DAVID CALHOUN MENDELSOHN

PSYCHOTHERAPIST (LCSW-R) – Lower-East-Side of Manhattan (1994-Present)
GROUP THERAPIST (working with Gay Men) On Intimacy and self-acceptance (2000)

SOCIAL MEDIA DEVELOPER – WIKI-POP, MY LIFE STORY

FUNDRAISER/Statistical Marketing Manager (WNET/13, New York)
ENTREPRENEUR – PRESIDENT, Aquarius Products, Inc – Manufactured & marketed 1st heated waterbed (Aquabed-TM), and the BNW 8-13, (an early Alpha-Brainwave biofeedback device)

PRODUCTIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Award-winning Public Affairs Television/Radio Producer/On-Air Host and Writer:
HOUSING NOW!: The Journey Home, (Pacifica) (CPB award – Best Radio Documentary);
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT: The Press Conferences of JFK, (PBS);
THE ASSASSINATION OF JFK: The Garrison Interview, (Pacifica);
MEETINGS THAT LEAD TO SOCIAL ACTION;
LISTENERS’ ACTION ON HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING) (Pacifica/WBAI) (7-yrs);
CONFLICTING INTERESTS: Ruth Messinger on City Issues, (WBAI/New York) (8-yrs);
TRANSPARENCY, JUSTICE AND CLARITY IN THE ECONOMIC CRISIS, Huffington Post.

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PUBLIC SERVICE

Co-Chair and Member: Village of Ocean Beach Environmental Commission (15-yrs)
Treasurer and Board Member: National Jobs for All Coalition (3-yrs)
Member of the Steering Cmte: Listeners’ Action on Homelessness and Housing (7-yrs)
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EDUCATION

MSW – Hunter College (Graduate) School of Social Work, 1995, Academic papers honored:
MEMORY AND RECOVERY FROM SEXUAL ABUSE TRAUMA, (1995 Goldfein Award)
A JOURNEY INTO HOMELESSNESS, (1994 Goldfein Award)
Member- Curriculum Cmte (which held the first, and much-needed, school-wide EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOP ON (social identity) DIFFERENCES)
Participant in 3-day retreat to connect spiritual practitioners with political activists, across social and class boundaries, sponsored by The Cathedral of St John the Devine, The Insight Meditation Society, and WBAI’s Listeners Action on Homelessness and Housing

BA (cum laude) – Mass Media and Communications, Visual Media (minor), CCNY
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TRAVEL

Throughout US (43-States, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Is), Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, England, Wales, Ireland, France, Spain, Morocco, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, East Germany (1989), West Germany (1989), Germany (2019), Hungary, Austria, Greece, Turkey, Russia (1999).