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* Civic intelligence as a catalyst for change
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* Promotion of human innovation
  
 
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Revision as of 12:09, 13 April 2012

About Me

matteak@gmail.com 607.227.7571

I am a transfer student from Ithaca, New York in my second year at Evergreen. My first year I studied at Sarah Lawrence College, outside NYC. It wasn't my favorite place so I went back home and started working in a Thai restaurant. Over the next two years I became very passionate about food on every level; access, nutritional value, economic components, environmental costs, as well as cooking and eating good fresh food. In many ways, food has acted as a glue in my life; connecting me with family, friends, and myself.

I have focused on a number of different areas at Evergreen including linguistics, writing, and education. I have felt weary about committing to one field of study because I am not convinced that there will be a job at the end of the long haul. Instead I decided to focus on educating myself as an individual, investing into my own intelligence because that is something that cannot be lost or appropriated. I feel a strong drive to understand the human condition at this point in time, as well as historically, so that I might be a part of change. I have a strong faith in people's ability to innovate and work together in a civicly intelligent way.



Interests

  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • Food Access and Quality
  • Politics
  • Economics
  • Art for Social Change
  • Linguistics

Thoughts on Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives that are important to me are:

  • Building leadership/facilitation skills
  • Developing capacity to do in-depth research
  • Participating in a community of learners
  • Increased understanding of policy-making
  • Useing existing frameworks to build the capacity to develop new ones

Issues I'm Interested In

  • US food system
  • Illegal US wars
  • Economic injustice and monetary systems
  • Civic intelligence as a catalyst for change
  • Promotion of human innovation

Contributions