Meredith Owen
Meredith Owen serves as Director of Policy and Advocacy for Church World Service, Immigration and Refugee Program, where she advocates to strengthen immigrant and refugee rights in the United States and overseas. Meredith previously served as Policy Associate for the Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST). She also worked for Human Rights USA, where she engaged in civil litigation on behalf of survivors of human trafficking and gross human rights abuses in order to obtain redress for victims, to hold perpetrators accountable, and as a mechanism for social change. Meredith received her law degree from Washington College of Law and her master’s in International Affairs from the School of International Service at American University. Meredith is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bars.