As a relatively privileged white person, it’s hard to know how to acknowledge Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2023. Do you post an MLK quote, or is that “virtue signaling”? I believe this is a day to listen to Black voices about the ongoing struggle for civil rights in…

When someone asks what I do for fun, my most honest response is “throwing raves.” It typically gets an interesting reaction in the professional DC circles I run in at my day job! The word “rave” itself is a provocative term once used by our current president to associate “underground”…

The country’s obsession with deep house is beyond the hype The week I spent in South Africa exceeded my expectations in almost every respect. It’s more naturally beautiful than the photos make it out to be and I was moved by the history in ways I didn’t anticipate. However, what…

The last thing I expected to discover in a land defined by settlements, segregation, intimidation and a lack of forgiveness I traveled to Israel and Palestine for the first time at age 36, but I’ve dreamed of visiting it for decades. While I do not consider myself a particularly religious…

I moved to Tillamook County, Oregon at the beginning of the pandemic while I was working a series of nationally-focused political technology gigs leading up to the 2020 general election. In the weeks leading up to that election I got involved in local campaigns in Tillamook and have continued to…

Working on the Bernie 2020 campaign’s tech team was undoubtedly the highlight of my career and possibly my entire life. The experience of working around the clock in our DC campaign headquarters on a talented and hardworking team towards an ambitious, shared vision of the future was unlike anything I’d…