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stephentimothy

stephentimothy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:47:36 -0500

Pre-service adult educator (M.Ed., 2009). Certified Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Volunteer in-home ESL tutor and conversation partner. Polyglot. Polymath.

Natalie

neierman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:04:56 -0500

It's Me!

Bboat — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:32:02 -0500

winnie.romeril

winnie.romeril — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:55:54 -0500

Joe Catania

jcatania — Sun, 25 May 2008 22:13:38 -0500

I am the husband of Jennifer and father of a four-½ year old – Ella Rae - and have been happily married for 10 years, despite several bouts of unemployment (for really, really goodreasons). I was born in Staten Island, New York where all of my extended family still lives, but grew up inMiddletown, NJ, a homogenous suburb of New Jersey not far from the JerseyShore. I’ve spent the last 15 years working and living in different places,including the Bronx, New York, Washington Heights, New York, Philadelphia,Atlanta, Georgia and Lumberton, North Carolina. I love my Italian-American roots and traditions, but alsofind it challenging, but necessary to talk with my family about white privilege and racism in the United States. Our home is in Montclair, New Jersey and we workin New York City.

I am now the director of training and organization development for Independence Care System, a non-profit organization thatcoordinates health care and other services for adults with physical disabilities. I am an adult educator with nearly 15 years of training,organizing and political experience in the non-profit and public sectors. Myprimary interests are in leadership and group development, diversity and conflictresolution. I have experience developing curriculum, facilitating trainings,designing educational events and conferences, managing training programs andplanning and directing issue campaigns. Before Independence Care System, Iworked as a consultant focused on facilitating labor-management collaborationin health care.

Prior to the work as a consultant, I was a stay athome dad. After leaving work as acommunity organizer, I managed the Neighborhood Leadership Institute at theCitizens Committee for New York City, a training program for grassroots leadersand organizations from neighborhoods around the City. I began my career as alegislative aide in the Maryland State Legislature. I worked as a community organizer in New York City andPhiladelphia on the issues of public school reform, housing and welfare. I have also worked as a union organizerin New York City, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. I have an M.A. in adultand organizational learning from Teachers College, Columbia University, where I focused my study on the role of adult education in social change.

More Peace, Less Global Warming

telecommatt — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:47:07 -0500

Matthew Murphy currently works as a management information analyst. He is
also a freelance writer, blogger, and consults on topics such as free and open source source software and social media. He writes
on topics ranging from the internet to the environment. As a concerned
environmentalist, Matthew uses compact florescent lightbulbs, buys
local produce, and hopes that you do, too. His educational background
includes degrees in business administration and telecommunications
management. He's been surfing the 'net for almost a decade
and crashing his computer for about 25 years now. You can find him
online at http://www.mattscuppa.com.

Lily Rubenstein

Lrubenstein — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:23:52 -0500

Barry Madore

bmadore — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:22:17 -0500

Bio to come.

Marga's Short Bio

marga — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:27:29 -0500

Margarita Lacabe is the Executive Director of Derechos Human Rights, an
ngo working for the promotion and respect to human rights and
humanitarian law all over the world. As such, she directs a leading
human rights website, edits Koaga Rone'eta, an online human rights
journal, and provides assistance to local NGOs and victims of human
rights violations. She also collaborates with the criminal procedures
against Argentine and Chilean military in Spain and Argentina. She
coordinates Project Disappeared, an online memorial and information
center on the victims of forced disappearances around the world. Other
areas of interest include international justice and the global state of
exception. Margarita's early experience includes coordinating a local group of Amnesty Internationa and working with APRODEH and the Coordinadora Nacional de
Derechos Humanos in Perú . Recently, she served as an advisor to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.

Margarita was born in La Plata, Argentina, and currently resides in
California. She is a graduate of the University of California at
Berkeley and the University of California, Hastings
College of Law, and also attended the American University in Cairo and UCLA.

Claire Nash

cnash — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:25:47 -0500

I am a student at Mount Holyoke College, in Massachusetts. I am majoring in International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies.