Post Legislature
Eder is currently finishing his undergraduate degree. Since leaving office he has worked to secure medical care for an Iraqi child sponsored by No More Victims, an organization that brings Iraqi children that have been injured by U.S. forces to the United States for medical care and rehabilitation. He travels the country lecturing on campaign finance reform and training citizens in methods of grassroots organizing and electoral reform.
In November 2008 Eder was elected to the Cumberland County Charter Commission. Eder finished second out of five declared candidates running a write-in election for two seats. Eder is working on a book which is a biographical account of his colorful life and service as the nation's highest elected Green Party official. The book will also be a how-to manual encouraging regular citizens to run for local office as a way to demystify politics and feel empowered by taking personal responsibility for their own governance.
In June 2010 Eder was elected Chair of the Portland Green Independent Committee.
Eder is a recipient of the George Mitchell Peace Scholarship.
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