DESIGNER, VIDEOGRAPHER
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You can contact Daniel at:
danielmeltzer(a)riseup.net
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741 Morton Street NW
Washington DC, 20010
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EDUCATION |
WORK EXPERIENCE |
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| Connecticut College B.A. Film Studies 2006, GPA 3.1 |
People for the American Way Videographer/Graphic Designer, Fall 2007 – Summer 2008 Produced and edited political videos for internet distribution, designed materials for print and web. |
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| CCLeft SDS Founding Member, 2003-2006 |
Pathways Schools, Hyattsville, Springville Summer Program Substitute/Instructional Aide, Summer 2006, Fall 2007 Assisted teachers at school for at-risk emotionally disabled students, provided one-on-one assistance to students. |
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| Students for a Democratic Society Regional Organizer, 2005-2006 |
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| SpeakLeft Biweekly Newsletter Editor, Co-Founder, 2004-2006 |
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| WCNI New London (90.9 FM) Director of Programming, Public Service, Radio DJ, 2002-2006 |
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (UNITE-HERE) Organizing Intern, 5/2007 – 9/2007 Hotel organizing intern with the Mid-Atlantic Joint Board. |
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| Student Government Association Senator, 2005 |
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United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Communications Intern, 8/2006 – 2/2007 Designed and edited layout for union fliers, posters and website graphics, proofread official union publications and content for the website. |
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SKILLS |
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| Proficient English, Spanish | ||||
| Filmmaking: Theory, analysis, production, postproduction in Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut Pro |
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| Design: Adobe Creative Suite 2: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, as well as Quark, HTML, CSS, Drupal |
United Students Against Sweatshops, Solidarity Center Mexico, Tehuacan Valley Human and Labor Rights Commission International Intern, Mexico, Summer 2005 Interviewed workers for analysis of workplace conditions in clothing manufacturing plants in Mexico, constructed written report for the Solidarity Center to be used in collective bargaining agreements. |
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INTERESTS |
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| Student, Labor and Community Organizing • Labor, Peoples and Radical History • Film • Graphic design • Radio • Bicycles |
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OTHER EXPERIENCE |
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT |
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| National Conference on Organized Resistance Collective Member, 2007, 2008 Coordinate large, national, annual conference (2000 participants, 90 workshops,10 films) on coordinating collective liberation from poverty, racism, and war. 2007 collective received Student Leadership award from American University. |
Coalition to Save Our Neighborhood Schools Coalition Member, Youth Initiative, Spring 2008-Present |
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| Washington Area Clinic Defense Task Force Volunteer, Summer 2006 |
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| Centro de la Comunidad Unemployment and Labor Volunteer, Spring 2005 (New London) |
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| DC Students for a Democratic Society Founding Member, Webmaster, Spring 2007 – Present Coordinated and organized campus social justice action in the DC metro area, in both high schools and universities, designed and maintained website, designed print materials for campus organizing. |
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| DC Industrial Workers of the World Communications Officer, Delegate, Summer 2006 – Present Organized grassroots labor union for all working class people, built membership to establish a permanent IWW presence in Washington DC, staged solidarity demonstrations with Starbucks Workers and striking teachers in Oaxaca. |
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