Bits: Environmental, Social-Justice, and Independent-Media Activists To Gather

May 1, 2003

Environmental, social-justice, and independent-media activists will gather at the “Networking for a Sustainable Future” conference to discuss the role of the Internet in their work. Organized by Planetwork, the meeting will take place June 6-8 at the Golden Gate Club at the Presidio National Park in San Francisco. For more information: Go to http://www.planetwork.net.
The Community Technology Centers’ Network, in Cambridge, Mass., will hold its annual conference, “Creating Our Future: Shaping the Agenda of Community Technology,” in Washington June 27-29. For more information: Go to http://www2.ctcnet.org/conf/2003

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Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.