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Jim Keady
Jim Keady, a social justice educator, politician and tavern owner, got his start as a human rights activist while pursuing a master's degree in pastoral theology at St. John's University in New York. He played semi-professional soccer as a goalie and assisted in coaching the St. John's men's soccer team (http://www.oregonlive.com/playbooks-profits/index.ssf/2011/07/activist_jim_keady_of_team_sweat_monitors_nike-con.html).

For his graduate thesis, Keady wrote a paper, "Nike and Catholic Social Teaching: A Challenge to the Christian Mission at St. John's University," examining the company's business practices and challenging the university's sponsorship agreement with Nike. Keady refused to wear Nike apparel and the university forced him to resign as coach in June 1998 (http://www.oregonlive.com/playbooks-profits/index.ssf/2011/07/activist_jim_keady_of_team_sweat_monitors_nike-con.html).

Social Justice Work Keady is the Director of Educating for Justice, Inc., a NJ-based nonprofit company that educates and organizes citizens to promote peace and justice in the world. Keady founded Team Sweat in 2000. Team Sweat is one of the largest groups that specifically tracks and protests against Nike. Team Sweat is "an international coalition of consumers, investors, and workers committed to ending the injustices in Nike’s sweatshops around the world.". While Keady was conducting his research about Nike at St. John’s University, the school signed a $3.5 million deal with Nike, forcing all athletes and coaches to endorse Nike. Keady publicly refused to support Nike and was forced to resign his position as soccer coach in 1998. Since resigning, Keady has done original research into the conditions in Nike's Sweatshops. He traveled to Indonesia and for a month lived among the Nike factory workers, surviving on $1.25 per day like they do (http://www.villanovan.com/news/jim-keady-speaks-out-against-nike/article_9e6f7512-e353-5b69-a10c-35747d476267.html) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_sweatshops).

Keady's social justice work regarding Nike has been featured on television including CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, HBO Sports, ESPN, the ABC, the BBC, NPR, WBAI, as well as in the NY Times, Newsday, Sports Illustrated, the Daily News, and countless other local radio programs and print outlets. Further, he offers an educational workshops called "Beyond the Swoosh" where he shares his experiences living with Nike’s factory workers and his decade long effort to end sweatshop abuses (http://ciaspeakers.com/home/?p=215).

Keady was a dedicated volunteer in his hometown of Belmar, NJ, after Hurricane Sandy, and famously had an exchange with Gov. Chris Christie, which made headlines when Christie told him to "sit down and shut up" after he complained about the pace of recovery from Hurricane Sandy on the storm's second anniversary (http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/meet-man-christie-told-to--sit-down-and-shut-up--349703235827) (http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/christie_lashes_out_at_hecklers_democratic_nj_senators_for_delays_on_sandy_aid.html).

Keady has also volunteererd in Greece, helping Syrian refugees (http://www.app.com/story/news/world/2015/12/30/spring-lake-man-helps-syrian-refugees-greece/77357730/). Since the devestating hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Keady has made humanitarian trips to help people there (https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/candidates-break-campaign-trail-aid-puerto-rico/).

Politics Keady was a former Asbury Park Councilman, who famously was told to "sit down and shut up" by Gov. Chris Christie, and is currently running against Rep. Chris Smith in New Jersey's fourth district.

In 2005, Keady was voted as Asbury Park Councilman but did not seek re-election (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/asbury_park_councilman_james_k.html).

Keady ran unsuccessfully for Congress in New Jersey’s 3rd district in 2016 (http://observer.com/2017/11/meet-the-three-democrats-challenging-rep-chris-smith/).

Education and Background Keady was born in Neptune, NJ, in 1971, raised in Belmar,and currently lives in Spring Lake with his daughter (https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156551/james-keady#.WkF-_lQ-cWo). Keady graduated from St Joseph University in 1993 with a degree in psychology and earned his master's in theology from St. John's University in 1999.

Keady currently runs the Lighthouse Tavern, Waretown, NJ, opened by his father of the same name in 1992. The Irish tavern is an 1800s stagecoach stop and former ice cream parlor in Ocean County http://www.app.com/story/entertainment/dining/2015/02/04/lighthouse-tavern/22838211/).

LizzardoFH (talk) 02:05, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

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 * Note, the fact that you are creating a draft article on one politician who has run against another politician to whose article you have added negative content is what prompted this. Note that all wikipedia articles should be neutral and verified with reliable sources. Using the encyclopedia for political campaigning is not acceptable. Melcous (talk) 07:17, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Jim Keady (December 26)
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Theroadislong (talk) 11:59, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

March 2018
Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Chris Smith (New Jersey politician), as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. Marquardtika (talk) 22:15, 13 March 2018 (UTC)