Michelle Ellia

Visual Communicator 📸 | Travel enthusiast 🗺

[Our Towns Civic Foundation @OurTowns]

The December Edition of the Our Towns Flyer is landing in inboxes today ✈️

We're featuring our #YearInRenew2022 campaign, as we look back at stories and trends we've reported on and shared over the past year.

https://t.co/Ebtg9e9p1W

[Michelle Ellia @michellia]

.@BenSpeggen and I had the opportunity to meet Elijah last December—what an incredibly inspiring human. Check out the full story here 🦞👇🏻

[Our Towns Civic Foundation @OurTowns]

#EastportME has a long history of resilience. It’s still there today in Elijah Brice.

In a piece for @CraftsmanshipQ, @BenSpeggen details how the young lobsterman featured in the #OurTowns @HBODocs has been innovative in his approach to overcome industry challenges.

[Our Towns Civic Foundation @OurTowns]

🎙People aren't trapped in #rural America, but sometimes they feel left behind. @jaxneises of @DBQFoundation joined #InsideOurTowns host @evanjsanford to talk about living in small towns & how @OrtonFoundation gives people the tools to improve their communities.

#YearInRenew2022

[Michelle Ellia @michellia]

Will be stopping by to see this next time I #roadtrip through Tennessee.

[Our Towns Civic Foundation @OurTowns]

A big project in a small town, @catch20q reports on the history of the #PaperClipsProject, how it has shaped the town's identity, and how #students can drive conversation in #communities. #YearInRenew2022
https://t.co/nDOoUjoTpS

[Our Towns Civic Foundation @OurTowns]

The November Edition of the Our Towns Flyer lands in inboxes today ✈️

We’re thankful for the opportunity to share stories about a decommissioned prison turned sustainable farm, a food distribution hub, a map of Thanksgiving dinner, & more.

Read here: https://t.co/lDkXE47Xkj

[jimbo @jimboslicer69]

🚨 DeFi Meets the World event hosted by @AsobaDefi and myself starts SOON!

We have a lineup of experts talking the relation between the blockchain and climate change! 🌍

Join the discord NOW--> https://t.co/rnyT6NPn8t

RT this +join for a chance to win A SOLAR BATTERY CHARGER!

[Michelle Ellia @michellia]

This summer, @BenSpeggen, Remi 🐾, and I took a road trip to #wagram #NC to visit @FlipThePrison where local teens are transforming a prison into a #sustainable farm 🐓🐄🌽 Check out our report for @OurTowns built using @ArcGISStoryMaps! 👇🏻

[Our Towns Civic Foundation @OurTowns]

In NC, at-risk teens are transforming a prison into a sustainable farm. On @GISday, the #OurTowns team has published our latest @ArcGISStoryMaps, which you can check out here: https://t.co/IiCo7HIiqH

@FlipThePrison @Ashoka @AshokaUS @Changemakers

[Our Towns Civic Foundation @OurTowns]

How is service uniting Americans? Find out 11/16 5:30 pm when @ OurTowns @JamesFallows will be in conversation w/ @CalVolunteers’ @JoshFryday: https://t.co/r2PJkhcKwC

🧵 (1/6)

[Ben Speggen @BenSpeggen]

Thread on upcoming @JeffersonErie event feat @CalVolunteers @JoshFryday & past @OurTowns coverage:

[Ben Speggen @BenSpeggen]

I am looking forward to hearing from @JoshFryday about @CalVolunteers & how *service* is a powerful uniter of people at their local and state levels.

Details below for his @JeffersonErie #GlobalSummit2022 in #RedlandsCA in partnership w/ @UofRedlands @Esri @OurTowns:

[Ben Speggen @BenSpeggen]

Are we alone? @GalileoProject1 founder Dr Avi Loeb addresses that today at 5:30 pm PT at @JeffersonErie #GlobalSummit2022 in #RedlandsCA in partnership w/ @UofRedlands @Esri @OurTowns!

[Community Heart & Soul @OrtonFoundation]

As part of the @JeffersonErie's #GlobalSummit2022, our partners, Deb and Jim Fallows of @OurTowns will engage with a panel of speakers who are using Community Heart & Soul in their own communities. Register for free here: https://t.co/vMzCbfG840

[Our Towns Civic Foundation @OurTowns]

@BullockTighe first swung a hammer at age 13. Now he’s working to revitalize the Elk City neighborhood in Charleston, WV. Tighe joins the Inside @OurTowns #podcast to discuss the WV’s greatest assets & the changes made to breathe life into his community.

https://t.co/mhKN9yuo3Y

[The Progress Network @progressntwrk]

In West Virginia on Thursday evening? Join TPN members @FallowsDeb and @JamesFallows for their talk about the @OurTowns project at @UCWV.

The event is free and open to the public. It starts at 7:30pm. For more information check out @WVHumanities👇
https://t.co/WTq4FQ123D

[Our Towns Civic Foundation @OurTowns]

“Libraries have to be more than books and laptops.”

@sandman_jordan writes about how Libraries Without Borders is finding innovative ways to bring #libraries to the places where communities in need gather.

https://t.co/TQ4nZxPkr8

[Michelle Ellia @michellia]

Interested in learning, reporting and writing about towns across America?

@OurTowns is #hiring contributing #writers and an #editor

Stories cover:
#environment 🍃
#sustainability 🌎
#communitydevelopment 🧱
#education 📚
#technology 💡and more!

Details below 👇🏻

[Our Towns Civic Foundation @OurTowns]

We're #hiring! @OurTowns is looking for experienced #journalists to join our team. We would like to #hire a full-time #editor & a network of part-time contributing #writers from across America. #wearehiring

Interested? Know someone who may be? Details: https://t.co/rmbJiQsPyO