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Welcome, Annie Oakley
The roster of great people duped into willing to write for Undip keeps growing! I’m delighted to welcome Annie Oakley to the team. Annie will look at a whole range of things, but will focus on human rights, particularly as it affects underrepresented communities. And for those of you not familiar with American history, yes, it’s a pseudonym.
Annie has spent a good part of her career as a counselor, advocate, consultant, and board member for disability rights organizations. She has worked closely with local governmental bodies to ensure compliance with ADA-mandated accessibility laws. She has has worked for NGOs providing therapy for children with mental and physical challenges. Annie likes to say that she falls into every subgroup and contradictory sub-sub-group of society. She is a card-carrying-AARP-member-mixed-race-disabled-happily married-lesbian grandmother.
Annie’s passions include her wife, horses, geology, roses, books, photography, and chocolate. The most fun she ever had was translating technical manuals from Geek to English for a Silicon Valley engineer, and then seeing her work translated into Japanese and subsequently back into English. As a result, she knows exactly why some folks find it so hard to hook up a DVD player. She’ll try to make her posts at least somewhat more readable.
As is the case with all Undip contributors, Annie’s views are her own and do not reflect those of her employer.
I don’t know how I keep convincing such talented people to hang out here, but needless to say, I’m delighted to have her on the team. Her first post will follow later today.
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