590561829.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Religion vs. the Sprinkler Police, http://charlottelaws.typepad.com/the_official_charlotte_la/2009/10/religion-vs-the-sprinkler-police.html, retrieved 2011-03-05 
  2. ^ United Press International, "Animal Groups Zero in on pharma," July 26, 2006.
  3. ^ Charlotte Laws at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ Official Political Website - Charlotte Laws of Valley Glen
  5. ^ Greater Valley Glen Council members are considered politicians in that they campaign for office, are elected, are part of the city government and make binding decisions regarding taxpayer funds that are entrusted to them. They also fit the official definition of a politician. However, some people would not call them politicians because their decisions are advisory with respect to policy-making, and they receive no compensation for their local political work.
  6. ^ Laws, Charlotte."From Democracy to Omniocracy", Opinion Editorials, March 15, 2005.
  7. ^ "Laws Appointed to the 912 Commission", Studio City Sun, June 30, 2006, p. 5.
  8. ^ Fleck, Denise. "Directors of Animal Welfare: Helping Los Angeles Communities and the Animals that Inhabit them"
  9. ^ "League for Earth & Animal Protection"
  10. ^ "CALA Website"
  11. ^ "Amazon.com Website"
  12. ^ "Biola University Conference"
  13. ^ The Bachelorette Book, April 30, 1998.
  14. ^ Charlotte Laws Fan Club - Acting, Modeling
  15. ^ [1]

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