Creative Director of Rootwork.org, specialist in web development, nonprofit advocacy and bottom-up social networking
Greater Philadelphia Area
- Current
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- Organizer at Casino-Free Philadelphia
- Creative Director at Rootwork.org
- CIO at Exotica Jewelry
- Past
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- Internet Strategy Coordinator at Genocide Intervention Network
- Collective Member at Why War?
- Racial and Economic Justice Forum Associate at Pendle Hill Peace Network
- Grants Manager at Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
- Education
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- University of The Arts
- Swarthmore College
- Connections
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- Industry
- Civic & Social Organization
- Websites
Ivan Boothe’s Summary
I'm the creative director of Rootwork.org, a web design and social networking strategy firm focused on nonprofits and social change organizations.
More about my background:
www.rootwork.org/about-rootwork
I am interested in radical empowerment, bottom-up social organizing, creative social protest and nonviolent praxis.
Currently, I am the co-organizer of NetSquared Philadelphia, part of a national NetSquared organization focusing on the intersection of nonprofits and social technology. My proposals for the Genocide Intervention Network were featured projects, nominated for awards at the 2007 and 2008 NetSquared Conferences. I was a change.org Featured Changemaker in August 2008.
I have been a featured speaker at the New Organizing Institute, the Internet Advocacy Roundtable, NetSquared Washington D.C., Democracy in Action and the Web Executive Seminar. I was interviewed for the Case Foundation's study of social entrepreneurship, "Social Citizens," authored a chapter in the textbook Online Social Networking, and have had my writing on technology and social change been published at Idealware.
BUSINESS WEBSITE: www.rootwork.org
PERSONAL WEBSITE: www.quixoticlife.net
Ivan Boothe’s Specialties:
web development, community organizing, online organizing, online advocacy, peace studies and analysis, radical history, art and design, nptech, web 2.0, net2
Ivan Boothe’s Experience
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Organizer
Casino-Free Philadelphia
(Civic & Social Organization industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
Casino-Free Philadelphia's mission is to stop casinos from coming to Philadelphia and close any that open. The benefits of casinos can never outweigh the social and economic costs from an industry reliant on addiction to survive.
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Creative Director
Rootwork.org
(Civic & Social Organization industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Rootwork: Powering grassroots networks from the bottom up.
www.rootwork.org
Rootwork is about empowering social change. We focus on strategizing with nonprofits, community groups and individuals about equipping their supporters with effective tools and building a vibrant movement for change.
Rootwork builds supporter-focused websites that hook in with offline, "real-world" action to increase both reach and impact. We work through social networks — like Facebook and MySpace — and utilize social media — like YouTube and Flickr — to meet your supporters where they are and engage them in the practice of social change.
Past clients have included the Genocide Intervention Network -- building from scratch such sites as AskTheCandidates.org and DarfurScores.org -- as well as Soulforce and the Pendle Hill Peace Network. See more at:
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CIO
Exotica Jewelry
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)
January 1995 — Present (14 years 7 months)
Website development and maintenance of RingsForever.com and TitaniumBeads.com.
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Internet Strategy Coordinator
Genocide Intervention Network
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; International Affairs industry)
October 2004 — September 2008 (4 years)
I was a co-founder of the Genocide Intervention Network, which empowers individuals with tools to prevent and stop genocide.
I focused on web development, online organizing and graphic design, some of which can be viewed at:
www.rootwork.org/portfolio/genocide-intervention-network
I developed our social networking presence on a variety of systems:
myspace.com/genocideintervention
facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204803189
endgenocide.livejournal.com
flickr.com/photos/genocideintervention
youtube.com/profile?user=genocideintervention
I wrote several articles and was interviewed about our involvement in this field:
netsquared.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=268278
americanprogressaction.org/events/2007/noi.html
idealware.org/articles/social_networking_genocide.php
personaldemocracy.com/node/1116
netsquared.org/blog/quixotic/can-blogging-stop-genocide
internetadvocacycenter.com/education/presentations.html
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Collective Member
Why War?
(Think Tanks industry)
October 2001 — January 2006 (4 years 4 months)
Why War? works to activate a broad, global movement for peace and justice based on the principles of nonviolence. To this end, our work is focused on delivering vital news, analysis and strategy to those searching for an answer to the most pressing issue of today: Why War?
We are most well known for our project involving the Diebold electronic civil disobedience campaign that exposed internal memos about the e-voting company: tinyurl.com/dieboldecd
Website: www.why-war.org
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Racial and Economic Justice Forum Associate
Pendle Hill Peace Network
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Political Organization industry)
September 2002 — May 2004 (1 year 9 months)
Coordinated two forum series on racial and economic justice and helped to organize a three-day conference with keynote speaker Dr. Cornel West. Also maintained website.
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Grants Manager
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Philanthropy industry)
August 2002 — September 2003 (1 year 2 months)
Managed granting cycle for the foundations of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers).
Ivan Boothe’s Education
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University of The Arts
Continuing Ed. , poetry, visual art , 2007 — 2008
I'm just hanging out, taking some fun classes.
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Swarthmore College
BA , peace and conflict studies , 2000 — 2005
Graduated with highest honors. Work included a thesis on unarmed peacekeeping: www.quixoticlife.net/tpni
- Activities and Societies:
- The Phoenix (student newspaper), folkdance, Why War?, List Gallery, Pendle Hill Peace Network, handbells, Queer-Straight Alliance, periodically SPAC (vague progressiveness) task forces
Additional Information
Ivan Boothe’s Websites:
Ivan Boothe’s Interests:
artists, journalism geeks, coders with a sense of aesthetics, history/sociology/polisci/peace studies scholars, well-traveled provincial americans, west philly anarchist/puppet/drumming scene, southwest refugees, ringers of handbells, folk dancers, mass transit aficionados,
Ivan Boothe’s Honors:
oh, i totally got a cool site award back in '95.
Ivan Boothe’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
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