Board of Directors
Eamon Aloyo
Board Vice President
Eamon Aloyo received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2011 and holds a B.A. with honors in economics and an M.A. in political science from Lehigh University. As a Research Associate for the One Earth Future Foundation, he conducts research on global governance. He also co-runs an NGO he founded, the Dream Ride, which raises money to promote human rights, and serves on the board of another NGO based in Kenya, the International Peace Initiatives, which works to "mitigate the effects of poverty, disease, discrimination and violence." He has worked on several different NGO projects in East Africa and Latin America. In recognition of his work, Aloyo was awarded one of the University of Colorado's most prestigious honors, the Thomas Jefferson Award.
Chantal Anderson
Director
Chantal Anderson is a multimedia journalist passionate about finding creative ways to tell stories. Her work has been published by PRI's The World, NPR stations throughout the Northwest, The Seattle Times, Seattle Weekly, Common Language Project, China Daily, and others. When not reporting in the Northwest Chantal has told stories from China, Thailand and most recently Bangladesh. When she finds time to unplug you'll find her breathing in mountain air or perfecting her headstand at yoga. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2011. Chantal joined the CLP's Board of Directors in July 2011.
Anita Verna Crofts
Director
Anita Verna Crofts is interested in the creative ways new media influences design and allows societies to share and leverage information for social change. As Associate Director of the MCDM, her courses address individual and collective leadership in the digital age, social tools for social change, and design considerations in a digital world.
She maintains a Clinical Instructor position at the UW Department of Global Health where she works with I-TECH, the International Training & Education Center for Health. She has collaborated with partner institutions in Sudan, Namibia, and India on leadership and management trainings with her contributions targeted at the concept of digital storytelling as a leadership and evidence tool.
Her writings on the intersection of food and culture explore the preservation of food traditions in post-conflict societies as a means of sustaining community identity and have appeared in Saveur and Gastronomica. She curates then gastro-blog Sneeze! on her website, www.pepperforthebeast.com. Anita is a German Marshall Memorial Fellow and Thomas J. Watson Research Fellow. She has an MPA from the Evans School of Public Affairs and serves on the Curriculum Committee of Leadership Tomorrow.
She bakes a mean pie. Anita joined the CLP's Board of Directors in December 2011.
Joel Dodge
Director
Joel Dodge is a visiting assistant professor of mathematics at Binghamton University. He received his undergraduate degree in Math with a minor in Media Studies from Hunter College in New York City. Joel is a founding board member of the Common Language Project.
Ron Feemster
Director
Ron Feemster is currently Visiting Professor of Journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media in Bangalore, India. He has reported for The New York Times, Associated Press, Newsday, the New York Post, Village Voice, AP Radio, WBAI, Pacifica Radio, WNYC, NPR and many others. He began his journalism career in Germany in the 1980s, where he wrote primarily for German language publications. Ron has taught journalism at several colleges in the City of New York University system and, most recently, at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. He received an MS from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism as well as an MA in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Pittsburgh. He did his undergraduate work at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Ron joined the CLP's Board of Directors in December 2009.
Eroyn Franklin
Director
Eroyn Franklin is an artist, curator and co-founder of artist cooperatives S.S. Marie Antoinette and Sublevelthree in Seattle, Washington. Her recent artistic works currently draw from very personal narrative and conceptual themes. Eroyn is very interested in the intersections between personal narratives and larger political conditions and ideologies. Her work is portrayed in the socially relevant and cutting-edge mediums of comic books and cut paper 2d sculpturing. An experienced international photojournalist, Eroyn has strong interest in the values of Common Language Project beyond the abstract. Trained as a fine artist with a degree in photography from University of Washington, Eroyn plays a role in overall design elements for CLP. Eroyn is a founding member of the CLP's Board of Directors.
Karen Hirsch
Director
Karen has worked in the field of media arts as a fundraiser, producer, writer and administrator since she graduated from Yale College with a BA in English in 1986. She has written extensively about the social impact of documentaries for The Independent, ITVS, The Center for Social Media at American University and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and has developed national and statewide documentary outreach campaigns. Karen has produced two award-winning documentaries as well as educational videos for non-profit organizations including Arts Corps, Greenpeace, Common Ground and Bastyr University. She is a former Executive Director of 911 Media Arts Center where she expanded operations and established on-going partnerships with other non-profit organizations. In 2007, she served on the Youth Arts panel for the Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs. She joined the CLP's Board of Directors in December 2011.
Larry Johnson
Director
Larry Johnson is the National/Foreign Editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In his reporting and writing he has focused on trouble spots around the world that are not reported, under-reported or misreported. His work has appeared in national magazines and a wide variety of newspapers, and he has traveled in more than 35 countries. He has won numerous awards and fellowships, and lives in Seattle. Larry joined the CLP's board of directors in November 2008. Larry joined the CLP's Board of Directors in November 2008.
Advisory Board
Tarek Dawoud
Advisory Board Member
Tarek Dawoud is a community activist who has been active in the Seattle area for the past 11 years. A computer engineer graduate of Cairo Univeristy's Computer Engineer department, Tarek came to the United States from Egypt in early 2001 to work in the Software industry. Since then, he has been active in volunteering at various community organizations predominantly within the Seattle area American Muslim community, such as mosques, interfaith groups and family services organizations. Tarek has served on the boards of at least two other non-profit organizations as well as various committees. He has lots of experience speaking about Islam at dozens of venues all over the Northwest and is passionate about free and responsible press. Tarek joined the CLP's Advisory Board in November 2011.
Nanette Francia-Cotter
Advisory Board Member
Nanette Francia-Cotter became Deputy Director of the NYCLU in June 2005. Before joining the NYCLU, Nanette was Director of Community Programs at the Food Bank for New York City where she was responsible for maintaining a strong connection between the Food Bank and its member agencies, ensuring the needs of the emergency feeding network were readily met. Prior to this, she was Director of Administration and Personnel, also at the Food Bank. In this capacity, Nanette provided administrative oversight on all personnel and office issues, and project management on organizational expansion and technology upgrades. She also served in a number of capacities at the Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute, including Deputy Director of the Central Eurasia Project, overseeing all program administration of five Soros national foundations in Central Eurasia. Nanette also was a volunteer with the pioneer group of the U.S. Peace Corps in Kazakhstan (former Soviet Union).
Nanette received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Rutgers University with a double-minor in Spanish and Philosophy, and completed the core curriculum of the Masters of Public Administration Graduate Program from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She was a founding board member of the Common Language Project, and moved to the Advisory Board in 2011.
Hanson Hosein
Advisory Board Member
Hanson Hosein is the Director of the Master of Communication in Digital Media program at the University of Washington, where he joined the faculty in 2007. He's an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and television journalist. He teaches courses on social media, digital content creation and journalism. Hanson earned law degrees (LL.B., B.C.L.) from McGill University in 1992 and the University of Paris (M. en droit) in 1993. He was awarded an M.S. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in 1994.
His documentary film, Independent America: The Two-Lane Search for Mom & Pop has been broadcast around the world, thanks to an innovative digital media marketing approach (Sundance Channel, NHK Japan, SBS Australia). Hanson also produced groundbreaking films for the U.S. government in southern Africa, for TurnHere.com, Discovery Channel Mobile in Latin America and for aid organizations such as PATH and Mercy Corps.
Hanson has worked as a television news correspondent and producer from the world's hotspots for NBC News, MSNBC, CBC News, and Global National. Among other stories, he covered the war in Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the NATO intervention in Kosovo, the 1999 Turkey earthquake, the death of King Hussein of Jordan, and Al-Qaeda's bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi. Visit www.hrhmedia.com to learn more about Hanson's work. Hanson joined the CLP's Advisory Board in 2009.
John Tarleton
Advisory Board Member
John Tarleton is a writer, editor and organizer for The Indypendent. He has helped guide The Indypendent as it garnered more IPA awards for excellence in community journalism, than any other paper in the city each of the past four years. He also built the paper's citywide distribution network. Since 2001, he has assisted with the initial development of El Independiente, Riseup Radio (WBAI-99.5 FM's youth activism show) and Indy Kids as well as Indymedia newspapers in San Francisco, Boston and Binghamton, N.Y. and founded The Indypendent's Community Reporting Workshop Series which has trained nearly 300 citizen journalists.
Tarleton is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. A pioneer in online citizens journalism, he launched cybertraveler.org and johntarleton.net in 1994. Reporting from the remotest parts of El Salvador, Chiapas and Oaxaca to the back alleys of Morocco to the Battle of Seattle to September 11th, he steadily built an audience of thousands as he hitchhiked 75,000 miles in 17 countries while surviving on money he made as a migrant farm worker and tree planter. He was a founding board member of the Common Language Project, and moved to the Advisory Board in 2009.
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