DBC has lived in Harris County, Texas, for 49 of his 60 years. He has observed Houston and Harris County growing in ways both positive and negative. The population of the county has doubled since his arrival in 1966 (no causal relation implied), with new residents arriving from all over the world, creating a beautiful patchwork quilt of cultures, ideas, and spirits. He has also seen and lived with the effects of urban sprawl, with its heavy dependence on automobiles resulting in deadly air pollution and collisions.
The Basics:
The Basics:
- Born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, 13 November 1962
- Moved to New Jersey as an infant, then to Houston at age 3; moved away to California and Connecticut since then but returned, and has lived in Harris County continuously since 1991
- Graduate of Cypress Creek High School and Rice University (BA, Classics, 1984)
- Worked at various times as a high school teacher, taxi driver, airline customer service agent, music retail clerk, résumé writer, IT trainer, and IT support services analyst
- Member, First Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston, since 1997; involved with the church's music and social justice programs; formerly represented First UU on the Houston Peace & Justice Center board
- Member, Houston Access to Urban Sustainability housing cooperative 2012-15; membership coordinator at uRth HAUS 2013-15
- Member, Harris County Green Party, since 2000, but also with the Green Party Organizing Committee beginning in 1995 (I'd originally said 1997, but that's been proven incorrect); served on the crew of GreenwatchTV
- Veteran of the 2000*, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010* Green Party of Texas petition drives to secure a ballot line in state elections (years marked with an * were successful petition drives)
- Green Party of Texas nominee for US Senate, 2012
- Harris County Green Party nominee for County Judge, 2014
- Green Party of Texas nominee for US Senate, 2020
- Other activities: Continuum Performance Art/Experimental Action, southmorehouse presents, Houston Burners, cycling and bicycle safety advocacy via membership in BikeHouston and World Naked Bike Ride—Houston