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Friday, 15 April 2011 |
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For my independent film maker film festival debut, I was able to sneak a little video about Burundi's daredevil cargo bikers into Filmed By Bike, a Portland tradition dedicated to short films about... you guessed it, bikes. Living in Burundi for 9 months in 2009, I got to watch crazy locals zoom down mountain slopes with more bananas then you'll ever eat in a lifetime piled on their rear rack - and now you can, too.
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Wednesday, 24 November 2010 |
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Experience with writing, photography, and design in an international context has led to my work appearing online and in print in support of international humanitarian and relief work.
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Wednesday, 24 November 2010 |
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An essay I wrote about the history of my home neighborhood of Kenilworth in Washington DC was recently included in the second edition of this well-regarded book highlighting the residential side of America's famous capital city.
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Wednesday, 13 September 2006 |
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In 2006 I wrote and published a booklet - Kenilworth: A DC Neighborhood By the Anacostia River - about the history of my neighborhood in Washington DC. You can download an electronic version of this popular work here, and read a summary of my grant and community funded history project.
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Thursday, 21 October 2010 |
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The text of a eulogy I wrote and delivered at my cousin, and best friend, Glen Lapp's memorial service in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was killed in Afghanistan in August of 2010, while returning from a medical trip to the remote province of Nuristan.
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Friday, 17 November 2006 |
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"What's the son of an Amish-Mennonite reverend doing in Kenilworth Courts? Going after kiddie car thieves."
Cover story I wrote for the Nov. 17, 2006 edition of the Washington City Paper, Washington DC's alternative weekly. Lots of street-level action of my activism combating the spike in stolen auto joyriding in Kenilworth 2003 - 2006, with parallels to my father's experience as a missionary pastor there.
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Friday, 15 June 2007 |
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During March and April 2007 I had a run of columns published in Dawn - a Pakistani English-language newspaper - one a week in their Saturday edition. They were short pieces featuring something I found interesting about Islamabad life and accompanied by an original photo. Inside you can find all eight of these slices of Pakistani life.
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Friday, 08 September 2006 |
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Growing up in the urban black culture of Kenilworth in Washington DC, my siblings and I looked like rural Amish Mennonites but didn't always talk that way.
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Tuesday, 22 August 2006 |
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Some thoughts on writing as work, and the attitude toward work passed down to me by my father (a preacher) and grandfather (a farmer). Published in Divided City , spring 2006.
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Tuesday, 27 November 2007 |
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Some lines from my experience as a US expatriate in Pakistan.
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Tuesday, 12 September 2006 |
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Art that reflects a choice toward peace and community wholeness, including some protest signs, a pile of stuffed animals, and some graffiti modifications.
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