Category: Peace and Justice
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Mausoleum of Meher Ali Shah Golra Sharif, Pakistan
Today the world learned that Taliban gunman stormed a military-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan and massacred 141 people, nearly all children. My heart goes out to the vast majority of peace loving Pakistani’s and especially the families of children and staff who lost their lives. This spring I visited a Sufi Shrine, the Mausoleum of…
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Mossarat Qadeem: Mothers Fighting Terror
Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech this week recalls a courageous woman I interviewed in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2013 with Intersections International. Mossarate Qadeem is Executive Director of the PAIMAN Alumni Trust. She works with mothers and their son’s who are targets of extremist groups. This is her story.
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Walmart Public Action – Together Building a Just Economy
This is a story I produced for Davidoff Communications and the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE). Standing up for dignity and respect at Walmart. Participants in SCUPE and Interfaith Worker Justice’s joint conferences traveled to three Chicago-area Walmart stores to stand in active solidarity with the Making Change at Walmart Campaign and the…
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West Chicago family featured in documentary about immigration reform
Evan Shields, a reporter for the West Chicago Suburban Life filed this story on “Divided Families, Responding with Faith” a 1-hour documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. Coincidentally, I began my career back in the late 1970’s at the West Chicago Press! The program aired on WTTW, Channel 11, PBS,…
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Divided Families, Responding With Faith
Full Program, 56 minutes This hour-long documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club explores the impact of current US immigration policies on Amy and Carlos, a young family from West Chicago. The program first aired on WTTW, Channel 11, PBS, Chicago on October 16, 2014. Because Carlos was brought to the…
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Country says ‘you can’t be a family’
Here is a story by reporter Marlen Garcia in the Chicago Sun Times about a new documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. The 1 hour program aired last night on WTTW Channel 11, PBS Chicago at 9:00 p.m. By MARLEN GARCIA October 16, 2014 5:58PM Shortly after Amy Godoy-Guerra married…
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Divided Families, Responding with Faith Promo
Premieres, WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago, Thursday, October 16, 9p.m. This hour-long documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club explores the impact of current US immigration policies on Amy and Carlos, a young family from West Chicago. Because Carlos was brought to the US illegally from Mexico as a child, they…
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World Relief DuPage/Aurora, Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church
This is a video I produced for World Relief DuPage/Aurora. It’s the story of Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church and the transformation that occurred when they welcomed two distinct refugee communities into the life of their congregation.
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Sanctuary, Healing in a Holy Land ELCA News Release
Sanctuary, Healing in a Holy Land from Tim Frakes on Vimeo. Augusta Victoria Hospital featured in documentary By Candice Buchbinder, ELCA News Augusta Victoria Hospital, located on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, is featured in a documentary, “Healing in a Holy Land,” produced by Frakes Productions. Augusta Victoria is a program of The…
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Healing in a Holy Land: New Broadcast Documentary, ABC7 Chicago
Healing in a Holy Land How about some good news from the Middle East! The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)-run Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in Jerusalem provides life-saving healthcare to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and is the subject of a new documentary I produced for Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries. The AVH is an…