Benjamin Melançon

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About me

Justice, liberty, and the self-organization we need for both drive me to get involved in sundry projects. I promote and support several nonprofit organizations, especially public interest news sources, including the <a href="http://www.authenticjournalism.org/">Fund for Authentic Journalism</a>, Art For Change in Spanish Harlem New York, <a href="http://Gringoyo.com/">Gringoyo Productions</a>, the late, great <a href="http://newstandardnews.net/">NewStandard</a>, and <a href="http://coanews.org/">COA News</a>. I attended the the University of Massachusetts – Amherst as a Commonwealth Scholar studying journalism, economics, political science and information technology and am working on an honors thesis called "Economics for a Better World". In my hometown of Natick, Massachusetts, I served as a town meeting representative, bike everywhere, and oppose fluoridation but drink tap water anyway. I helped found and was elected to the board of directors of <a href="http://AmazingThings.org/">Amazing Things Arts Center</a>, which seeks to build community through the arts, and run the center's annual <a href="http://zingspace.org/auction">fundraising auction web site</a> (now in Drupal). I've worked in media, retail, and consulting. Now, as co-founder of <a href="http://AgaricDesign.com/">Agaric Design Collective</a>, I develop and maintain web sites for companies, organizations, and individuals, using open source free software-- mostly Drupal. I am helping form a nonprofit organization called, and for, <a href="http://pwgd.org/">People Who Give a Damn</a>.

[url=http://AgaricDesign.com]

Gender
Male
Favourite films
The Blues Brothers
Interests
Peace, justice, and revolution
Custom title
Web developer, Agaric Design Collective
Favourite books
The Pushcart War by Jean Merril
Age
20 - 29

History

Member for
1 year 29 weeks