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Jay Thomas Taber
(415) 381-9349
tbarj@yahoo.com
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Recognition:

Presenter:
December 10, 2005 National Human Rights Conference

November 16, 2002 Confronting War Without End Conference

Recipient:
September 8, 2000 Defender of Democracy award for "organizing effective opposition to Anti-Indian violence and racism in Washington state."

Scholar:
Fall 2005 Public Eye Magazine article on community organizing cites 2001 report Research as Organizing Tool

December 2005 became an associate scholar of the Center for World Indigenous Studies

February 2006 essay The Power of Moral Sanction featured in the international journal Forum for Global Exchange

September 2006 paper Institutional Memory as Community Safeguard published in Fourth World Journal.

Spring 2002 contributed to development of graduate program Activism and Social Change at New College of California.

Work History:

Library Assistant, New College of California (San Francisco CA) 2001-2002
Editorial Advisor, Bellingham Weekly (Bellingham WA) 1997-2000
Executive Director, Whatcom Environmental Council (Bellingham WA) 1994-1996
Non-Profit Funding Analyst, Jay Taber and Associates (Bellingham WA) 1990-1993

Degrees:

MA Humanities and Leadership, New College of California 2002
BA Humanities (Political Science), New College of California 2001


Biographical Note:

Author http://www.lulu.com/spartacus/
Columnist Fourth World Eye
Administrative Director Public Good Project
Community Organizer portfolio


Writing Samples:

Report
http://skookumgeoduck.blogspot.com/2005/06/research-as-organizing-tool.html
Article
http://skookumgeoduck.blogspot.com/2005/07/eye-of-beholder.html
Commentary
http://skookumgeoduck.blogspot.com/2005/10/full-circle.html