I’m that Leah Jones.
- got a degree in chemistry from Millikin University
- studied in Argentina with IES La Plata
- managed the hotline at the Rape Intervention Team in Durango, Colorado
- ran Camp Snyder when it was all men at Fort Lewis College
- interned with Bike-Aid when Just Act! was still called Overseas Development Network and Bike-Aid hadn’t moved Global Exchange
- found out that catnip is an effective insecticide when I participated in theProgram for Women in Science and Engineering (PWISE) at Iowa State
- never made it all the way across the monkey bars at University School
- went to drum major camp and oboe camp at Indiana State University
- presented a Top 33 program at NACURH
- managed an ice cream parlor in Ravenswood
- was includeded in the anthology of inspirational stories for RAs
- wrote for Shebrew and Jewish Fringe
- really loves Neighborhoodies and should’ve bought stock
- worked at Edelman
in the me2revolution in Edelman Digital
- went to Tel Aviv One in March of 2006
- produced “Little Revolutions” in March of 2003 at the Single File Chicago festival
- did stand up comedy in Chicago and took all the classes at Annoyance Theater in 2005
- became a Jew in November 2005
- celebrated my bat mitzvah in March 2007
- participated in the second ROI120 in July 2007 and in June 2008, June 2009 and July 2010
- first used the “internet” in the early 90s on IDEAnet
- is on Twitter and Flickr and Tumblr, a lot
- was a Vice President at Emanuel Congregation
- was the co-founder and co-owner of MyWineTxt.com
- is the founder of Itza Mitzva and a co-founder of TBD Minyan
- is the owner and founder of Natiiv Arts & Media
- participated in the
very first only Sleepover2.0
- used to be @leahjones on Twitter, is now @chicagoleah
- was an administrative assistant, conversation analyst then digital culture evangelist at Edelman PR
- is the director of customer experience at SpotOn
- is falling in love with Chicago again in 2010
- learning to bike commute and waiting for injuries from a bike/suv accident to heal
