Mercado Global, the Fair Trade non-profit founded by Ruth DeGolia, is featured in this NPR profile – read how they weathered the market crash in 2008 to double their orders in 2010: http://www.fronterasdesk.org/news/2011/sep/22/us-economy-guatemala-free-trade-business-atitlan/
Read filmmaker and activist Jen Marlowe‘s powerful call for clemency for Yes! Magazine ‘What You Can Do to Stop the Execution of Troy Davis’.
The execution date for Troy David, on death row in Georgia despite strong evidence of his innocence, has been set for Sept 21st. Filmmaker and activist Jen Marlowe discusses his shocking case on TalkNationRadio.com.
We’re also super excited to be representing Gary Groth, co-founder of the Comics Journal and Fantagraphics Books. Gary has personal knowledge of the underground comics scene and its artists – his talk, From Comix to Comics to Graphic Novels: A First Person History of Independent Comics Over the Last Half Century, will inspire as well …
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We’re happy to announce our representation of filmmaker and gender-violence activist Eliaichi Kimaro. Her wonderful film, A Lot Like You, and the accompanying lecture A Lot Like You: Culture We Inherit and the Legacies We Choose, offer an inimitable look into difficult topics: gender violence, race, and cultural identity. A visit by her is a …
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Astronomer Phil Plait helps debunk the Moon Hoax in an interview with the Lunar and Planetary Institute. The full webcast can be found here, and a here is a short clip that has been incorporated into an informative web program for kids. The full website is called Conspiracy Showdown and it includes more of these …
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Filmmaker and human rights activist Jen Marlowe was invited by Amnesty International to create a four part video series examining the case of Troy Davis, a man on death row in Georgia despite strong indication of innocence. Watch the one minute trailer for the series on the Amnesty International website, and check out the full …
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The latest SalaamGarage local story is about Andre, a 22 year old who was 7 when he started life in social services. Read about it on the SalaamGarage site. SalaamGarage Local is the latest project of photojournalist Amanda Koster.
SalaamGarage, citizen journalism non-profit founded by photographer Amanda Koster, has launched its first local humanitarian media project in NYC. Read about the first project, about foster kids who age out of foster care here.
Chaplain James Yee, Executive Director of CAIR-NJ, had cause to be thankful to Chris Christie, after the NJ Governor defended one of his nominees for the state bench, Sohail Mohammed: “We hope the governor’s comments will help stem the rising tide of Islamophobia in our society and help unify our nation.”