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Say the name Erin Brockovich and you think, strong, tough and stubborn. Erin is all that and definitely more. She is a modern-day “David” who loves a good brawl with today’s “Goliaths”. She thrives on being the voice for those who don’t know how to yell. She is a rebel. She is a fighter. She is a mother. She is a woman. She is you and me.
It’s been over 15 years since Julia Roberts starred in the Oscar-winning tour de force, Erin Brockovich. The film turned an unknown legal researcher into a 20th century icon by showcasing how her dogged persistence was the impelling force behind the largest medical settlement lawsuit in history. Since then, Erin hasn’t been resting on her laurels…she continues to fight hard and win big!
This gutsy broad doesn’t apologize for who she is. She has always loved going head to head with the big boys and was never intimated by their bravado. She learned how to come out on top from her tight-knit mid-western family in Lawrence, Kansas. Erin was the youngest child of an industrial engineer father and journalist mother. Her parents always believed that she could do anything she set her mind to if she learned to focus her amazing energy.
After a few years roaming around at various colleges, Erin decided that she wanted to be a California girl. She first landed a job as a management trainee for K-Mart, but when that didn’t make her swagger, she decided to study electrical engineering. But that wasn’t enough for the Kansas beauty. On a fluke, she entered the Miss Pacific Coast beauty pageant, and, not surprisingly, won the title. When she realized that beauty pageants weren’t her thing, Erin, her husband, and her two children settled in Reno, Nevada. After divorcing, the single mother became a secretary at a brokerage firm where she met and married her second husband. But that marriage was short lived, and the now mother of three was solo again.
Up until this point, Erin was the average divorced single mother trying to make a living, until she crossed paths with lawyer, Ed Masry, and this meeting changed the course of both of their lives.
After being seriously injured in a traffic accident in Reno, Erin moved back to California’s San Fernando Valley and hired Masry & Vititoe to represent her. They won a small settlement, but she still needed work, so she got a job at the law firm as a file clerk. It was while organizing papers on a pro bono real estate case that Erin first found medical records that would explode into the largest direct action lawsuit in US history.
Erin’s exhaustive investigation uncovered that Pacific Gas & Electric had been poisoning the small town of Hinkley’s Water for over 30 years. It was because of Erin’s unwavering tenacity that PG&E had now been exposed for leaking toxic Chromium 6 into the ground water. This poison affected the health of the population of Hinkley. In 1996, as a result of the largest direct action lawsuit of its kind, spearheaded by Erin and Ed Masry, the utility giant was forced to pay out the largest toxic tort injury settlement in US history: $333 million in damages to more than 600 Hinkley residents.
The story and eventual film made “Erin Brockovich” a household name. Over time, Erin realized that she could use her notoriety to spread positive messages of personal empowerment and to encourage others to stand up and make a difference.
Erin Brockovich has conquered all forms of media. Her first TV project was ABC’s 2001 Special, Challenge America With Erin Brockovich, where she helped motivate and organize the rebuilding of a dilapidated park in downtown Manhattan. This show is best described as “Extreme Make-Over Home Edition on steroids”. For three seasons, Erin hosted the Lifetime series, Final Justice With Erin Brockovich. The show celebrated everyday women who triumphed when faced with overwhelming adversity.
Erin then dominated the world of publishing with her New York Times Business Bestseller, Take It From Me: Life’s A Struggle, But You Can Win. She has also written two fiction novels, Rock Bottom and Hot Water. Her latest release, Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It, drew wide media attention before its publication.
Because of her fighting spirit, Erin has become the champion of countless women and men. She is this generation’s “Dear Abby”, and in fact receives thousands of “Dear Erin” letters and emails each year from people who are begging for help and support in their own personal struggles. Erin proudly answers every one of them.
As President of Brockovich Research & Consulting, she is currently involved in numerous environmental projects worldwide. She has requests for her help in ground water contamination complaints in every state of the US, Australia, and other international hot spots. She is currently working on cases in California, Texas, Florida, Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri.
Erin is one of the most requested speakers on the international lecture circuit and travels the world for personal appearances. She is a true American hero whose icon status and “stick-to-it-iveness” only fuels her determination to expose injustice and lend her voice to those who do not have one.
In this panel discussion, Erin Brockovich talks about the environmental problems she has been combating in West Virginia. She talks about the causes of the problems, saying, “When we first went out there everything was pretty calm, but when they turned the water on, that was when the problem started… people noticed when they turned their water on that it tasted of licorice, and it's a good job that it did because otherwise they could have been drinking poison very long time." Addressing those who claim that America needs to scale back on regulation for the sake of the economy, she says, “It's an argument we've heard too many times. It's an argument I'm sick of hearing. In this particular situation you tell me, if there's so much regulation, why nobody had been out to oversee this facility since 1991."
Erin has overcome more adversity than most and not only survived it but triumphed in the most spectacular way. She shares her own story of self-improvement and self-empowerment to demonstrate how we can all achieve to our maximum potential. She encourages audiences to follow her RAM (Realization, Assessment and Motivation) guidelines, realizing who you are, assessing your skills and motivating yourself to achieve your dreams.
Four Steps to Success
Erin has achieved much to be admired. But it didn't just happen. Hear from Erin her Four Steps to Success which include: Erin has achieved much to be admired. But it didn't just happen. Hear from Erin her Four Steps to Success which include:
-LOGIC: Don't see Logic as only intellect, but use your common sense and listen to your instincts. After all, they are the spouse to logic. -LEVERAGE: Get Your Leverage ON! Don't let this word scare you. Leverage can help strengthen your voice and strengthen you as an individual so that you can be heard! Remember, in mathematics, leverage means 1+1=2. But in principle, leverage means 1+1=1000! -LOYALTY: This is stick-to-it-iveness and is something you must have to see your way to the end. -AND: The burning question we all have..."Why Do I Do This?" Well, it's LOVE, ACTUALLY!
The Power of One
Erin Brockovich is one of those rare individuals whose own true story has become part of our public consciousness. Seen by millions as a symbol of American justice and the importance of fighting for the truth, Brockovich continues to speak out on behalf of those who can’t. After uncovering a 30-year long history of poisoning the groundwater in Hinkley, CA by PG&E, Brockovich dug in and didn’t give up until she had exposed the truth—and had gotten justice for its victims. She truly is proof that one person can make a difference, and she believes that everyone—in their own way—can do the same.
RAM: Realization, Assessment, and Motivation
Erin lives according to the guidelines she likes to call RAM. The R is for Realization. She believes you have to realize who YOU are, good and bad, before you can begin to know where you are going. A is for Assessment. Take stock, not in what you have, but in who you are. Look at your skills, weakness, strengths and applying traits where they need to be and let go of the bad ones. M is for Motivation. It’s hard to stay motivated in the world today and motivation is the steam that keeps us going. Motivation is about taking time for self renewal. We all need our batteries charged yet never take the time to do it and then just burn out.
Erin's ability to continue the good work she has done on behalf of other people is due to her belief in the above and she shares her story and tools for success with audiences nationwide.
“Erin was wonderful! She is an exceptional speaker who spoke with heart, passion and love. She was so very gracious and stayed around until she had met everyone who was in line. She made each one of them feel special.” – Benton Area Chamber of Commerce
“I just wanted you to know that we have received such great feedback about your talk, the luncheon, and about LegalTube! Our launch at AAJ was a huge success!” – LegalTube
“Erin was simply amazing – her personality is infectious and we were so privileged to have her as a speaker.” – Institute of Directors
“HUGE success!! The entire event, including the luncheon, exceeded our expectations!! Loved meeting Erin – her speech was EXCELLENT!!!” – Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC
“It was great!! Everyone loved her, we had so much fun with her and she is so very nice. She’s been the talk of the conference.” – Association of Otolaryngology Administrators
“Erin was delightful, inspiring, easy to work with, insightful, funny and a media magnet. Our supporters are reinvigorated!” – Citizens for Clean Air
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Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It
From environmental activist, renowned crusader, champion fighter, maverick—a book that looks at our present situation with water and shows us how we can each take action to make changes in our cities, towns, and villages, before it is too late.
“Brockovich is a vocal, no-nonsense writer–Roberts might even have downplayed her fire in the movie … The tales she tells show how addressing water issues at the source can make a big difference all the way down the chain.”–Heather Hansman, Outside
“Brockovich urges people to continue to fight for what they believe in … [Her] belief in individual activism–rather than relying on leaders, corporations, or the government to handle the water crisis–is the guiding theme in her new book … inspirational.”–Sam Gillette, People
In Erin Brockovich’s long-awaited book—her first to reckon with conditions on our planet—she makes clear why we are in the trouble we’re in, and how, in large and practical ways, we each can take actions to bring about change.
She shows us what’s at stake, and writes of the fraudulent science that disguises these issues, along with cancer clusters not being reported. She writes of the saga of PG&E that continues to this day, and of the communities and people she has worked with who have helped to make an impact. She writes of the water operator in Poughkeepsie, New York, who responded to his customers’ concerns and changed his system to create some of the safest water in the country; of the moms in Hannibal, Missouri, who became the first citizens in the nation to file an ordinance prohibiting the use of ammonia in their public drinking water; and about how we can protect our right to clean water by fighting for better enforecement of the laws, new legislation, and better regulations. She cannot fight all battles for all people and gives us the tools to take actions ourselves, have our voices heard, and know that steps are being taken to make sure our water is safe to drink and use.
Take It From Me The book helps to answer the question Erin gets asked most often — in her lecture series, on Oprah, by producers, reporters, and all the people who walk up to her at the supermarket: “Erin, how do you do it?”
To succeed against overwhelming odds — dead-end jobs, dead-end relationships, dyslexia, you name it — she had to find and free the power and force of her own inner strength, the inner strength that is there in everyone. While her story is well-known, readers will find her advice surprisingly insightful, fresh, and accessible: Sometimes you have to do what seems impossible because you have to.
“I have learned that some ‘choices’ we make aren’t choices at all, merely capitulation to our weaknesses. To develop your inner strength, you must push yourself to do your best, especially when you aren’t sure you can, because You Can Because You Have To. If you are so lonely you feel like sitting in the corner and shaking, stop feeling sorry for yourself and use that energy to find someone to share your life with. You don’t need to be rescued, rescue yourself.” Erin weaves her advice with her own personal stories — many of which she tells for the first time — including lessons she has learned long after the movie events ended. In this inspiring book, co-authored by New York Times bestselling celebrity collaborator Marc Eliot, Erin provides readers with the insight to put them on the path to discover the inner strength to empower themselves, no matter how great the challenge, no matter how impossible the obstacles.
Erin Brockovich is more than just a movie — and she’s got a lot more stories to tell and advice to offer to all who admire her.
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