CURRENT MISSION

Committed to the use of the arts and participatory research for a more just and sustainable world

ABOUT ME

Steve - I'm an applied anthropologist, activist and community artist. I would rather ask questions than give answers. I believe another world is possible and that it begins in my neighborhood. I am privileged so it is important for me to hang with and learn from those who are marginalized. For the last year, I've been doing just that with undocumented youth fighting for their families and our community.

PHILOSOPHY

love. prioritizing just and compassionate relationships with others and the earth at the center of any political, economic or social theory.

"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Live the questions now."
— Frederick Douglass

"Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have." - James Baldwin

“…in the final analysis we live our way into a new kind of thinking. We have always thought we could think our way into a new kind of life. You have to run with your own feet to some place where you haven’t been before – to a new place. You have to leave the world where you have everything under control. You have to leave the world where everybody likes you. You have to head into a world where you are poor and powerless. And there you’ll be converted despite yourself.”
— Richard Rohr

"The key pathology of our time, which seduces us all, is the reduction of the imagination so that we are too numbed, satiated and co-opted to do serious imaginative work."
— Walter Brueggemann

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We want to open our space in Lexington to others. Share with hospitality - a couch, a conversation, a meal, ..... that's the beauty of re-imagining the commons. House is under reconstruction adding a third floor loft to make room for more hospitality, so hosting on hold for a moment.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Newbie to CS....but have couchsurfed unofficially for years with friends and strangers around the world. This just formalizes it.

Interests

Steve - photography, street art & print making, cross-cultural experiences, wilderness, canoeing, backpacking, camp fires, gardening & cooking, reading, disc golf, carpentry, sustainable living, shared meals, building friendships & community, anthropology, activism

• arts
• street art
• photography
• beauty
• cooking
• running
• gardening
• reading
• backpacking
• canoeing
• camping
• golf
• anthropology

Music, Movies, and Books

music - all kinds. books - all kinds. movies - all kinds. Anything pushing the boundaries of creativity.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

founder of a community-based youth arts program that utilized hip-hop and other arts to transform youth and their community.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Taiwan, United States

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