Welcome

Thank you for stopping by. In addition to being a proud father, I do a few other things. See the links below to find out more information.

Writer

Twin Cities Daily Planet is a local media outlet where I do freelance reporting for North Minneapolis. You can view my recent stories here.

Trying to Follow is my personal blog where I write daily on a wide range of topics. You can visit the site, or subscribe to daily updates here.

Giving Up, published in March 2008, is my first fiction novel.
The book is available on Amazon.
You can also read an excerpt of the first three chapters online.

Relevant Magazine is where I began my writing career. My published articles are no longer available online, but you can use the links below to view my archived copies: What Would it Take, Poor College Students, Remembering 9/10, Crisis in Darfur, Earthquake in Pakistan, Fair Trade at the Supermarket, New Year Resolutions.

Web Consultant

I have been working on web projects for a number of years, designing, marketing, and now consulting. My interest and passion is to help non-profits and organizations utilize the Internet to impact the community. If you'd like to meet to discuss your organizations web needs, please contact me
Click the bars below to view some of my recent work.

Williston State College Foundation sought to revamp their website to better connect with alumni and donors. I created a Wordpress-based site that included flash elements, PayPal integration, a dynamic sidebar and more.

After working at Monroe Harding for two years as an Education Coordinator, I helped them rebuild their website. The new site allows for easy updating, contact forms and a blog. We've also implemented Facebook and MySpace connectivity.

Writer, actor and teacher, Louis Porter II, needed a design portfolio. I built a simple customized Wordpress-based site. The site includes embeded video, thickbox image viewing and Mp3 audio.

Bryan Clark, potter extrodinaire, had many high quality images of his pottery work that he needed to display. I built a simple one page portfolio page with a dynamic gallery viewer.

Community Organizer

I am currently involved in numerous community organizing efforts in the Near North neighborhood of North Minneapolis.

At Wheaton College, I earned an Interdisciplinary BA in Community Organizing with an emphasis on Sociology, Psychology and Intercultural Studies.

Current organizations and projects I am involved with include:


Please feel free to contact me regarding community efforts I should be aware of.