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Member since: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:38:06 PDT
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Recognize that the world is hungry for action, not words. Act with courage and vision. …Sometime it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.
-- - Nelson Mandela
| personal tidbits: | |
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- Raised in New York/Illinois
- Current PhD student in Human Rights Law at National University of Ireland's Irish Centre for Human Rights
- Volunteer/advocate for a myriad of issues: Anti-genocide, HIV/AIDS, Gender Based Violance, minority/refugee rights,
- Community & Economic Development Peace Corps volunteer in Velingrad and Kardjali Bulgaria
- Former Omidyar Network and Humanity United employee
- Novice photographer, hopeful filmmaker/novice actor (yep, I'm just geeky enough to take an acting class!)
- writer/explorer/activist/occasional blogger
- intermediate French & bulgarian speaker, novice italian & bulgarian speaker
| Very,very passionate about: | |
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- Human rights
- Social networking
- Dabbling in Buddhist philosophy
- European wine and smelly cheese
- The Slow food movement
- Film (Japanese, French, Israeli, Arabic, Spanish)
- Life in Ireland, especially when it's sunny :^)
- Wandering round Europe
- MUSIC of all genres -- a few of my faves:
Zero 7/pogues/morcheeba/pixies/stereophonics/U2/tori amos/radiohead/coldplay/patty griffin/janis joplin/portishead/the doors/the clash/peter gabriel/thievery corp/death cab/mazzy star/miles davis/10,000 maniacs/the jam/hendrix/prince/led zepplin/ani difranco/beethoven/mozart/al green/johnny cash/gipsy kings/bad brains/altan/bauhaus/ministry/banco de gaia/soul asylum/beastie boys/bjork/cocteau twins/cowboy junkies/bowie/delerium/fat boy slim/sinatra/grateful dead/indigo girls/jane's addiction/coltrane/nick cave/paul oakenfold/dj tiesto/pogues/sex pistols/snow patrol/sonic youth/sterolab/white stripes/midival punditz/the go-go's/smashing pumpkins....(and the list goes on).
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