Christopher Ariel:  

I am now a retired US Army MP living in Worcester, Mass and working (pro bono) as a progressive social/political activist. I was recently elected to the Worcester Democratic City Committee (Ward #10) and served as a delegate to the Dem Convention in Lowell on 7 June. I am on the Board of Directors of Park Spirit of Worcester, the Executive Committee of the East Highland Area Neighborhood Association and am active in the Disabled American Veterans Worcester Chapter#4, the ACLU of Mass, the Stone Soup Activist Collaborative, the Peace Movement in general and, of course, lefty election campaigns (such as the Worcester City Council campaigns, last year, of Grace Ross and Lynne Simonds). I got an AS in Law Enforcement (now called Criminal Justice) from Quinsigamond Community College in December of 1975, a BS in Psychology from Worcester State College in May of 1987 and an MA in Rehabilitation Counseling from Assumption College in December of 1988. A few years ago, for religious reasons, I changed my name from Erich Pattiselanno to Christopher Isaac Ariel. This year (2008), I am working on the campaign of Doug Belanger who is seeking the Dem nomination for the (Worcester) State Senate seat now held by retiring Mass State Senator Ed Augustus. Doug Belanger is the Progressive candidate in the race, running against a guy named Mike Moore (no-not THAT Michael Moore). Moore is the puppet of Worcester County Sheriff Guy Glodis. I'm doing photography and helping out at campaign events such as ice cream socials (4 d...Expand for more