Lev Rickards's blog

DrupalCon 2008 takes place in Boston first week of March. If anyone is coming out this way, you can contact me about couch surfing at lrickard <at> umich.edu. (Drupal, and SI training in general, are serving me well at Harvard.)

CivicAction might have cool activist reality shows for you this summer. I had a good DFE experience with them, and they definitely sport an encouraging work environment, which is key when learning about technology.

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The DFE Proposal I submitted in the fall went forward, and I thought I would blog some of my experiences thus far.

Sara Naab has been an exceptional mentor. I would strongly recommend that anyone interested in learning more about thinking through information strategies in an international setting get in touch with her, even just to talk. Our weekly phone calls have been a real help this semester, even just to share information and struggles.

Freedom From Hunger

From the Freedom From Hunger website: "Founded in 1946, Freedom from Hunger is a nonprofit, international development organization that brings innovative and sustainable self-help solutions to the fight against chronic hunger and poverty." FFH is a training organization focusing on microcredit, health and food security. For more information, I would recommend their content management system at http://www.ffhtechnical.org.