Meghan Elizabeth Tauck's Bio

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Bio:

Meghan's first dissident act was becoming a homeschooler (of her own volition) at the age of five and she's been living on the margins, resisting dominant paradigms, and fighting for justice ever since. In 2002, while attending Eugene Lang College in NYC, she volunteered at Active Element Foundation as a reasearcher for the Future 500. She is currently striving to write her Anarchist Manifesto while finishing her b.a. online as she simultaneously grapples with how to take care of herself in the face of a chronic stress-related health condition. She aspires to be an educator, writer, and psychoanalyst, to find a community and a place to call home, to live off the land, and to foment critical consciousness and social change wherever she goes.

me, in a nutshell: i am very passionate and sometimes have an explosive temper. in fact i do pretty much everything, good and bad, with a lot of emphasis and zeal, even being quiet by myself. i talk with my hands. i'm a first born, perfectionist, over achiever, goody two-shoes, but i'm also a rebel and a bad ass. i'm fiercely independent and i have a bad habit of pushing people away or keeping them at arms length when at the same time i'm really needy and just want to be loved and cared for. i'm a big dork, very talkative once i get going, childish and grown up simultaneously, quite witty, if i don't say so myself, and often brutal, but generally sweet and ultimately caring. i am also an anarchist who believes that through profound and deeply honest, loving, compassionate, and respectful personal introspection and social interaction we can individually and collectively build on the possibilities for empowerment, peace, self-determination, dignity and happiness while eradicating social hierarchy, oppression, and injustice. this is what i work for. it is the force which propels me and is inextricably connected to my history, my present, and my survival.

"The Jam changed my life. It changed the way that I interact with myself on a deeply intimate and personal level. It enlightened me to a greater understanding of who I want to be and how I want to interact with others and the world around me. I am inspired and challenged to be more wholly myself and to be more real in my relationships with other people. That with the authenticity on the personal and interpersonal level, my activism and commitment to social justice will also go deeper, be more real and meaningful, and thus more powerfully enact change to bring about the world I want to be a part of. I am so grateful for this opportunity, this experience, this community, this organization, this movement… with all the love in my heart."

Areas of Focus
children and youth, civil rights, consumption, cultural bridge building, environment, fair trade, globalization, human rights, indigenous rights, learning/unlearning, peace, social justice, women’s rights, youth employment

Methods Used
20, cross-cultural exchange, media, technology, spiritual healing

Regions I Work In
North America