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brAinsley

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About Me

I'm a trouble-maker with an insatiable appetite for adventure. I'm a community builder, curriculum designer for alternative education programs and I work directly with youth who have a hard time fitting into the systems that surround us. I'm an eternal optimist and I am continually inspired by the potential of people to both heal and live rightly.I'm working on my Masters degree in Professional Communication, with a specialization in Intercultural and International Communication. It's a bit of a wordy program name, but I'm loving being back in University and being exposed to people who continue to inspire my desire to build skills and knowledge of how communication shapes the world around us. I feel as though the last 10 years of community development work has been vital to bring me to this place. I value experiential street knowledge over most theories, even as each can enhance the other.I live at the foot of a mountain in a beautiful post-and-beam home with my man and 13 acres of lush, mossy forest. Lots of animals and people and stars. Radness. This profile was created using: ProfileTweaks Editor Ver.2

My Interests

People. Fabric. Strange statues. Hats. Decorating. Cooking. Organizing. Reading. Getting my ass in shape. Otis. Tigger. Friends with dimples. Big bellies. Classics. Wine gums. Bridge. Silk. Boudiors. Harmony. Harm reduction. Giggling. Diversity and celebration. Things that sparkle. Eating. Family.

I'd like to meet:

Inspired innovators and community instigators. People making waves in whatever ponds they skinnydip. The globally motivated, the locally activated. Pretty much anyone who can handle six feet of redheaded sass. Bring it.

Music:

Heartbeats, gospel, soft breathing, soul, Howlin Wolf, whispers, Mos, rustling, Mahalia Jackson, Bahamadia, Aesop Rock, barking, CBC, giggling, Dead Prez, my dad, shuffling, Brother Ali...and the rest of you Rhymesayers, anyone who can do what I wish I could (inspired), chirping, Rah Digga, croaking, Nina Simone, GnE, Bridgebuilder, acapellas, intelligent MCs, kids telling secrets, rainstorms, wind.

Television:

"Television has raised writing to a new low."- Samuel Goldwyn

Heroes:

Kids, MnD, MMagas, Denley, King Krahn, Bridgebuilder (continual inspiration), Delvin, Sijay Wumper, Maya Angelou, anyone who plays dressup, Jervais, Frylock, Elizabeth Fry, Erin, Mahalia Jackson, Nellie McClung, Isaac, Charlene, alternative school teachers, Elaine Goodlad, Margaret Sanger, Ronan the Barbarian, k'Chiaya.