Congratulations to ZFellow Marc Levine who won election to the City Council in his home town of San Rafael, California yesterday. He was elected to one of two open seats on the Council with 27% of the vote. Marc was a member of Class II of the ZeroDivide Fellowship and currently serves as Executive Director of ABDF.org, an on-the-ground relief provider for Tsunami victims in war-torn Sri Lanka. As part of the ZeroDivide Fellowship, Marc worked on a Strategic Impact Project which supported the development and innovative use of Web 2.0 tools and
technology by students from underserve
On May 30th of this year, a group of fifteen bright-eyed L.A. students were honored as URBAN TxT's inaugural graduating class. URBAN Teens Xploring Technology (URBAN TxT) is an innovative after school program helping inner-city youth develop leadership and other skills through the use of technology. The program is sponsored by ZeroDivide, a San Francisco based organization that assists low-income communities empower themselves through the use of technology and is the brainchild of Oscar Menjivar -- himself a graduate of Jordan High School and Cal Poly Pomona.