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Created: Jun 27, 2008
Updated: Sep 18, 2009
Membership: Invitation Only
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Benjamin Melançon
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About
Justice, liberty, and the self-organization we need for both drive Benjamin Melançon to involve himself in sundry projects. He promotes and supports several nonprofit organizations, especially public interest news sources, including the Fund for Authentic Journalism, Art For Change in Spanish Harlem New York, Gringoyo Productions, and the NewStandard. He attended the University of Massachusetts – Amherst on a Commonwealth Scholarship and studied journalism, economics, political science and information technology. In his hometown of Natick, Massachusetts, he served as a town meeting representative, bikes everywhere, and opposes the fluoridation but drinks tap water anyway. He helped found and was elected to the board of directors of the Amazing Things Arts Center, which seeks to build community through the arts, and runs the center's annual fundraising auction web site. He has worked in media, retail, and consulting. Now, as co-founder of Agaric Design Collective, he develops and maintains web sites for companies, organizations, and individuals, using open source free software. He is helping form a nonprofit organization called, and for, People Who Give a Damn.
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>.