i'm an artist, edemocracy proponent - mostly online deliberation stuff - and one of the coordinators of the global peace tiles project. vermont is my home. i blog about mixedmedia and collage artwork at mixedmedia.us. am really looking forward to meeting bunches of n2 folks - kabissa, tig, farmer networks among them - as well as scads of o.netizens in SJ. travel well all!

the international peace tiles project (http://www.peacetiles.net) needs some help. some great pieces are in place and now the site needs some grinding and spit and polish. i am hoping i might get some ideas - maybe even support! - here at n2.

In 2005, more than 1,200 young people around the world created intimate works of collage art called "Peace Tiles."  These individual pieces were assembled in large "adocacy murals" that were  installed at various sites around the world on December 1, World AIDS Day. 

The purpose of the activity was to engage young people in candid, supportive conversations about HIV/AIDS in their lives, and encourage them to share their "visual voice" through art. You can learn more about the extraordinary accomplishment of these young people at peacetiles.net