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ZUMIX thus far

Hello, Welcome to my first field report. I have tried posting one of these before but the browser quit and I lost everything. Dial 9- wahh wahh for the wahmbulance! …read more

in and out of state travels

It’s that time again. Field REPORT! …read more

Wrapping up the second year!

The Suffrage Centennial Workshop, teacher professional development on the subject of Women's Suffrage in Washington State, has been my primary focus for the past six months. Coming up December 6th our third seminar will be held focusing on the contradictory methods used by the two sides of Washington State to win suffrage. …read more

Winter Update

Most of my day is spent working on projects to boost our numbers of students and mentors (i.e. recruitment.) Now that it’s getting near the holidays, this has slowed down. When I first started here, it felt like I had a least one or two events a week I attended in order to round up more students or volunteers. Thankfully, those days have ended. …read more

Month 3: “Done Too Much” – The Job Eclipses the Project

Month 3 (September 15-October 15) saw the growth of the IMC Production and Video News efforts that I began in the previous month. Together with other volunteers I recruited, we covered five on-location events where we recorded interviews, filmed, and took notes to share with other community journalists. …read more

field reports? never heard of 'em.

Well guys, I've been working really hard (too hard to excuse not filing a field report….probably not) and I realized I haven't submitted one yet. Either way, I have been busy and I'd love to fill you in on what I've been doing. …read more

they play the banjo in my office

Time goes by so quickly here in the mountains, but maybe that's because I've spent a good portion of the past month away from Whitesburg. I was in Oakland, CA, for a week for the Critical Resistance 10th Anniversary Conference. It was a great week of meeting people, and learning about other organizations and resources. …read more

Obama Montage

http://sxsw.com/attend/ This is the site to get info. on prices for the South by Southwest festival. Not that I'm going but I found it and thought Dan needed it. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16721264/mccains_last_stand This is the link to the Rolling Stone story Denise mentioned. http://abigailellen.wordpress.com/ …read more

One Super Duper Week!

This was a really great week... I got engaged and turned 22 all in a period of 24 hours! Woot! …read more

Field report, yay!

Laura has inspired me, and it's a slow day in the office, so it's field report time! …read more