Personal or Auto-biographical
Food: A Love Affair
Pastor Willie Bacote of the Missing Link Street Ministry talks about the relationship between food and building community. Missing Link runs the Feed-a-Kid program, providing free meals every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for children ages 3 to 15, at 3370 6th Avenue in north central Troy, New York.Video by Ellie Markovitch, with thanks to Branda Miller. Music: "God is Good" by Regina Bell For donations or more information please visit http://www.missinglinkstreetministry.com
The Recruit - Digital Story
Kathy Breda tells her story of being a fresh recruit at basic training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, in 1976. The video was created through the Fall 2009 community digital storytelling workshop at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Part of the Be The Media workshop series, a collaboration between HMIMC and NY Media Alliance.
Dan Wilcox "Memorial Day 1999"
Dan Wilcox reads his poem "Memorial Day 1999" as part of Veterans Day Reflections on Casualties of War, at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, New York, on Veterans Day, November 11, 2009.
More information:
-Dan Wilcox's blog http://dwlcx.blogspot.com/
- the Albany-based Tom Paine chapter of the Veterans For Peace http://www.vfpchapter10.org/
Resettling Refugees — Community Responses to War Digital Storytelling Project, #2
The Schenectady Unitarian Society's Social Action Council produced this digital story with a local Iraqi refugee who chose to remain anonymous, documenting local antiwar and refugee resettlement efforts and how this refugee came to be in Albany.
Produced as part of The Sanctuary for Independent Media's "Be The Media" digital storytelling workshop, with support from Nicole Belanger and funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts.
To get involved with local refugee resettlement efforts, check out these web sites: Iraqi Refugee Project Coalition, Women Against War, Diocese of Albany Catholic Charities, and Albany Chapter of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.
"Dear Mr. X" — Community Responses to War Digital Storytelling Project, #1
As part of the "Be The Media" digital storytelling workshop, a group of young Iraqi women refugees living in Albany worked with producers at The Sanctuary for Independent Media to tell their stories.
Produced by Tethkar Ahmad, Wied Jassim, Shahad Jassim, Mais Salih, and Hiba Haitham Alsaffar, with support from the Iraqi Children's Art Exchange, Iraqi Refugee Project, and Branda Miller.
Johnny's Story
2008. Produced by Johnny Ginyard. A young man's journey as he discovers the path he must take to his future. A collaboration between the Sanctuary for Independent Media and Career Links, Inc.Media Educator Victoria Kereszi
Carmen's Story
2008. Produced by Carmen Rivera. A teenage mother talks about the challenges she has faced living in and out of the foster care system in NY State. A collaboration between the Sanctuary for Independent Media and Career Links, Inc.Media Educator Victoria Kereszi
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