Tag: Justice
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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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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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Perfect Storm: Reuven Firestone
I had the privilege of working with Reuven Firestone, Professor of Judaism and Islam at Hebrew Union College this spring in Pakistan with Intersections International. How many Jewish Rabbi’s do you know who hang out in Pakistan working to build peace and understanding? Rabbi Firestone is a mensch. Rabbi Firestone published this article on Intersections…
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Planned Elder Care Facility at Augusta Victoria Hospital, Jerusalem
This is a video I produced for Mark Brown and the Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem‘s Augusta Victoria Hospital. There is an urgent need for elder care and palliative medicine in Palestine and Israel. Augusta Victoria Hospital is responding to that need by building a 120-bed facility for elder care and palliative care on the east…
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American Friends of Pakistan
Here is a short video I produced for Intersections International in Islamabad, Pakistan this spring for Intersection’s annual gala event in New York City. This video is not without irony. My flight to Islamabad few directly over Kandahar Airfield, where my son is currently deployed with the US Army 4th ID where he serves in…
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After Prison, Responding with Faith (Full Program)
In this new documentary I produced for WTTW Channel 11, the Chicago Sunday Evening Club presents the stories of three faith communities that are doing the difficult, but necessary work of healing the lives of ex-offenders, and standing with them as they reenter society. Our hope is to engage with communities of faith in deep…
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Returning to Jerusalem with the Lutheran World Federation
Today I purchased airfare for a return to Jerusalem to work with Mark Brown and Tawfiq Nasser with the Lutheran World Federation Department for World Service – Jerusalem. The Lutheran World Federation’s Jerusalem Program has been running projects related to health, education, and humanitarian aid in the Palestinian Territories for over 60 years. In addition…
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Sanctuary: Worker Justice
Meet three three dynamic women advocating for justice in the workplace and in immigrant communities. Kim Bobo is the Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice, CJ Hawking is the Executive Director of Arise Chicago and Elena Segura works with the Office for Immigrant Affairs in the Archdiocese of Chicago. Sanctuary, is an in-depth documentary program that…
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Sanctuary: Refugee Christmas
Sanctuary: Refugee Chirstmas is a documentary produced by the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministry and Tim Frakes Productions. Follow three Chicago area refugee families as they share their stories and reflect on Christmas in America. With feature commentary on the scriptural theme of displacement by Rev. Phil Blackwell, First United Methodist Church, Chicago Temple, Rev. Lillian…