sewing for kicks, kicking for fun, street hockey, documentary film, drawing, thinking about surfing, early 90's dance moves, my cat Fabrizio..
I'd like to meet:
You can see what I've been up to when not at work by visiting The NYC Grassroots Media Coalition , an organization I co-founded with my friends from Paper Tiger TV and local activists. We are working to help communities gain more access to the means of media production and distribution - and to hold big media accountable for their coverage.
Music:
Refugee Allstars, Jenny Lewis, Midlake, Nakatomi Plaza, Mandate of Heaven, Janet Jackson, Shins, Jane Grae, Capn Jazz, Nancy Sinatra, Gogol Bordello, Peaches, Tori Amos (I don't care what you think..), Bosque Brown, Simon and Garfunkel, Crosby Stills and Nash, and Pentagram.
Movies:
The Science of Sleep, Jesus Camp, The Devil's Miner, Camden 28, All the Real Girls, RIZE, BMX Bandits, Flashdance, Amelie, The Princess and The Warrior, Born into Brothels, Juvies by Leslie Neal, Farmingville, Election Day, also see this page for my favorites: www.hrw.org/iff/2007/classroom
Television:
LOST, CSI Miami, My So Called Life
Books:
Sweet Relief: The Marla Ruzicka Story (Jennifer Abrahmson), Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides-sp?), Memoirs of a Child Soldier (Ishmael Beah), War Stories (Arundhati Roy), Persepolis, Voices of The People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove), Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), Norwegian Wood, After the Quake (Murakami.)
Heroes:
Marla Ruzicka ..
Marla died while aiding civilian victims of the Iraq war. I met her once when she came into the Human Rights Watch office. Her passion and optimism for helping those in need, even in the most dangerous of circumstances touched my life forever. She was beautiful, vibrant and won the hearts of american soldiers, iraqi people, senators and everyone in between.She founded the organization Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict - if you ever have a penny to share - donate to them. I gave them a $50 donation this year to help pay for the cost of a child who was injured by an American bomb in Iraq to visit a doctor. I urge you to do the same.
