Personal information
- First name
- David
- Last name
- Branigan
- Organization
- Bikes Not Bombs
- Interests
- David Branigan currently works as International Programs Director at Bikes Not Bombs providing technical support to international partners, coordinating shipping logistics and building the strategic impact of the program. David began his work with a degree in Cultural Anthropology from Boston University and a 3 ½ year service in the Peace Corps in Ghana, where he organized with youth and adult community groups and learned practical strategies to facilitate self-determined sustainable development, inspired by the work and theory of Paulo Friere. David clearly recognized the expansive impact that bicycles have on individuals and communities in the developing world, and he then sought out Bikes Not Bombs and began working in its Boston-based Bike Shop. David later worked as a Bikes Not Bombs fieldworker for 15 months in Ghana to establish Ability Bikes Cooperative, a cooperative bike shop owned and operated by physically challenged people. David trained the mechanics, helped establish the business' administration and supported the structuring of the worker-owned cooperative. Since working as International Programs Director at Bikes Not Bombs, David has integrated the cooperative model of project management and ownership in other Bikes Not Bombs international projects and program priorities, recognizing its strengths from both practical and ethical perspectives.
History
- Member for
- 1 year 5 weeks
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