Youth Projects at C4FCM 

Somerville, MA
verdesmoke.com

About: Currently, I am a graduate student at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, in the Masters in City Planning program. My concentration is in housing, community and economic development, and more specifically on developing techniques for community activists and members to use the tools of new media and technology to enact social change. In my work as a research assistant for the MIT@Lawrence project, I will be focused on developing a collective narrative piece, while incorporating new ideas from the new Center for Future Civic Media.

I just completed a second year as a VISTA Leader at the CTC VISTA Project and program coordinator and trainer at MassIMPACT. My workplan included supporting two online collaborative social networks (the CTC VISTAs resource portal on CTCVISTA.org and community digital storytelling facilitators on StoresforChange.net), conducting train-the-trainer digital storytelling workshops for massIMPACT’s Spreading the Stories program, and working to bring new programs and collaborations to technology centers in MassIMPACT technology and community centers. In 2005-6, I served the Community Technology & Media Program at UMass Boston, as a curriculum and resource coordinator as well as the Assistant Editor of the Community Technology Review and the Project’s newsletter, the Digest. Additionally, I researched media policy as part of the Tactical Media group and conducted several digital storytelling trainings for both adults and youth. Previously, I was the Technology Director at the Charlestown Boys & Girls Club (MA) Computer Clubhouse and a MIT Media Lab IDEAS Institute Fellow. My background is in after-school multimedia programs for youth, instructional design for web-based trainings, and fundraising and development.

Full name Danielle Martin

Organization or group you're working with MIT Dept of Urban Studies and Planning

Your current project (that relates to civic media and youth) MIT@Lawrence Collective Identity research

Your reason for connecting with the C4FCM Want to involve youth and adult citizen journalists to help create media pieces as part of collective piece on city of Lawrence's current identity and visions for the future.

Your interests or expertise that might help others in this group Youth development, former Computer Clubhouse coordinator, digital storytelling, community activism, workshop facilitation, video