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freeDimensional
Title: Creative Safe Haven
Age: Ageless
Location: Brooklyn, NY
About Me:
freeDimensional organizes short-term studio and residential space for artists, activists and citizen journalists experiencing censorship, xenophobia and/or economic marginalization. My name is Todd Lester and - along with my colleagues - I am working to create community space for free expression. In order to achieve this goal, we started
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Todd Lester is the Executive Director of freeDimensional and in that role is currently working with Reporters Without Borders to establish its New York communications desk. He recently served as Katrina Relief Project Manager for FilmAid International for which he is designed and implemented the organization’s first domestic and natural disaster response intervention. Before that, Todd was Information & Advocacy Manager for the International Rescue Committee in Sudan. As an independent consultant, he designs film, media and cultural events for national ministries, cities, universities and community-based organizations, such as the 2005 Rwanda Film Festival. From 2002-04, he served as project manager for Conflict Prevention and Effective Communication in the Southern Caucasus and conducted research for the Vera List Center for Art and Politics. He holds a Masters of Public Administration from Rutgers University and is candidate for Doctorate of Public & Urban Policy at the New School for Social Research from which he recently received a Film Production Diploma. Todd is a Project Leader for programs on Africa at the World Policy Institute. He is a member of the 21st Century Trust and the Think Tank 30 of the Club of Rome. Todd is an adjunct instructor at the New School, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and New York University. Todd received career training as an assistant at the United Nations and working for various international agencies including the Carter Center, CARE and Population Services International.
Member Since: Saturday, June 03 2006
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