ABOUT RED FLAG MAGAZINE
WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG A RED FLAG SHOULD GO UP.
Red Flag Magazine is a 501c3 nonprofit online publication with the mission to raise red flags over environmental and social issues both locally and globally.
The internet is a testament to the clutter of information constantly fighting for our attention. Too often important stories fall to the wayside due to this over inundation. Every quarter, through the paperless platform of an online magazine, Red Flag Magazine raises only one important issue – allowing the reader to maintain an almost meditative focus on the topic at hand.
The magic of focusing on one issue at a time is in witnessing how connected everything ultimately is. Through just one topic we are brought to the farthest reaches of the planet only to be returned again to our own backyards.
Our articles are written to raise awareness, not to sensationalize. We value the human instinct of compassion, and we aim to empower our readers to use that energy rather than waste it. With the concern that every article generates, we pair that compassion with the tools to take action.
Red Flag believes that self-reliance coupled with community support is the best way to find sustainable solutions. Our vision is for our readers to become part of a community built by their own compassion and determination to change their communities for the better. Red Flag Magazine’s highest mission is to be a conduit, connecting would-be volunteers with nonprofit organizations and concerned individuals to form collectives towards positive change.
Red Flag Magazine was launched on October 2, 2009.
FOUNDER
Nicole Davis
Nicole Davis has been based in New York City for the past decade, where she received her master’s in Art History from New York University.
Davis made her break into journalism by reporting on contemporary artists. In 2006 Davis journeyed to rural China to produce a documentary on a nonprofit group bringing much needed medical care to Chinese citizens living below the poverty line. This was Davis’s second feature length documentary, but it was this journey, which culminated two months later in Japan, that broadened the scope of her work to encompass the problems facing local and global communities.
Since then she has produced and co-produced over 25 investigative short documentaries in 14 countries, mainly for Current TV. In tandem with her journalistic documentary work, Davis launched a web-based documentary series in 2007 called Artnet TV, to serve as a medium for the continuation of her work with contemporary artists.
The idea for Red Flag Magazine came to Davis after years of hearing her colleagues and contemporaries echo her own desire to change the world – in so many different ways – for the better. Yet, however acute their collective desire may have been, none of them took significant action. She realized that what they were all lacking were the tools and the support of a community to really take action. Davis imagined that making changes for the better could become a way of life if supported by a dynamic and well informed social network – seeing herself as a work in progress also in need of the positive influence of a community committed to change.
Davis has supported the following nonprofit groups with her time: UNICEF, The Boys and Girls Club, The East Hampton Trails Preservation Society, The Happy Hearts Fund, New York Cares, Operation Walk, The Surfrider Foundation and UNICEF. She is also the cofounder of the environmental nonprofit organization Root for Trees and a a member of the Yoga Gangsters.
ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Marcelo de Andrade
In 1985, the Brazilian native, founded Pronatura one of the first environmental conservation corporations in South America. Pro-Natura has since brought its work to Africa, Asia, Australia, North America, and to the Republic of Vanuatu. Dr. De Andrade later cofounded Terra Capital and most recently Earth Capital – both Private investment firms committed to fiscally […]
Anna Louie Sussman
Anna Louie Sussman is a New York-based investigative reporter covering local and international human rights and social justice issues, politics and policy, gender, culture, and the odd crime story. A graduate of Brown University (BA Comparative Literature ’04) and the London School of Economics (MSc. Human Rights ’08), her work has appeared in the Wall Street […]
Adrian Baschuk
Baschuk is a Documentary Filmmaker, Correspondent, and Producer. He was an International Correspondent/Producer for Al Gore’s Current TV and has reported on all 7 continents including the tenuous regions of Iraq, North Korea, Israel, Venezuela, Tibet, Pakistan, and the Palestinian Territories. His reports were nominated for Peabody, DuPont, and Emmy Awards. He’s produced, directed, and […]
Rachel Levy
Rachel Levy, LMHC is an accomplished relationship therapist and community builder in Miami’s South Beach. She is the director of The Sacred Space Miami and co-founder of Prayerdanse, a conscious movement practice integrating music, dance, spirituality, and emotional release in the presence of a community built on support and love. […]
Marcus Thomson
Originally from Jamaica, Marcus was raised in South Florida. He holds a BA in Philosophy. In 2000, Marcus began studying wellness, which lead him down a path of fitness and health. In the process he became a certified yoga instructor and a trainer in energy movement practices such as Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Reiki, Kundalini […]
Christophe DiFalco
Christophe L. DiFalco, Esq.: Mr. DiFalco is a partner of DiFalco & Fernandez, LLLP, an East coast based law firm with offices in New York, NY and Coral Gables, FL. His practice focuses on general corporate advisory work, board of director advisement, entity structuring, and mergers and acquisitions, with a wide-variety of companies from public entities […]