What We Do
Directed by David Curtis, the Broken Brick Initiative provides useful support services to government, businesses, and non-profit organizations. It specializes in written reports, marketing materials, success stories, newsletters, proposals, web content, and social media. It remains committed to social justice, accountability, and access to information for all communities.
Latest News
As an on-call copy editor for Solidaridad, David has helped to maintain the NGO’s public presence through posted profiles and project updates on the Solidaridad website. David works with a global staff to revise and publish submitted articles documenting their work to improve supply chains and support effective climate change action. See samples here of completed work and read about the resilience of a Brazilian orange grower, a woman farming coffee in Tanzania, and a piece on water and agriculture in Bangaldesh.
The Broken Brick Initiative has started a A Small Dune in Arabia. This social media channel on YouTube and Facebook explores news, travel and life on the Arabian Peninsula.
Climate of Denial is a crowd-sourced knowledge base which tracks climate change denial across the country. Since the start of the website in 2022, we have established intern partnerships with universities and colleges, and have connected with over 80 student interns interested in contributing to the wiki or developing educational climate change media.
Our Community Libraries and Information Centers initiative responded to the COVID-19 crisis with a Public Health in Public Spaces project. Our COVID-19 information presentations displayed the latest COVID information and current guidelines for businesses, colleges, and organizations throughout the city of Burlington, Vermont. See a fast moving example here.
Ongoing
As a United Nations volunteer, the Broken Brick Initiative works with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) China to proofread publications, reports, and newsletters. Through the same program, the Brick finished a project to create a flyer and associated publicity material for the Swedish Organization for Global Health.
Additionally, the Broken Brick Initiative has worked with Merlin USA, a leading medical relief organization, to develop effective newsletters highlighting Merlin’s efforts to provide desperately needed healthcare around the world. Review the issues from Summer 2013, Winter 2013, Spring 2012, and Fall 2011.
The United Nations has recognized the Broken Brick Initiative’s efforts with a UN Online Volunteer Certificate. As part of the network of United Nations Volunteers, the BBI completed the 2011 Annual Report for Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa. VPWA has a number of exciting projects in Ghana, and the Broken Brick Initiative was happy to help VPWA spread the news about its work to expand environmental programs, while supporting business development, healthcare outreach and education programming.
Who We Are
As the director of the Broken Brick Initiative, David Curtis is a copywriter and editor who specializes in web content, newsletters, marketing materials, proposals, success stories and social media. His experience as a freelance writer includes press releases, catalogue copy and annual reports.
David is also the founder and manager of Climate of Denial, and during the COVID-19 lockdown he worked as the co-director of the Community Libraries and Information Centers project. With a master’s degree in public administration, he has studied the growth of democracy movements and the development of accountability standards. He has served on the board of the Greater Burlington Multicultural Resource Center, in municipal government, and as a union steward and labor organizer.