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Meaningful Notes

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Storyteller: Shenandoah Weiss
Topics: Education | Youth
Language: English
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Elliott M. Burke

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I'm a music composer/ sound designer, writer, researcher and the founder and artistic director of Ishah 'El theatre arts, a non-profit, multi-cultural theatre arts organization involved in the development, education, support, promotion and production of theatre with an emphasis on faith and spirituality. I have some ambitious plans in the works that I will be revealing here and elsewhere soon: more music, writing, audio plays and podcasts of current projects. Currently I'm working on getting my website completed, updating all of these various social web sites, FUNDRAISING, and in the near future will be on several collaborative sites. I hope I find you there.

A Ghetto Born Child

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Storyteller: Tyshaunda Hasberry

Tye created this piece as part of her TeachBoston internship in the summer of 2006. TeachBoston works with Boston youth to support them in becoming educators in the Boston Public Schools. In addition to writing and editing this story, Tye also created the music in the background.

Topics: Youth | Education
Organization: TeachBoston

William Davenport

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William Davenport is a filmmaker, musician and teacher. He has worked on award winning productions and has shown his work at film festivals around the world. William owned a successful commercial production company for many years, before becoming a full time teacher. He has taught advanced filmmaking courses at San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley, the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking, Art Academy and the Art Institute. For three years he managed a television station and taught broadcasting courses at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale. He became interested in special education and autism while teaching at the high school. William holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Art from San Francisco State University; Master of Arts in Education in Instructional Technologies also from San Francisco State University; he is currently completing a Masters Degree at San Francisco State University in Special Education, with an emphasis on Autism.

Music is My Prayer

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Storyteller: Gertie Lopez

"I never knew how powerful this song was going to be". In this story, Gertie, a local musician on the Tohono O'odham reservation near Tucson, reveals the inspiration behind one of her most requested songs.

It is Only the Beginning

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Storyteller: Shacrea Jones

Video by Shacrea Jones, aka Snyckee, about her music, dance and performance work. Check her out at http://myspace.com/snyckee.

Topics: Other Media
Language: English

Live Your Dreams, Don't Chase Them

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Storyteller: Karl St. Jean

Karl created a story to relate an experience getting some very personal advice from a good friend Danny. It includes some great audio mixing around a reenactment of the phone conversation where Danny encourages him to take his music and life seriously. Although he didn't know it at the time, it would be the last time Karl would speak to Danny; and Danny's advice gained immediate importance in Karl's life plan as an rap artist, production company owner, and college student.

Topics: Violence | Youth | Identity
Organization: Year Up | MassIMPACT
Language: English

Miss You

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Storyteller: Jade Gardner

A tribute to her "father, aka Grampa," Major E. Brooks, Jade's story varies in narrative and lyrical style, dramatically interwoven between the music and lyrics by her Grampa himself and The Sophomores. This story reflects on his role in her life as a father figure, and how her family is coping his death through remembrance and prayer.

Topics: Youth | Family
Organization: MassIMPACT | Year Up
Language: English
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