Author Bios

Jake Olzen is a member of the Kairos Chicago community and a graduate student at Loyola University in Chicago. He lives in the White Rose Catholic Worker.

Elise Ackerman is a writer living in Northern California who spends an inordinate amount of time working and playing in the O.

Alex Ulam is a freelance writer who covers urban planning and real estate.

Robert Johnson is the co-founder of the Move Your Money campaign, recently reinvigorated by the Occupy Wall Street protests. He is also the Director of the Institute for New …

Brian T. Thorn is a recent graduate of the University of New Hampshire.

Marc Freedman is founder and CEO of Civic Ventures (encore.org). This article is adapted and excerpted for New Livelihoods, the Fall 2011 issue of YES! Magazine, from his book …

Andrew Lam is an editor with New America Media and author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora, and East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres. His latest book is Birds …