Sole designer and developer of The Forward Directory and accompanying launch campaign.
Wisconsin Get Out The Vote Virtual Scavenger Hunt
Goal The goal of this project was to leverage the unique skills of artists and creators to promote absentee voting and voter education in the leadup to the fall 2020 election in Wisconsin. Introduction In the midst of a global pandemic, we’re facing unprecedented challenges to running a safe and fair election. Misinformation about voting – especially absentee voting – …
Forward: The Game, V1
Forward is a location-based mobile game that helps players leverage their existing talents and interests to support issues they care about, improve their understanding of civic processes, and bolster the whole community’s participation in local democracy. Targeted at Millennials and teens, Forward supports bottom-up crowdsourcing of place-based art, media, and data to support local nonprofits and advocacy groups. The game …
Activist Tool Feature Comparison and Analysis
As part of my thesis research, I compared the feature sets of nine tools frequently used by SMOs and ten tools designed to directly support activists in becoming more engaged. Tools for Organizations For the first analysis, I selected nine technologies commonly used by social movement organizations based on their approximate frequency of appearance in web searches and industry …
Community Futures Game Installations
Introduction My work this summer can, in many ways, be summarized by this insightful quote by climate activist Naomi Klein: “Part of our work now – a key part – is not just resistance, not just saying ‘no.’ We have to do that, of course, but we also have to fiercely protect some space to dream and plan for a …