CCRP PERSONEL CHANGES

The CCRP is expanding and is undertaking earthquake relief work in Haiti. In doing so we have expanded personnel and taken on new partners.

David Eisbrenner – Acquisitions and Public Relations. David sits on the board of regents at the University of Winnipeg. He is the Vice President Advocate of the University of Winnipeg Students association as well as a long time community radio producer and journalist. David will be working on acquisitions and domestically based support for our initial work in Haiti as well as dealing with media inquiries.

Alexander Braun – Web design and communications support. Sasha is a master web designer and a pioneer in Internet development as well as an artist, designer, activist and much more. Having designed things ranging from the first commercial Internet radio station to one of the Dee Dee Ramones’ last album, Sasha is overseeing web presence related to CCRP.

Liam O’Doherty is accompanying Geoffrey Young in Haiti. Liam has a background in environmental and community organizing, theatrical improvisation and social technology. He is currently studying communication theory at the University of Toronto while working as online community animator with TakingITGlobal,an online youth network. He recently led an international youth delegation to the COP15 Climate Change negotiations in Copenhagen.

Sallie Ann Glassman is now serving as a logistics consultant to CCRP. From Wikipedia : author, artist and New Orleans, Louisiana personality who has appeared in numerous national newspapers and electronic media broadcasts. Glassman has lectured extensively and has received international television, radio and magazine coverage, including a front page article in the New York Times and a feature on World News Tonight. She has received mention in other publications including Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and the Washington Post. Born in Maine and of Jewish-Ukrainian heritage, Glassman has been practicing Vodou in New Orleans since 1977 and is one of few White Americans to have been ordained via the traditional Haitian initiation.

Canada Haiti Action Network- The Winnipeg chapter of CHAN has been active for years in providing solidarity support to the people of Haiti. Members and associates have been instrumental in providing the connection for the logistical arrangements necessary to undertake our work in Haiti. University of Winnipeg Haiti Task Force- was a body formed at and by the University of Winnipeg to respond, in some way to the recent Haitian Earthquake. It is comprised of University alumni, faculty, administration and students who are attempting to form an effective University driven response to the recent disaster.