Do you need substantive help?
emilypdx opened this issue · comments
Hi- I was thinking of starting this exact same service, but then a friend told me about your very helpful posts. For about six years or so in the mid-90s it was my job to compile information on the anti-environmental movement and digest it into a monthly newsletter to activists across the country. I did a lot of it before the internet was in full swing, meaning I used actual press clips (gasp!) and good old opposition research like phone calls and newsletter subscriptions. (It was called the CLEAR Project if you want to look it up- we lost funding eventually because the powers that grant grants found us "too political" and the people we watched "too fringe." Of course those people are in charge now, so nobody listened to us. It is a most unsatisfying "I told you so".) After that I did some freelance work starting the stub pages for the Center for Media and Democracy's Congresspedia and setting up Greenpeace's Exxonsecrets.org, which is all about climate change and corporate funding to deniers. The point is, I have experience compiling a bunch of information into digestible bits and have a decent understanding of the players. If there is any way I can help, I am only working part time right now and would like to volunteer my services. I have up to 10 hours a week to give to your project. I've also done copy writing and editing, so my writing doesn't need a lot of fixing. If you google "Emily Headen" and "Clear Project" you will unearth some ancient history, but enough to know I am not full of shit. Please let me know! -Emily Headen
P.S. My real email is erheaden@gmail.com if you find that an easier way to communicate. Thanks!
I'd like to make a similar offer to Emily's. I have been working in technical customer support for the past 5 years. If I can help lessen your burden, or at least let you devote more time to other responsibilities, I would be happy to help by responding to support requests for you. I have references available if you want them.
Full disclosure: Emily and I are friends and went to college together. I can vouch for her credentials too.
Thanks for pulling this together and putting in all of the necessary effort.
-Eva
Taking this offline (email)!
@emilypdx can you loop @EvaCatHerder in on the email I sent you?