Chris Tittle

Chris Tittle (he/him) is a facilitator, organizer, lawyer, and dad focused on economic democracy, participatory governance, and co-creating liberatory futures. Over the past decade, his work has focused on land justice and workplace democracy at Sustainable Economies Law Center. He has also organized around fossil fuel divestment, anti-displacement, food justice, and indigenous sovereignty in California; co-founded the South Carolina Housing Justice Network; and served on the Board of Directors of New Economy Coalition and Fresh Future Farm. Chris became a lawyer without going to law school through the California Law Office Study Program, passing the California Bar in 2018. Prior to training as a barefoot lawyer, Chris completed an MA in Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College, where he did action research at Occupy London and explored community-determined responses to climate disruption in the Global South. He previously taught English in Japan and explored Islam in Senegal; and in between those two experiences, he traversed 3/4 of the globe by way of rail, sail, foot, and thumb. He currently lives and loves near the Ashley River on the ancestral lands of the Edisto Kusso-Natchez (Charleston, South Carolina).