Interview with Ivan Boothe of the Genocide Intervention Network

Ivan Boothe is the internet strategy coordinator for the Genocide Intervention Network, which empowers individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide. He holds a degree in peace and conflict studies and authored a thesis on third-party nonviolent intervention. His technical skills include more than a decade of web development, including semantic, standards-compliant XHTML and CSS, as well as extensive work with Drupal and WordPress content-management systems. Ivan was a co-founder of why-war.org, which launched a nationwide campaign of electronic civil disobedience against the voting machine manufacturer Diebold in 2003. His writings can be found at quixoticlife.net.

The Genocide Intervention Network was one of the Featured Projects at the NetSquared Conference in May 2007.  You can hear their 5-minute pitch at the Conference here.

A transcript of the interview is available here.